The all-time great captures yet one more trophy for his mantel.
At 47 years old, some might consider Žydrūnas Savickas to be past his physical prime as a strongman. Nonetheless, his legacy as an athlete — which incorporates 4 World’s Strongest Man titles (2009, 2010, 2012, and 2014) — is essentially unassailable by most of his peers. With no signs of slowing down any time soon, this prolific, achieved competitor seems to still have plenty to realize before he lifts his final Atlas Stone onto its corresponding podium.
On Nov. 13, 2022, through the 2022 Official Strongman Games (OSG) in Daytona Beach, FL, Savickas successfully repeated to win the Masters (40-plus) World’s Strongest Man (WSM) title. The championship is the third Masters WSM victory (2017, 2021-2022) for the Lithuanian in his illustrious profession. Joining Savickas on the rostrum were reigning World Deadlift Champion (WDC) Rauno Heinla (second place) — who Savickas eclipsed on a tiebreaker — and Jitse Kramer (third place).
Here’s an outline of the whole final standings from the 2022 Masters World’s Strongest Man:
2022 Master’s World Strongest Man Final Standings
- Žydrūnas Savickas — 54.5 points (Winner by a tiebreaker)
- Rauno Heinla — 54.5 points (Lost by a tiebreaker)
- Jitse Kramer — 50.5 points
- Matt Webb — 41 points
- Dimitar Savitinov — 41 points
- Dainius Repšys — 38.5 points
- Romek Velt — 34 points
- Washington Flores — 24 points
- Tim Filus — 24 points
- Peter Fundberg — 22 points
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Here’s a fast synopsis of Savickas’ individual performance on the 2022 OSG, including how he overcame Heinla to take home the Masters title by the competition’s end.
Žydrūnas Savickas | 2022 Masters World’s Strongest Man Event By Event Overview
- Viking Press — Third place (nine reps)
- Farmer’s Walk — Third place (18.22 seconds)
- Axle Deadlift — Third place (nine reps)
- Sandbag to Shoulder — Third place (three bags in 24.47 seconds)
- Automotive Walk — Fifth place (14.56 seconds)
- Circus Dumbbell Medley — Fourth place (three dumbbells in 20.78 seconds)
- Atlas Stones — First place (six stones in 33.28 seconds)
Day One — Nov. 12, 2022
Savickas opened the primary day of the competition with a spate of solid third-place results.
He began with the Viking press, tying Heinla in third with nine reps of a 147.5-kilogram (325.2-pound) implement. The Lithuanian athlete would follow that output with one other third-place finish on the farmer’s walk — when he used his terrific grip strength to successfully carry 150 kilograms (330.7 kilos) in each hand for the prescribed (undisclosed) distance in 18.22 seconds.
After that, Savickas would notch nine reps of a 300-kilogram (660.3-pound) axle deadlift for one more top-three event finish. To shut the day, Savickas managed to lift three of the 4 sandbags in 24.47 seconds through the sandbag-to-shoulder event for yet one more third-place final result.
Day Two — Nov. 13, 2022
In two of the ultimate three events of the competition, Savickas began to decelerate before a final flourish.
The strongman could only manage a fifth-place result on the automotive walk when he carried the vehicle frame weighing 408 kilograms (899.5 kilos) in 14.56 seconds. Next, after Savickas finished in fourth through the circus dumbbell medley, an event win for Heinla gave him the lead over the Lithuanian heading into the climactic final segment.
Savickas left no stone unturned (or unlifted) through the Atlas stones, pacing ahead of all the field in a stellar first-place performance (all six stones in 33.28 seconds). Fate would smile upon this result when an unlucky fourth-place stones result for Heinla (five stones in 30.51 seconds) meant the 2 athletes finished tied on points at 54.5. Because Savickas won the Atlas stones outright, he was awarded the tiebreaker and the 2022 Masters WSM championship.
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Even at his age, Savickas has participated in six strongman contests through the 2022 calendar 12 months up to now, winning three of them. He won’t necessarily be at the height of his powers, but it surely’s evident this living legend still has a rabid taste for competition and victory the way in which the good ones almost all the time do.
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