Worlds Strongest Man 2015 - Heats and Events

Worlds Strongest Man 2015 - Heats and Events

 

This year see’s double points in the heats for Atlas Stones (this is to circumvent the leaders of the events taking it easy on the stone events when they are a long way in the lead as the Stone events are always last in a Strongman Competition) which should see a lot of action right through each heat.

 

Looking at the break down of competitors in the heats, Heats 3 and 4 are going to be incredibly well contested, I have no doubt the double points on the stones are going to play very well into the hands of storng stone lifters like Mark Felix and Zydrunas Savickas. This year also sees a mazimum of 10 competitors in the final, only 2 from each heat. My pick for the winners in each heat:

 

1: Oberst and Shaw

2: Bjornsson and Savatinov

3: Savickas and Shahalei

4: Radzikowski and Arsjo, if Radzikowski gets hurt, it will be Felix.

5: Burke and Hall

 

 

Heat 1

Events – Loading Race Barrels, Deadlift, Circus Barbells, Kettlebell Throw, Truck Pull and Atlas Stones

Competitors

Poland		Mateusz Baron
Great Britain		Adam Bishop
Canada		Jean-François Caron
Sweden		Martin Forsmark
USA		Robert Oberst
USA		Brian Shaw

Heat 2

Events - Loading Race Tires, Norse Hammers, Squat Lift, Basque Circle, Dumbbell Press and Atlas Stones

Competitors

Iceland		Hafthor Bjornsson
Great Britain		Graham Hicks
Poland		Rafal Kobylarz
Hungary		Akos Nagy
Bulgaria		Dimitar Savatinov
USA		Josh Thigpen

Heat 3

Events - Loading Race Tires, Norse Hammers, Squat Lift, Dumbbell Press, Truck Pull and Atlas Stones

Competitors

USA		Nick Best
Iceland		Benedikt Magnusson
Sweden		David Nystrom
Lithuania		Žydrūnas Savickas
Great Britain		Laurence Shahlaei
Russia		Mikhail Shivlyakov

Heat 4

Events – Loading Race Barrels, Deadlift, Circus Barbells, Kettlebell Throw, Basque Circle and Atlas Stones

Competitors

Sweden		Johannes Arsjo
Great Britain		Mark Felix
USA		Jerry Pritchett
Poland		Krzysztof Radzikowski
Republic of SA		Gerhard Van Staden
Latvia		Dainis Zageris

Heat 5

Events – Loading Race Barrels, Deadlift, Circus Barbells, Kettlebell Throw, Truck Pull and Atlas Stones

Competitors

Slovenia		Matjaz Belsak
USA		Mike Burke
USA		Mike Caruso
Great Britain		Eddie Hall
Norway		Ole Martin Hansen
Poland		Grzegorz Szymanski

Final Events

Super Yoke, Deadlift, Truck Pull, Power Stairs, Log Lift for Max Weight and Atlas Stones

 

Looking at the final events, Thor from Iceland has a very good chance, with the way he has dominated Atlas Stones and Truck Pulls in the past couple of years, he will be very hard to beat, power stairs will also suit his speed and height. Zydrunes will work very hard for his 5th world title, to match that of Mariusz Pudzianowski, Shaw will also be chasing very hard for his third title, especially after such good showings in both the American and Australian Arnold Championships in March 2015.

 

My pick for top three:

1 - Thor

2 - Zydrunas

3 - Shaw or Burke

 

Heat and Event details from the Worlds Strongest Man website: www.theworldsstrongestman.com