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2018 SCL Finland

The 2018 SCL Finland was held on 2018-06-16 in Merikarvia, Finland. 12 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: June 16, 2018
Location: Merikarvia, Finland, Finland
Type: Strongman Champions League
Division: Men
Matjaž Belšak
1st Place

Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮

Total Points: 71.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Cross Carry
  2. 2. Viking Press
  3. 3. Deadlift
  4. 4. Medley
  5. 5. Front Hold
  6. 6. Truck Pull

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 71.0
2 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 LAT 60.0
3 Jarno Kirselä 🇫🇮 FIN 58.0
4 Will Baggott 🇬🇧 GBR 48.0
5 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 🇸🇪 SWE 45.5
6 Gunnar Gimbutas 🇪🇪 EST 45.5
7 Niko Vesterinen 🇫🇮 FIN 33.0
8 Rich DeStefani 🇺🇸 USA 27.5
9 Mika Törrö 🇫🇮 FIN 19.0
10 Antti Mourujärvi 🇫🇮 FIN 12.0
11 Sean O'Hagan 🇮🇪 IRL 8.0
12 Thomas Granhof 🇩🇰 DEN 3.5

Event-by-Event Results

Cross Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 17.05 s 12.0
2 Aivars Šmaukstelis 18.95 s 11.0
3 Jarno Kirselä 20.20 s 10.0
4 Gunnar Gimbutas 21.03 s 9.0
5 Niko Vesterinen 21.97 s 8.0
6 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 28.97 s 7.0
7 Will Baggott 34.49 s 6.0
8 Sean O'Hagan 44.01 s 5.0
9 Mika Törrö 44.16 s 4.0
10 Rich DeStefani 54.96 s 3.0
11 Thomas Granhof 33.9 m 2.0
12 Antti Mourujärvi 31.3 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 15 reps 12.0
2 Jarno Kirselä 13 reps 11.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 11 reps 10.0
4 Will Baggott 9 reps 9.0
5 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 7 reps 8.0
6 Rich DeStefani 5 reps 7.0
7 Gunnar Gimbutas 4 reps 6.0
8 Mika Törrö 3 reps 4.5
8 Antti Mourujärvi 3 reps 4.5
10 Sean O'Hagan 2 reps 3.0
11 Niko Vesterinen 1 rep 1.5
11 Thomas Granhof 1 rep 1.5

Front Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Will Baggott 41.75 s 12.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 36.42 s 11.0
3 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 35.03 s 10.0
4 Gunnar Gimbutas 34.77 s 9.0
5 Niko Vesterinen 33.91 s 8.0
6 Aivars Šmaukstelis 33.56 s 7.0
7 Jarno Kirselä 29.75 s 6.0
8 Rich DeStefani 27.14 s 5.0
- Mika Törrö (Eliminated) 0.0
- Antti Mourujärvi (Eliminated) 0.0
- Sean O'Hagan (Eliminated) 0.0
- Thomas Granhof (Eliminated) 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 30.49 s 12.0
2 Aivars Šmaukstelis 32.20 s 11.0
3 Jarno Kirselä 32.72 s 10.0
4 Gunnar Gimbutas 33.53 s 9.0
5 Niko Vesterinen 34.16 s 8.0
6 Rich DeStefani 35.19 s 7.0
7 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 37.78 s 6.0
8 Mika Törrö 38.16 s 5.0
9 Will Baggott 45.06 s 4.0
10 Antti Mourujärvi 46.91 s 3.0
- Sean O'Hagan (Eliminated) 0.0
- Thomas Granhof (Eliminated) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 32.94 s 12.0
2 Jarno Kirselä 35.69 s 11.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 36.13 s 10.0
4 Gunnar Gimbutas 37.72 s 9.0
5 Will Baggott 60.00 s 8.0
6 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 17.7 m 7.0
- Niko Vesterinen (Eliminated) 0.0
- Rich DeStefani (Eliminated) 0.0
- Mika Törrö (Eliminated) 0.0
- Antti Mourujärvi (Eliminated) 0.0
- Sean O'Hagan (Eliminated) 0.0
- Thomas Granhof (Eliminated) 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 13 reps 12.0
2 Aivars Šmaukstelis 11 reps 11.0
3 Jarno Kirselä 8 reps 10.0
4 Will Baggott 7 reps 9.0
5 Kim Gerhardt Holmqvist 6 reps 7.5
5 Niko Vesterinen 6 reps 7.5
7 Rich DeStefani 3 reps 5.5
7 Mika Törrö 3 reps 5.5
9 Gunnar Gimbutas 1 rep 3.5
9 Antti Mourujärvi 1 rep 3.5
- Sean O'Hagan 0 reps 0.0
- Thomas Granhof 0 reps 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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