The brand new champ shared a summary of what would turn into a victorious day.
Lower than 24 hours after winning the 2023 World’s Strongest Man title in Myrtle Beach, SC, Mitchell Hooper gave his fans insight on what Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023 looked like from his perspective. The brand new champion posted a YouTube video that documented the ultimate day of the competition.
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The video was succinctly titled “I WON: World’s Strongest Man 2023,” and it was published on his channel the morning of Apr. 24, 2023. The video opens with Hooper walking to the competition area, apparently excited in regards to the upcoming day. Despite winning six of the eight previous contest events, he also acknowledged that there was no guarantee of victory against his elite peers.
“It’s going to be a battle between the 4 of us today … We’ll see how my dumbbell [event] goes. We’ll see how Tom [Stoltman’s] dumbbell [event] goes. We’ll see how Oleksii [Novikov’s] [Atlas] stone goes. Trey [Mitchell], in the combination with all of them. We’ll see the way it all shakes out. 25% likelihood for us all, possibly. Wish me luck.”
Hooper can then be seen warming up on the Circus dumbbells before the primary event of the competition’s final day. He was greeted by 2019 World’s Strongest Man Martins Licis, as well.
As a consequence of the copyrights of the video footage, Hooper is simply seen briefly performing within the event before it cuts to him talking to his family afterward. He tied for first place with Evan Singleton because the only competitors to lift the 140.4-kilogram (309-pound) dumbbell.
The video then cuts to Hooper resting and talking to the camera after the Truck Pull, where he placed first by beating his nearest competitors by greater than two seconds. Though the title was now clearly in Hooper’s sights at this point within the competition because of his points on the leaderboard, he said that he was assuming nothing until the last event was over.
Attempting to coax a reply from Hooper, the cameraperson asked, “In the event you were to predict the way you’re going to do on the stones, where do you think that you’re going to fare?” Hooper’s reply was a humble dismissal of the proven fact that, to that time, he had placed first in eight of the ten previous events.
“Not going to try this. Not apprehensive about it. Just gotta go have a clean, smooth run. Get through them. There’s quite a lot of really good stone lifters here so, anything could occur … We’ll see the way it goes.”
The video then shows Hooper and former champion Tom Stoltman making their entrances to the Atlas Stones area, where Hooper would clinch the title by ending in second place within the event. The camera then shows his family reacting to the moment he won the title followed by his wife hugging him in celebration while Hooper held the trophy.
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He can be shown taking photos, doing interviews, speaking with 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, and signing autographs. He signed off the video giving due to everyone who followed the motion throughout the week.
“It’s crazy. It’s going to take a protracted time for this to sink in … Thanks a lot to everyone who showed their support,” he said. “Thanks a lot to everyone who supports the game and to everyone who got here before me. Really, really cool and incredibly humbling experience that I’ll have trouble putting into words for awhile.”
Hooper is the primary athlete from Canada to win the World’s Strongest Man title. He can be the primary man to have won each the Arnold Strongman Classic and the World’s Strongest Man in the identical 12 months since Hafthor Björnsson pulled off the feat in 2018.
Featured Image: Mitchell Hooper / YouTube