A raucous final day of the World’s Strongest Man ends with a first-time title.
The game of strongman has a brand new king, and now he will get to sit down on his throne in Myrtle Seaside, SC.
After the wild gauntlet that was the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM), Mitchell Hooper used the ultimate day of the competition to seize his first WSM title. Former two-time reigning champion Tom Stoltman (2021-2022) and 2020 victor Oleksii Novikov rounded out the rostrum. Right here’s an outline of the event-by-event outcomes from Day 4 of the 2023 WSM and the official standings leaderboard from the 2023 WSM Finals.
Editor’s Notice: Outcomes had been offered by our official reporter in attendance. These outcomes weren’t thought of official till after they had been confirmed on the World’s Strongest Man homepage.
2023 WSM Finals Leaderboard
| Rank | Title | Factors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell Hooper — Canada | 53.5 |
| 2 | Tom Stoltman — United Kingdom | 49 |
| 3 | Oleksii Novikov — Ukraine | 41 |
| 4 | Trey Mitchell — USA | 39.5 |
| 5 | Evan Singleton — USA | 39.5 |
| 6 | Pavlo Kordiyaka — Ukraine | 31.5 |
| 7 | Brian Shaw — USA | 27.5 |
| 8 | Luke Stoltman — United Kingdom | 21.5 |
| 9 | Mathew Ragg — New Zealand | 18.5 |
| 10 | Jaco Schoonwinkel — South Africa — Withdrawn | 5.5 |
Right here’s a recap of the outcomes from the fourth and ultimate day of the 2023 WSM, together with how every of the highest 10 rivals fared on the Max Dumbbell, Bus Pull, and Atlas Stones.
Max Dumbbell Recap
The Max Dumbbell tasked the respective athletes with a single-arm, overhead press of an outsized, thick-handled dumbbell. The athletes lifted in rounds of regularly rising weight till they couldn’t raise the following sequential dumbbell.
The weights of the dumbbells featured had been as follows: 115 kilograms (254 kilos), 125 kilograms (275 kilos), 132.5 kilograms (291 kilos), 140 kilograms (308 kilos), 145 kilograms (319 kilos), 151 kilograms (333 kilos — a World Document weight), and 155 kilograms (342 kilos).
The occasion began with an unlucky shake-up for South Africa’s Jaco Schoonwinkel. In his first-ever WSM Finals, Schoonwinkel appeared to endure an damage throughout his first raise of the occasion. The athlete can be compelled to withdraw in a end result that led to his eventual Tenth-place end.
Mitchell Hooper and Evan Singleton would tie for first place within the Max Dumbbell with 4 profitable lifts.
- Mitchell Hooper — 4 lifts
- Evan Singleton — 4 lifts
- Oleksii Novikov — Three lifts
- Tom Stoltman — Three lifts
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Three lifts
- Luke Stoltman — Three lifts
- Trey Mitchell — Two lifts
- Brian Shaw — Two lifts
- Mathew Ragg — Two lifts
- Jaco Schoonwinkel — Withdrawn
Bus Pull Recap
Subsequent on the docket for the 2023 WSM elite was the Bus Pull. This occasion gave the respective rivals the target of pulling a staggering 23,133-kilogram (51,000-pound) bus so far as doable down a 25-meter (82-foot) path with a time restrict of 1 minute.
Hooper as soon as once more gained the occasion, ending the Bus Pull in 30.24 seconds. This occasion marked Hooper’s eighth occasion victory all through the competition.
- Mitchell Hooper — 30.24 seconds
- Tom Stoltman — 32.27 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 32.27 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 32.46 seconds
- Trey Mitchell — 32.49 seconds
- Brian Shaw — 32.65 seconds
- Luke Stoltman — 32.83 seconds
- Mathew Ragg — 36.29 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — 33.35 seconds
- Jaco Schoonwinkel — Withdrawn
Atlas Stones Recap
As is WSM custom, the Atlas Stones put a cherry on prime of the 2023 WSM. The athletes needed to raise 5 progressively heavier stones onto their respective platforms inside a one-minute time restrict. The 5 stones had weights of 150 kilograms (330 kilos), 160 kilograms (350 kilos), 180 kilograms (395 kilos), 200 kilograms (440 kilos), and 210 kilograms (460 kilos).
Coming into this ultimate occasion, all Hooper wanted to safe his first WSM title was a minimal sixth-place end result. After a couple of rivals faltered on the fifth Atlas Stone, Hooper’s second-place end was greater than sufficient to pen him down in strongman historical past. Although, runner-up Tom Stoltman would win the Atlas Stones occasion by lifting all 5 Stones in 33.26 seconds to entrench himself on the 2023 WSM podium.
- Tom Stoltman — 5 stones, 33.26 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — 5 stones, 36.96 seconds
- Trey Mitchell — 5 reps, 45.72 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — 4 reps, 27.43 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 4 reps, 28.16 seconds
- Brian Shaw — 4 stones, 35.88 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 4 stones, 45.86 seconds
- Luke Stoltman — 4 stones, 48.49 seconds
- Mathew Ragg — 4 stones, 49.5 seconds
- Jaco Schoonwinkel — Withdrawn
A Historic World’s Strongest Man
There was no scarcity of worthy storylines on the 2023 WSM.
Together with his title, Hooper capped one of many extra outstanding approximate one-year runs in strongman historical past. Now, whereas sitting on the prime, he might be starting an prolonged reign of dominance as the game’s preeminent royalty.
On a bittersweet however probably nonetheless completely happy observe, four-time WSM champion (2011, 2013, 2015-2016) Brian Shaw completed in seventh place in his final WSM Finals. The strongman legend walks off into the sundown having certified for the WSM Finals on 15 of 16 events in his profession.
In the meantime, the previous two-time defending champion in Tom Stoltman fell in need of a historic three-peat, however that doesn’t imply he’s misplaced his place as an elite competitor. Within the weeks and months forward and in any ensuing WSM, it wouldn’t be a far cry to see Stoltman contend for a lot of strongman titles.
So far as debuts goes, Mathew Ragg’s WSM debut was the primary New Zealand competitor’s look within the WSM ultimate in 40 years, with Allan Hallberg within the 1983 WSM being the final consultant. South Africa’s Jaco Schoonwinkel additionally had a particularly stable exhibiting, dominating his Qualifying Group earlier than falling to damage.
Certainly, the 2023 WSM was a cornucopia of unimaginable energy and athletic resolve. In the long run, Hooper stood tall above the remainder of his proficient friends.
Featured image: Todd Burandt / Courtesy of World’s Strongest Man
