The competition returns to London with a “strong” lineup.
On Apr. 28, 2023, the Giants Live organization used two comprehensive Instagram posts to reveal the lineup of strongman competitors for the 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic (GLSC). The growing tentpole strength contest is scheduled to happen on Jul. 8, 2023, in London, England, and can feature 12 elite strongmen, including the two-time defending (and inaugural) champion Oleksii Novikov. This yr’s GLSC is barely the third iteration of the competition.
On the time of this text’s publication, listed here are the confirmed competitors for the 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic:
2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic Roster
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There is no such thing as a shortage of worthy contenders for the 2023 GLSC title. Six World’s Strongest Man (WSM) finalists and three WSM champions are littered all around the lineup. Knowing this fact, even with out a confirmed events list or schedule on the time of this writing, it is perhaps easy to determine who needs to be favored to excel on the London competition.
The largest name to look at is perhaps Mitchell Hooper, who just won the 2023 WSM for his first victory at strongman’s flagship competition. The Canadian athlete is scorching hot performance-wise. His WSM victory included, Hooper has won five of his last six contests while qualifying for the rostrum in nine straight competitions.
Then there’s Tom Stoltman, who finished because the runner-up within the 2023 WSM after a standing as the previous reigning two-time WSM champion (2021-2022). In accordance with Strongman Archives, Stoltman has featured in only two strongman contests over the past approximate calendar yr, with the opposite being a sixth-place result on the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC).
Finally, because the last competitor with a WSM title on their resume, the athlete who should probably be an enormous favorite based on his rap sheet is Novikov. Besides his status because the only-ever winner of the GLSC, Novikov has only missed the rostrum on two occasions out of 20 competitions dating back to his WSM championship in November 2020. Novikov is most recently coming off a runner-up finish within the 2023 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) and a third-place result on the 2023 WSM.
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With a deck featuring a lot strongman star power, the consequence of the 2023 GLSC appears to be up within the air. On the very least, it should make for an exhilarating show of power and prowess at the game’s highest level.
Featured image: @giantslivestrongman on Instagram