The 2 strongmen didn’t leave London empty-handed.
American strongman Evan Singleton wasn’t the one big winner on the 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic (GLSC).
Through the contest that took place on July 8, 2023, in London, England, Australian athlete Eddie Williams broke the Nicol Stone Carry World Record with a distance of 31.66 meters. The famous stones weighed 114 kilograms (251.3 kilos) and 138 kilograms (304.2 kilos), respectively. Meanwhile, one other American competitor, Trey Mitchell, set a latest Viking Press World Record by ending 18 repetitions of the eponymous overhead implement, which weighed 150 kilograms (330.6 kilos). By the competition’s end, Mitchell and Williams finished in fourth and fifth place overall.
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The Nicol Stone Carry was the primary event of the 2023 GLSC, meaning Williams effectively set the tone for the competition along with his World Record. The athlete notably shattered the gap of the previous World Record holder Kevin Faires by over seven meters. Notably, Faires was also competing in the competition. Faires set the past Nicol Stone Carry mark on the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals with a carry of 24.61 meters.
Each of Williams, Faires, Singleton, and Mitchell Hooper eclipsed the previous record, but it surely was Williams who comfortably notched the farthest distance.
Provided that the Castle Stones (or Atlas Stones) are a usual closer at strongman events, the Viking Press served because the climactic penultimate event of the 2023 GLSC. A battle that Mitchell shined in along with his World Record. Mitchell’s record of 18 reps surpasses Paul Smith, who locked out 13 reps on the 2023 Giants Live Britain’s Strongest Man (GLBSM) for the past top number. Once more, several strongmen on the 2023 GLSC outperformed the previous Viking Press record, but Mitchell stood tallest within the showcase of overhead pressing endurance.
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Mitchell will likely move forward by diving back into his training for the 2023 Shaw Classic (SC) in August. The athlete is the two-time defending champion and may very well be the competitor who keeps the legendary Brian Shaw from winning his last-ever skilled strongman contest. On the flip side, Williams is a former two-time Australia’s Strongest Man (ASM) champion (2017-2018) and figures to be someone to look at after notching his first top-five international finish since 2019.
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