Hooper and Faires maximized their Rogue appearance with these milestones.
The 2022 Strongman Rogue Invitational in Austin, TX, was one to recollect, and never only for the athletes participating within the predominant event. With 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson setting a high bar by extending his Weight Over Bar World Record, among the other competitors had an exemplary standard to live as much as. They didn’t disappoint.
One in all the opposite significant feats belongs to Mitchell Hooper, who broke the Dinnie Stones Hold for Time World Record when he held up the titular stones with a combined weight of 325.3 kilograms (732 kilos) for 39.85 seconds on Oct. 30, 2022.
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Hooper’s record got here as a product of utilizing replicas of the Dinnie Stones. The unique granite iterations are a component of a famed strongman tradition, where athletes from everywhere in the world travel to Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to lift the unevenly weighted implements using a modified deadlift technique.
Heading into the 2022 Rogue Invitational, Mark Felix held the Dinnie Stones Hold for Time World Record with a time of 31.4 seconds. Kevin Faires — who possesses the Dinnie Stones Carry World Record with a distance of 25 feet, eight inches from the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic — actually surpassed Felix first when he held up the stones for 37.58 seconds.
Fresh off a third-place podium lead to the predominant strongman competition, Hooper followed Faires and exceeded his peer with the brand new record mark — earning $5,000 for his efforts. After winning the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals and 2022 Arnold Strongman UK — in addition to an eighth-place finish within the 2022 WSM (his debut) — Hooper’s record could be a fitting cherry on top to a prolific competitive yr.
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On the flip side, while his Dinnie Stones Hold attempt didn’t last, Faires didn’t leave the 2022 Rogue Invitational empty-handed with no record.
The American strongman broke the Thor’s Hammer Deadlift World Record when he successfully lifted the eponymous implement of 147.4 kilograms (325 kilos). The figure surpasses Martin Licis‘ past mark of 136.3 kilograms (300 kilos) after a 2021 Rogue Invitational victory performance.
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The duty of Thor’s Hammer deadlift is straightforward in practice. The athlete must grip the hammer’s thick vertical handle in a single hand and lift it clearly off the bottom until they receive a down signal from an official. After working through some lighter implements, the ultimate athletes left standing for an try to match the present record were Faires, Licis, and Pavlo Nakonechnyy.
Licis needed to bow out first as he was unable to match his own previous record of 136 kilograms (300 kilos). An undisclosed injury suffered throughout the final event of the predominant Rogue strongman competition could have played a task. Faires and Pavlo Nakonechnyy would each successfully lift the hammer.
When the ultimate record hammer weight of 147.4 kilograms (325 kilos) got here across the bend, Faires finished a lockout after two attempts, while Nakonechnyy couldn’t muster up the requisite strength.
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Along with his Dinnie Stones Carry World Record within the account, it’s also been a banner yr of sorts for Faires. After ending tenth in the first Rogue strongman contest, Faires can now claim the Thor’s Hammer and Dinnie Stones Carry World Record. When factored right into a 2022 calendar yr output that features two podium finishes in 4 contests, the 32-year-old athlete appears to be hitting a groove.
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