The closing occasion on Day One featured some severely heavy sandbags within the Myrtle Seashore warmth.
Final up to date on Might 1st, 2024
The ultimate occasion of Day One on the 2024 World’s Strongest Man (WSM)at Myrtle Seashore, SC, was the Sandbag Steeplechase. After a day of stones and deadlifts, the 30 strongmen wrapped the day with sandbags.
This was the debut of the Sandbag Steeplechase at WSM. Athletes had been charged with carrying three sandbags weighing 176 to 264 kilos. The athletes carried every bag down a course over a log.
After every bag carry, they rush to the opposite facet, choose up the bag once more, and run to the rostrum on the different finish of the course. Athletes might select to choose up the sandbags in any order they select throughout the timed segments. The quickest time or furthest distance in 75 seconds decided the winners.
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2024 World’s Strongest Man Outcomes — Sandbag Steeplechase
The summaries of the occasion for all six teams are under:
Group 1
- Tristain Hoath (CAN) — 1:03.36 seconds
- Luke Stoltman (UK) — 1:04.16 seconds
- Trey Mitchell (USA) —1:13.92 seconds
- Eddie Williams (AUS) — 5 segments in 57.95 seconds
- Kevin Faires (USA) — 5 segments in 58.33 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski (POL) — 4 segments in 54.85 seconds
The gang was loud. As soon as once more, the strongmen competed in pairs. Group 1 began the motion in Myrtle Seashore with Oskar Ziółkowski versus Trey Mitchell. Mitchell accomplished the course in lower than 75 seconds, whereas Ziółkowski solely cleared the 4 segments.
Subsequent up was Kevin Faires and Luke Stoltman, and the ultimate pairing was Tristain Hoath and Eddie Williams. By the point all six males completed their races, the group winner was Hoath, with a time of 63 seconds.
Group 2
- Mitchell Hooper (CAN) — 53.54 seconds
- Ondrej Fojtu (CZE) — 1:02.91 seconds
- Spenser Remick (USA) — 5 segments in 1:06.41 seconds
- Austin Andrade (MEX) — 5 segments in 1:05.09 seconds
- Gavin Bilton UK) — Three segments in 34.32 seconds
- Nicolas Cambi (ITA) — no elevate
Spenser Remick and Nicolas Cambi opened for Group Two. After watching Group One, they may devise a technique. The match-up between Italy and america went to the American, Remick, who secured 5 of the six segments.
Cambi stopped after showing to undergo an harm. He didn’t full a section. No particulars had been shared concerning Cambi’s potential harm; he walked off the competitors ground on his personal energy.
Gavin Bilton versus Ondrej Fojtu clashed in warmth two. Fojtu was the faster of the 2. When Bilton rushed to his second sandbag, he required medical consideration and couldn’t end. Medical supplied him with oxygen and water. Bilton was assisted off the course to the gang’s applause for his effort.
Austin Andrade and defending champion Mitchell Hooper closed for Group Two. Hooper dedicated a number of minutes to guage the course earlier than the occasion started, and it paid off as he gained the matchup and the occasion total
Group 3
- Mathew Ragg (NZ) — 1:00.1 seconds
- Adam Bishop (GB) — 5 segments in 58.7 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer (IRL) — 5 segments in 1:06.62 seconds
- Rob Kearney (USA) — 5 segments in 1:12.1 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (LVA) — 4 segments in 43.85 seconds
- Thomas Evans (USA) — Three segments in 35.46 seconds
Earlier than the Group Three battled, medical confirmed Bilton was okay as soon as he returned backstage.
Rob Kearney versus Pa O’Dwyer was adopted by Thomas Evans versus Aivars Šmaukstelis and concluded with Matthew Ragg versus group chief Adam Bishop. Ragg scored the occasion win as the one athlete to finish all six segments.
Group 4
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (UA) — 57.58 seconds
- Evan Singleton (USA) — 1:11.01 seconds
- Evans Nana (GHA) — 5 segments in 1:01.82 seconds
- Kane Francis (GB) — 4 segments in 36.23 seconds
- Marcus Crowder (USA) — 4 segments in 36.65 seconds
- Rauno Heinla (EST) — 4 segments in 59.13 seconds
The afternoon transitioned to night as Group 4 ready for battle. Pavlo Kordiyaka and Marcus Crowder approached the course first. Evans Nana raced towards Kane Francis to attain the center scores throughout the group total.
The ultimate matchup pitted Rauno Heinla versus Evan Singleton, who felt assured attributable to his elevated cardio and working coaching throughout his prep. Kordiyaka was the primary to finish all six segments, however Singleton’s pace wouldn’t be denied.
Group 5
- Adam Roszkowski (POL) — 5 segments in 1:05.76 seconds
- Wesley Derwinsky (CAN) — seconds
- Nathan Goltry (USA) — seconds
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (SA) — seconds
- Tom Stoltman (UK) — seconds
- Bobby Thompson (USA) — Withdrawn
The ultimate group had loads of time to look at what labored and what didn’t, which made these races essentially the most fascinating. Eight males out of 25 managed to complete the course by this level.
Day One Is Wrapped
The primary day of the 2024 World’s Strongest Man is now formally within the books. Day Two guarantees one other unimaginable displaying because the Qualifying Occasions wrap as much as decide who will compete within the Finals. The occasions on Thursday, Might 3 might be as follows:
- Qualifying Occasion 4: Globe Viking Press — 9:00 AM
- Qualifying Occasion 5: Automotive Stroll — 1:00 PM
- Qualifying Occasion 6: Stone-Off — 5:00 PM
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