2023 Giants Stay Strongman Traditional Occasions Revealed

On the time of this writing, right here’s the listing of rivals for the 2023 GLSC anticipated to deal with these 5 respective occasions:

2023 Giants Stay Strongman Traditional Roster

From a look, it is likely to be simple to determine that Novikov, Hooper, and Stoltman are the clear favorites for a victory within the contest. Such a speculative assertion is each primarily based on their WSM success — they’re the one athletes available with wins in strongman’s greatest contest — and their general customary as established strongman superstars. That stated, relying on the format, among the occasions may favor a darkish horse or two.

For instance, on the Nicol Stone Carry, Kevin Faires is undoubtedly an enormous favourite on paper to win the occasion. The American athlete is the present Nicol Stones Carry World Document holder with a carry of 24.61 meters, beating the earlier report of twenty-two.2 meters — which Faires additionally held. In the meantime, an overhead press-centered occasion just like the Viking Press would possibly favor Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou, the present proprietor of the Axle Press and Log Lift World Information. Assuming Tom Stoltman continues his regular proficiency on the Citadel Stones (a variation on the standard strongman Atlas Stones), that leaves a probably wide-open slate on the Tremendous Yoke and Axle Deadlift.

All of that is to say that even with family names in attendance in London this July, the 2023 GLSC could possibly be anybody’s contest to win when the mud settles.