Sherdog Strongman discussion thread- Strongman classic looms

[irish_thug]

Man, a little more than 4 seconds separating 1st and 7th in the giant's medley.

 

[PEB]

 

[PEB]

"
2020 World’s Strongest Man Standings After Day One Finals

1. Oleksii Novikov — 25 points
2. Adam Bishop — 22 points
3. JF Caron — 22 points
4. Tom Stoltman — 21.5 points
5. Jerry Pritchett — 19 points
6. Brian Shaw — 17.5 points
7. Kevin Faires — 13 points
8. Aivars Smaukstelis — 12.5 points
9. Luke Richardson — 9.5 points

Withdrew: Graham Hicks* — 1 point"

 

[heavyarms21]

Bishop near the Top is the most surprising thing to me.

 

[Tyrannosaurus rex]

Bishop near the Top is the most surprising thing to me.

Bishop is really good though. I think he under performed in the heats since the events didn't suit him. He's better than most give him credit for.

 

[Phlog]

Bishop near the Top is the most surprising thing to me.

Bishop is legit. He's been steadily improving for ages under the radar.

He can really move!

 

[irish_thug]

With it being this tight who the funk knows. I don't remember the last time I saw a final this close.

 

[heavyarms21]

Its Crazy that we are essentially looking at the 4th Sraight year with a New Champ 2017 - Eddie , 2018 Thor, 2018 , 2019 - Licis and whoever wins today will be a 1st time champ barring a Miracle from Shaw.

Rooting for JF since he such a vet , but Bishop and Novikov would be worthy 1st timers too.

 

[Halge]

Its Crazy that we are essentially looking at the 4th Sraight year with a New Champ 2017 - Eddie , 2018 Thor, 2018 , 2019 - Licis and whoever wins today will be a 1st time champ barring a Miracle from Shaw.

It's not all that unique, is it?
Looking at the list of winners by year the title changes hand quite reguarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Strongest_Man

 

[LEWIS540]

It's not all that unique, is it?
Looking at the list of winners by year the title changes hand quite reguarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Strongest_Man

So literally the first time ever?

Seems we've had 3x 1st time winners in a row twice before*, but never 4.

*91, 92, 93 and 00, 01 and 02.

 

[heavyarms21]

It's not all that unique, is it?
Looking at the list of winners by year the title changes hand quite reguarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Strongest_Man

It would be the 1st Time that 4 straight years would have 1st time Winners.

 

[Halge]

It would be the 1st Time that 4 straight years would have 1st time Winners.

Sure. I didn't mean to dispute the statistics. Just the claim that it is particularly crazy.
You had 3 consecutive first-time winners in 1991-1993, and then again in 2000-2002, and like I said, overall the throphy changes hands a lot.
And not just back and forth between the same couple of guys; there's been 22 different winners over 42 tournaments, if my math is correct (although I'm sure some autist will arrive shortly to point out some minor miscalculation).

 

[LEWIS540]

Sure. I didn't mean to dispute the statistics. Just the claim that it is particularly crazy.
You had 3 consecutive first-time winners in 1991-1993, and then again in 2000-2002, and like I said, overall the throphy changes hands a lot.
And not just back and forth between the same couple of guys; there's been 22 different winners over 42 tournaments, if my math is correct (although I'm sure some autist will arrive shortly to point out some minor miscalculation).

So you're sticking by the fact that something that would literally be unique would fit "It's not all that unique, is it?"????

PS One cannot have gradations of uniqueness. It is either unique or not unique.

 

[heavyarms21]

Aaaaaanys from Twitter it looks like JF took the Hercules Hold .

 

[deadshot138]

Oberst bomb out?

 

[PEB]

Aaaaaanys from Twitter it looks like JF took the Hercules Hold .

Yes 51 seconds well above everyone and is tied for first with Novikov now a lot of people say Canadian JF Caron will win the whole thing. Amazing because he is not a big dude compared to the others.

 

[Halge]

So you're sticking by the fact that something that would literally be unique would fit "It's not all that unique, is it?"????

PS One cannot have gradations of uniqueness. It is either unique or not unique.

Speaking of autism.


Just drop this, alright. I don't have the energy to argue over semantics with people that willfully miss my point, and it doesn't benefit the thread.

 

[irish_thug]

Its Crazy that we are essentially looking at the 4th Sraight year with a New Champ 2017 - Eddie , 2018 Thor, 2018 , 2019 - Licis and whoever wins today will be a 1st time champ barring a Miracle from Shaw.

Rooting for JF since he such a vet , but Bishop and Novikov would be worthy 1st timers too.

I could see Bish struggling to hold a podium place. The log ladder and Hercules hold could hurt him. He nearly droped a 180kg log on his head at Europe's Strongest Man. And I can't remember where he placed on the Herc hold there, but it was not his best event.

Edit: posted this before seeing the results for the Hercules Hold.

 

[irish_thug]

Oberst bomb out?

Torn biceps, didn't make it past the prelims.

 

[LEWIS540]

Speaking of autism.


Just drop this, alright. I don't have the energy to argue over semantics with people that willfully miss my point, and it doesn't benefit the thread.

What's happened here is you've embarrassed yourself but rather admit your error you've tried to backtrack.

Take the L, snowflake, and learn from it.

You're welcome.