Eddie Corridor and Martins Licis Named Crew Captains for 2023 World's Strongest Nation Contest

The rematch between two World’s Strongest Man winners is on.

Written by Roger Lockridge Final up to date on Could 15, 2023

The 2023 World’s Strongest Nation (WSN) contest is about to happen on Nov. 18, 2023 in Liverpool, England. It is going to be the second version of this distinctive contest that features each strongmen and strongwomen competing on behalf of their international locations.

On Could 12, 2023, Giants Dwell introduced the captains for Crew UK and Crew USA, and they’re the identical captains because the 2022 contest — 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) winner Eddie Hall will lead Crew UK and the 2019 WSM champion Martins Licis might be on the head of Crew USA.

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On the time of this text’s publication, neither Corridor nor Licis made any statements or shared their ideas concerning the announcement. It is going to be the second time that Corridor and Licis face off as captains for his or her respective nations.

Licis was a substitute captain after Robert Oberst bowed out for undisclosed causes. Neither man has competed in strongman for the reason that first matchup within the inaugural World’s Strongest Nation occasion, which was held on Nov. 26, 2022 in Liverpool. The UK crew received that contest, however Corridor suffered a torn teres minor when competing within the Viking Press.

One of many predominant highlights of that present got here from neither of the WSM champions. Gabi Dixson of Crew USA dominated the Hercules Hold occasion by holding on to the pillars for a time of 1 minute, 8.61 seconds, which was the longest of any lady and solely behind Crew UK’s Mark Felix, who managed to take care of his grip for almost 20 extra seconds.

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Corridor’s and Licis’ teammates — 4 males and 4 ladies on every crew — haven’t been introduced as of this writing, however their very own accolades make this contest a must-see. Corridor was the primary man to deadlift 500 kilograms (1,102 kilos) in 2016, and he adopted that up by successful the 2017 WSM title.

After successful the 2018 Britain’s Strongest Man contest, he retired from competition. His look within the World’s Strongest Nation was his first sanctioned strongman occasion since. He stayed concerned with the game in a media-based function, fairly than straight competing, in addition to being one of many stars of the Historical past Channel’s sequence, Strongest Males in Historical past.

Licis made certainly one of his earliest massive impacts on the game when he received the 2019 Arnold Strongman USA contest, and he completed second within the Arnold Strongman Classic to Hafthor Björnsson. That very same yr, he received the WSM title. After taking up a yr off to get better from accidents, he received the 2021 Rogue Invitational Strongman contest, and he claimed the 2022 Arnold Strongman Basic six months later. Licis completed because the runner-up in that yr’s WSM to Tom Stoltman.

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