For the third time in the past four years, Tom Stoltman has been crowned the World’s Strongest Man. The massive Scot topped Canada’s Mitchell Hooper and the United States’ Evan Singleton to claim the title. Stoltman carried a three-point lead into Saturday and extended his advantage, finishing third in the Conan’s Wheel (777 degrees, eight points), tied for second in the Terrain Deadlift (8.5 points reps), and first in the Atlas Stones (five stones in 38.14 seconds, 10 points). He has now finished either first or second in the past five World’s Strongest Man competitions.
The overall standings were as follows: Stoltman with 53 points, Hooper with 47.5 points, Singleton with 36 points, Mathew Ragg from Canada with 35.5 points, Tristain Hoath from Canada with 33.5 points, Wesley Derwinsky from Canada with 31 points, Austin Andrade from Mexico with 30.5 points, Pavlo Kordiyaka from Ukraine with 27 points, Luke Stoltman from Scotland with 19.5 points, and Aivars Šmaukstelis from Latvia with 12.5 points.
Hooper had a fantastic day on Sunday and gained ground on Stoltman during the Conan’s Wheel by putting up a second-best performance of (821 degrees) for nine points. However, he lost ground on the Terrain Deadlift (six reps) and Atlas Stones (four stones in 49 seconds), conceding his title in the process despite scoring more than two reps better than Stoltman on both events on Sunday.
Singleton just barely finished above Ragg for third place after failing to score more than five points in any of the three events on Sunday. His Canadian counterpart had a fantastic day by scoring eight reps on Terrain Deadlift and solid performances in Conan’s Wheel(748 degrees)and Atlas Stones(four stones in 49 seconds), while Luke stoltman had solid performances throughout but failed to take home any major victory this year which was his best finish yet . Overall Stoltman’s dominance in competition solidifies him as one of the strongest men