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00:00Welcome Strongman fans and those with no other particular plans, here's something you may find
00:25entertaining. It's day three of the SPD World's Strongest Man. We're in Sacramento, California
00:31where already days one and two have been raw and they've been primal as four men muscled
00:35their way into the final.
00:37Time and reigning SPD World's Strongest Man, representing Great Britain, Tom Stoltzman!
00:49Yes! We are playing games!
00:53Through to his first SPD World's Strongest Man final, it's the singing strongman Eddie Williams!
01:04Through to the World's Strongest Man final, let's hear it from Mitchell Hooper!
01:12Through to his very first SPD World's Strongest Man final, Paddy Haynes!
01:29So, Eddie Hall, first two groups here in Sacramento have been absolutely stacked with former finalists
01:34but today's set features some very interesting fresh faces.
01:38Yeah, we've got two new guys, Lucas Hatton and Rayne O'Neill.
01:42Now, Lucas Hatton has been competing at some very high-level competition in Strongman.
01:46Came second at the Arnold Classic, which is where the top ten guys in the world go to compete,
01:51so that's a very good steed.
01:53And then Rayne O'Neill won the SCL, which is the Strongman Champions League.
01:57It's like the League One in Strongman, but usually guys that win that tend to do very good at this stage.
02:04And he did that despite only taking part in three of the twelve competitions.
02:08So, must have something about him.
02:10Well, aside from Nell and that Manhattan, what about the chances of Britain's Shane Flowers
02:14becoming the third Brit in the final?
02:16Last time he was here three years ago, he dropped an anvil on his foot in the first event and broke it.
02:21Can we expect better this time?
02:23Yeah, Shane Flowers has had a bit of a whirlwind the last few years.
02:26He missed one year at World's Strongest Man because of the birth of his son.
02:30He missed the second year because ten days before the final, he ripped his bicep off the bone and had to get reattached.
02:36So, he's taken about six months to recover from that and about six months' good training.
02:41He came second at Britain's Strongest Man.
02:43If you're coming to the top two in Britain, in my opinion, that puts you at the top ten in the world, no problem.
02:47Okay. Wow. Add a two-time runner-up in Mateusz Kieloszkowski into that mix,
02:51and you've got yourself a very interesting heat three.
02:53Let's hear more about them now with our commentators Daniel Wallace and Colin Bryce.
02:57Well, thanks, James. Thanks, Eddie.
02:59And guess what a group this is.
03:02First time travelling to North America for Rayno Nell, two-time Africa's Strongest Man and a former rugby player.
03:09From the US, it's Lucas, the hit Manhattan, making his debut two times America's Strongest Man.
03:16The Ghanaian Gladiator, second time at World's Strongest, Evans Nanna.
03:21Mateusz Kieloszkowski, the mighty pole, twice second at World's Strongest Man.
03:27And completing the line-up from Britain's Shane Flowers.
03:31Flower Power, he calls himself. I need a stronger nickname.
03:35So, first event is the loading medley, Colin.
03:38Sacks, a sack fest. Four of them have to be loaded back on the Cybertruck.
03:43Well, they call this guy the hitman, on account of his side hustle in assassinations.
03:53And Flowers is back, Colin.
03:55Yes, it's great to see him back. It's been a while now. He's been out with different injuries.
04:01He's got a great opportunity and he's in great shape.
04:05On the whistle.
04:07And all of these weigh around, about 130 kilograms, just under 300 pounds.
04:13Or, uh, about, uh, maybe 22 stone. So, pretty heavy.
04:18Not the easiest things to carry either. They can slip out your hands.
04:22Neck and neck at the moment. I'm impressed with Hatton, seeing as he's got such enormous legs.
04:27This is fast from both guys, especially in this heat.
04:30Different techniques, though, moving up to the shoulder for Hatton.
04:33It's definitely quicker just to carry it in your arms, but it, uh, can be tiring.
04:37Especially on this last one, if you try and do that.
04:39Kicks and turns, that's really quick from Flowers.
04:43Well, it was. It's a risk to pick it up and turn.
04:45Both men doing it. Flowers, faster.
04:47Nice.
04:49It's a very awkwardly shaped sack.
04:52And, uh, the Husserfeld stone.
04:54And, uh, about 47, 48 seconds there for Hatton.
04:57And we saw from the previous heats, with the likes of Mitchell Hooper, Tom Stoltman,
05:0138 seconds was the very best for those two.
05:04So, uh, remember this is compared to the other heats if you qualify through to the final.
05:09Well, four in 48.09 for Lucas Hatton.
05:13With four sandbags at a time of 40.13.
05:17But a good time. Shane Flowers, as he was satisfied.
05:2140 seconds.
05:24Yes, indeed. 40 seconds is excellent.
05:26Very close to Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper from the other heats.
05:29Not sure there was much more there, though.
05:31Good job.
05:32Good job.
05:33...representing South Africa, Reino Nell.
05:37So, Reino Nell.
05:39That mighty chest.
05:41In lane to represent...
05:42...against an old hand.
05:43He's been appearing at World's Strongest since 2016.
05:48Kieliszkowski.
05:49This should be fascinating.
05:52Kieliszkowski is incredibly quick.
05:54But Reino Nell, he's almost an unknown quantity.
05:57We've heard so many things about him.
05:59Two times Africa's strongest man.
06:01He's only been in the sport two years.
06:03Oh, absolutely.
06:05He's doing very well here.
06:08Very fast turn against Kieliszkowski.
06:10Who's just about never lost a loading event in his life.
06:13This is really impressive from the South African.
06:16Nell's off.
06:17Kieliszkowski just behind him.
06:19You can tell Nell used to play rugby.
06:21And Kieliszkowski is a...
06:23Oh, that's a fumble there.
06:24That will cost him greatly.
06:26What an error.
06:28Now then, Flowers did 40 seconds just over.
06:30This is going to be tight.
06:33Well, Nell needs to get ahead of that 40 seconds.
06:36He's not going to do that.
06:38But he's nipping at Flowers' heels as Kieliszkowski
06:42finishes.
06:43That will be disappointing for him.
06:48Yeah, massively disappointing for Kieliszkowski.
06:50That was just a total...
06:52He's just switched off for a second.
06:54I don't know what he was thinking.
06:55He's furious at himself.
06:57And actually, it made him speed up on the last one.
07:00Well, an unhappy Kieliszkowski.
07:02Four in 46.28.
07:04And with four sandbags in a time of 42.36.
07:07And a couple of seconds behind Flowers.
07:09For Rayne O'Neill.
07:11Rayne O'Neill.
07:13You know he grew that massage this morning.
07:16Rayne O'Neill shines, but Flowers blooming good
07:18and in the lead in event one.
07:20Up next, though, hey, nah, nah.
07:22It's the self-proclaimed Usain Bolt of strength.
07:25Can he go fastest?
07:26We'll find out when we return.
07:27Welcome back to the SPD World's Strongest Man,
07:40where Brit Shane Flowers is in the lead in Group 3.
07:43Just one man left to run in the opening event,
07:45the loading medley, Evans Nana from Ghana.
07:48Back to Colin and Danny.
07:49Evans Nana!
07:50Well, thank you, James.
07:51Yes.
07:52Cutting a lonely figure.
07:54Evans can compete against no one.
07:57Doing the solo, Evans Nana from Ghana.
08:00He calls himself, as James mentioned earlier,
08:03the Usain Bolt of strong men.
08:05Ready? On the whistle.
08:07It can be a little hit and miss, Evans.
08:10Certainly very fast at moving events like this.
08:13Completely the World's Strongest Man last year.
08:15That was his debut.
08:17Didn't make it to the final,
08:18but this is certainly an event that suits him.
08:21He's very quick through the first two sacks.
08:25He's only been competing in strong men since 2021.
08:30Already made a real impact with the other athletes.
08:33And now, now we see the Usain Bolt of it.
08:36Speed back to the final sack.
08:41Marginally slower than Usain Bolt.
08:43I was going to say marginally slower,
08:44but if you can let him off.
08:47Well, the 40 seconds of Shane Flowers has come and gone.
08:49He's not going to win this heat, but it's solid.
08:53Yeah.
08:54Good time for Evans Nana.
08:58Right about 44 seconds.
09:0144.9 for Evans Nana.
09:03Put him behind Raynaud now, but ahead of Kieliszkowski.
09:08Yeah, I would have said Kieliszkowski.
09:10Manhattan were the two favourites for this heat.
09:12But right now, they're fourth and fifth.
09:14This man in third.
09:16Yes, while the favourites flounder, it's Flowers who's off to a flyer.
09:19Picking up his maiden event win at World's Strongest Man.
09:23He's with Michelle.
09:28Now, Shane, the last time I saw you was back in 2022.
09:32You were in an ice bath with a broken foot.
09:34Is it good to be back?
09:36I knew he was going to bring that up.
09:38It's really good to be back.
09:39You know, three years later in the same city.
09:42To win an event that cost me so much three years ago.
09:45Really happy.
09:46And I just need to keep building on this now.
09:49I know that my finalists have got it in me.
09:51So I just need to show the world that I can do it.
09:53This is the thing, isn't it?
09:54But it's been a long road.
09:55It's been quite the journey for you to get to this point.
09:58Yeah, it has.
09:59Obviously, 2022 went completely wrong.
10:0223, I missed due to the birth of my son.
10:0524, 10 days out from the show, managed to rupture my bicep off the bone.
10:10So I've not had much luck.
10:12But I'm here now.
10:13I'm in great shape.
10:14So let's do it.
10:16Tell you what, you seem incredibly focused.
10:17And as it currently stands, you're third overall.
10:20What's that doing to the confidence levels?
10:23Just building and building.
10:24Like I said, I've not had much luck.
10:25So when your back is against the wall, it's hard sometimes.
10:27And there's been times over the last three years
10:29where I've thought about just jacking it in.
10:31But I just took one day at a time and now I'm back.
10:34So, yeah, buzzing.
10:36It's fantastic to see you here.
10:37Well done, Shane.
10:38Thank you. Thank you very much.
10:40Shane Flan is off to a great start in his quest
10:42to join fellow Brits Tom Stoltman and Paddy Haynes,
10:45who are already through to the final.
10:47Next up, though, for Shane and Group 3,
10:49it's a very different kind of test.
10:51The deadlift for reps.
10:52And if event one was all about speed,
10:55this requires raw power.
10:57350 kilos on the bar, 60 seconds on the clock.
11:02Our first was a man with static strength of plenty,
11:05Lucas Hatton.
11:08Hatton managed seven reps,
11:10matching the mark set in previous heats
11:12by former champions Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper.
11:15That's the number for the rest of Group 3 to aim for then,
11:19as we rejoin Conan and Daniel.
11:21Representing Ghana.
11:26Evans-Nana then.
11:27Evans-Nana.
11:28Evans-Nana.
11:30Hepping to...
11:32Hepping to...
11:34Best.
11:35Hatton seven reps.
11:36So, too, Kieliszkowski.
11:37Mattias Kieliszkowski.
11:38Mattias Kieliszkowski.
11:41One of the greats, Kieliszkowski.
11:43Certainly one of the greats to never have won World's Strongest Man.
11:46That's for sure.
11:47He's right up there in that list.
11:48It's good to have him back,
11:49but this was always his Achilles heel deadlift.
11:52Nana.
11:53Down.
11:54He knocks the deadlift and...
11:55Oh, no!
11:56Down.
11:57Down.
11:58Made in his hips or what, but he's...
11:59To be honest, this is probably the reason why he couldn't win World's Strongest Man.
12:02Down.
12:03Lift.
12:04That's...
12:05Already another very disappointing event for Kieliszkowski.
12:08Lift.
12:09So we'll focus on Nana.
12:10He wasn't there.
12:11Down.
12:12Lift.
12:13Five reps.
12:14We've seen from the other heats that, uh,
12:16eight is about absolute max you can do in this.
12:19Down.
12:20Lift.
12:21And the bar doesn't bend at all.
12:23Very thick bar as well.
12:25And...
12:26Down.
12:27Picked from a very low height.
12:28Lower than you would in a gym.
12:29Seven reps.
12:30Could he do eight?
12:31He's got time.
12:32He does have time.
12:33Can he give us one more?
12:37This heat, of course, not helping.
12:44Well, seven for Nana.
12:46Ties in for first so far with Hatton.
12:49It's had its effect, hasn't it?
12:51Goodness me, yeah.
12:52That's knocked him for sixth.
12:54Try and get his suit off and get him breathing a little better.
12:58But once someone stops, they rarely get another rep.
13:01Seven, though, is very solid.
13:03Equals Hatton.
13:04With seven repetitions, give it up for Evan Nell.
13:09Some oxygen will help him get back on it.
13:11Oh, that was fast.
13:13Goodness me.
13:14He's the Usain Bolt, the strong man.
13:17What was in that?
13:18He's a great showman.
13:19He loves the crowd, that's for sure.
13:25Representing South Africa, Reino Nell.
13:28To Reino Nell.
13:31He's very fast in the loading medley.
13:34Representing Great Britain, Shane Flowers.
13:37Out to some of these misfortunes.
13:47Shane is a former Commonwealth champion in powerlifting.
13:50He's been one of the three disciplines of powerlifting.
13:53So I'd expect him to do very well here,
13:55but it's Reino Nell who's making the running.
13:57The unknown quantity.
14:00Banging them out here.
14:01This is impressive from now.
14:05He doesn't really know what his maximum is.
14:07He's never really been tested yet.
14:09He is fairly new to strongman.
14:11This is his debut at World's Strongest Man.
14:13He looks great.
14:14It has to be said.
14:17Often we see that when someone doesn't know
14:19what they're not supposed to be able to do,
14:22they go a lot further than we think they can.
14:25And he's doing that now.
14:27Yes, he shouldn't do a...
14:29But he can.
14:30And he's done it.
14:31Wow.
14:32My goodness me.
14:33That's a massive total.
14:34Flowers trying to get the seventh up here.
14:36Can he get it up his quads?
14:37No, he can't.
14:38So close there.
14:40Shane Flowers.
14:43Well, in powerlifting,
14:44you'd have been told to put that down,
14:45but in strongman, that's fine.
14:47You could jack it up,
14:48but he didn't have the energy in the end.
14:51So six reps for Shane Flowers.
14:55The winner of the deadlift.
14:56Let's hear it.
14:57But just incredible, really, from Reino Nell.
14:59Surprised everybody.
15:01Eight reps.
15:03Well, we've seen he's very fast,
15:04and now we've seen he's statically very, very strong, too.
15:08This guy's looking like an all-round package.
15:10The South African, an all-round surprise package.
15:15He's eight reps equaling the best score we've seen all week.
15:19They call him the Reino, and Reino is with Michelle.
15:23Reino, first time on the World's Strongest Man circuit,
15:27and you've just won an event.
15:29How does it feel?
15:30No, it's amazing.
15:31I had a bit more hope for a loading medley,
15:33so this is good redemption for me, for myself.
15:36And I know for you, you grew up watching strongman.
15:39To actually be here with some of the greatest strongmen of all time,
15:43what's that like for you?
15:44Yeah, it's awesome.
15:45I mean, I don't get bigger than this.
15:46I'm so humble and so glad to be taking in every moment.
15:50It's amazing.
15:51What's the plan for the next event?
15:53I take it one event at a time.
15:55So next is the pressing medley.
15:58I have a game plan.
15:59I'm not going to share it yet.
16:00Fair enough.
16:02But yeah, no, I'll just go out and give my best.
16:04And do you have an overall goal for this year's World's Strongest Man?
16:08Have you got your eyes on the final?
16:10Yeah, being my first World's Strongest Man,
16:12I think getting into a final will be a big achievement.
16:15So yeah, that's the first box that I need to tick.
16:18It feels like there's a lot of eyes on you coming into this competition.
16:21Does that add a bit of pressure?
16:23Do you feel like you've got a point to prove?
16:25Yeah, look, I come from a whole different organization.
16:28There's only one other guy here that I competed against.
16:30So I think I'm unknown.
16:31But for me, take it one event at a time
16:34and then maybe show the guys I deserve to be here.
16:36All the best to look, Reino.
16:37Thank you so much.
16:40Reino the Rhino currently on top of the standings.
16:43Two points clear of Shane Flowers
16:45in what continues to be a very surprising group.
16:47The highly rated Lucas Hatton and Mateusz Kieliszkowski
16:50are currently a long way off the qualifying positions.
16:54Up next, it's the overhead medley.
16:56Can Lucas and Mateusz keep up with the pairs?
16:59Can Shane Flowers keep his spot in the top two?
17:02We'll find out when we return.
17:03Welcome back to the SPD World's Strongest Man.
17:13Next up for the strongmen of group three,
17:15it's the overhead medley.
17:17This test of overhead metal, literally,
17:20with four different implements
17:22for a combined seven reps and 75 seconds on the clock.
17:26First out, and in desperate need of points,
17:28is Poland's Mateusz Kieliszkowski.
17:30Over to Colin and Danny.
17:31Well, Kieliszkowski could redeem himself here.
17:40One of the most explosive overhead pressers in the world.
17:45Yes, he has to go on his own.
17:48He was at last in the deadlift,
17:50so he has to come out first in this event.
17:5290 kilograms overhead,
17:54this should be no problem whatsoever for him.
17:56He is one of the greatest dumbbell pressers there's ever been,
18:00that's for sure.
18:02Now then, let's see if he just viper,
18:04yes, he does,
18:05just chucks it right from his hip up overhead.
18:07No pausing necessary, just straight up.
18:12Viper press, as they call it, very impressive.
18:15Now then, onto the clean and jerk of this circus barbell.
18:24Seems to be struggling slightly here.
18:27Lacking the power belly.
18:29He's the power belly, doesn't he?
18:30Oh, that's it for Kieliszkowski.
18:33Well, something's not right here, obviously.
18:35He's not feeling himself.
18:37Yeah, I'm very surprised.
18:38You saw how easy it was for him to chuck that log up.
18:40It's as if he just ran out of gas.
18:43Let's hear it from Matias Kieliszkowski.
18:45Well, four in 26.25.
18:47I don't know what's going through his head.
18:54Representing the United States of America.
18:56So, Lucas Hitman Hatton.
18:59One of the world's greatest pressers.
19:05Representing...
19:06Shane Flowers.
19:07Shane Flowers.
19:08He's having a good day.
19:11He's feeling good.
19:13Looking forward to seeing Hatton press the log.
19:20One of the best log pressers right now out there.
19:25If not the best, just about.
19:28And very quick with that dumbbell.
19:31Wow.
19:32That was lightning.
19:38Have some of that, Kieliszkowski.
19:39Anything Kieliszkowski can do.
19:46Slower, steadier.
19:49Now then, let's see how Hatton deals with this circus barbell.
19:52There's the power bar.
19:54There it goes.
19:55Look at that.
19:56350 pounds.
19:57Gleaned and jerked overhead with ease.
20:02If he gets through this next one, Hatton, he'll go on to the axle.
20:06The end game monster, if you like.
20:08Weighing 168 kilograms.
20:10That's more like 365 pounds.
20:12Very heavy indeed.
20:1475 seconds of which to do it.
20:21He's still got time.
20:30Oh.
20:31Oh.
20:32Hatton's beaten.
20:33Flowers.
20:34Oh.
20:35Oh, he didn't lock it out.
20:36Well, he did lock it out, but it was in front of him.
20:39Goodness me.
20:40Well, five in 52.74 for Shane Flowers.
20:51But one ahead, Lucas Hatton.
20:53Six in 47.41.
20:58I really thought Hatton was going to do the final implement there.
21:01Such a great presser, but all of the cleaning,
21:04getting it to the shoulders is what tired him.
21:06Representing Ghana, it's Eben's Nana.
21:10Eben's Nana next.
21:15Getting the crowd onside.
21:16Always a good idea.
21:18Reino Nell.
21:19And Reino Nell.
21:22A lot more modest in his behaviour.
21:25He's a very humble fella, but exceptionally talented.
21:31Ghana against South Africa right here.
21:33That's fast from Nell.
21:36I mean, this is quite a technical event for a man who's not been in the sport particularly long.
21:43He's just so talented at everything.
21:46Highly coordinated as well as ridiculously strong.
21:49Goodness me.
21:50What?
21:51And straight back to the second.
21:53Well, what's happening here?
21:54I promise doesn't make sense.
21:55We're talking 150 kilos in the hand there.
21:56That's a serious weight.
21:57Locks out.
21:58Already moving on.
21:59You see how long-armed he is as well.
22:00That's a long old press down here.
22:01I mean, he's pushing it.
22:02A great deal above his head there.
22:03He's not built to be a presser, but he's good.
22:04Oh, what a jerk.
22:05Now that's how to lift weights.
22:06Ooh, it bounced into him.
22:07That's going to hurt.
22:08That's going to hurt.
22:09From the uninitiated, what a jerk is actually a compliment.
22:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:11Basically using your legs twice, driving and dipping.
22:12In case he just tuned in and thought Colin Bryce had lusted his mind.
22:13So, Nana.
22:14Oh, you see how long-armed he is as well.
22:15And he's pushing it.
22:16That's a long old press down here.
22:17I mean, he's pushing it.
22:18Great deal above his head there.
22:19He's not built to be a presser, but he's good.
22:20Oh, what a jerk.
22:21Now that's how to lift weights.
22:22Ooh, it bounced into him.
22:23That's got to hurt.
22:24From the uninitiated, what a jerk is actually a compliment.
22:26Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:28Basically using your legs twice, driving and dipping.
22:33In case he just tuned in and thought Colin Bryce had lusted his mind.
22:38Oh, it's unsteady.
22:41That's a shame.
22:43Yeah, he never had full control, did he?
22:46Ooh!
22:47That's really bouncing around into them.
22:49Uncomfortable finish for Nell, but another consistent good performance.
22:55Might not have won this overhead medley, but it's time indeed.
23:00Well, it puts him in second after Hatton.
23:02Five in 36.81.
23:04And we found third place as well in Evans-Nana.
23:08Five in 48.91.
23:11Nana!
23:16That's hard lines there for Nana.
23:17I mean, if you look at it in slow motion, it does look like he's locked out,
23:20because he is, but he was always drifting away.
23:23He wasn't in control.
23:24It was the right call for Magnus.
23:26I disagree.
23:27The results for the overhead medley.
23:32Hatton hits back to claim a much-needed event win.
23:35Nell, Nana and Flowers all put up five, but not Mateusz Kieliszkowski,
23:39whose return to Worlds is not going to plan.
23:41He's with Michel.
23:43Mateusz, everyone's been so excited to see you back here at Worlds,
23:48but we know you've had a difficult time of it with the last three events, haven't you?
23:52Yeah, yeah.
23:53I was very excited to come here, but I don't feel well,
23:56because I feel something like high temperature, some fever.
24:00Here is very hot, but I use long sleeves.
24:03I don't feel good right now.
24:05It's bad luck for me, but the events was fine.
24:09I should go final easy, but it's not my time.
24:13Maybe next year will be better.
24:15So tricky, especially if you're battling illness and injury, too.
24:19Yeah, I come back after a very, very heart injury.
24:22Last year, I tore my achilles.
24:24Not maybe 100% power.
24:27Maybe 80% is now.
24:29But still, I need to be very, very healthy to compete the highest level here.
24:34Well, you know what, Mateusz?
24:35There's so much love and respect for you here at Worlds Strongest Man,
24:39and there are two events coming up that we know you're fantastic at.
24:43Does that give you hope that you can come back and put on a show?
24:46You know, I will do my maximum what I can possible now.
24:50Yesterday, also overhead medley.
24:52I should win easy with total 25 guys,
24:54because I am the best in the medley overhead.
24:57But I can breathe.
24:59I don't have power.
25:01I feel cold all the time.
25:02I can't warm up.
25:03If I do warm up, I still have pain in my joints, elbows, and my knees.
25:09So I will do my best.
25:11Of course, stone is 100% my event,
25:14and I will push my body to limit to maybe win only one event
25:19and just satisfy my mind a little bit.
25:22Mateusz, we're all rooting for you,
25:24and we really hope you feel better soon.
25:26Thank you, thank you.
25:30Three events into Heat 3,
25:31and we've had three different winners so far,
25:33but it's the not-so-little Nell who's leading the way.
25:35His win in the deadlift plus second places in the other events
25:38means that he is 3.5 points clear right now.
25:40He's looking good, Eddie.
25:42He's looking phenomenal.
25:43That deadlift result was insane.
25:45Eight reps, beating Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper.
25:48They only managed seven.
25:49Honestly, that is within the best in the world at deadlift.
25:52Absolutely insane.
25:53Top two go through from this group.
25:55Currently, Shane Flowers in fourth spot,
25:57but he's only half a point behind second.
25:59Yeah, Shane Flowers is doing really good.
26:02Titans toss up next, so it's a good event for him.
26:05He's got the world record at the Giants Live for the sandbag toss.
26:08So it keeps him in contention to make it to the final this year.
26:11Excellent.
26:12Well, it's been spectacular to watch in the first two heats.
26:14Let's see how the Titans toss goes this time with Colin and Danny.
26:19Yes, the Titans toss.
26:21Colin, you're a Titan.
26:23So why don't you talk us through this?
26:25Well, you have to toss ten sacks over a bar,
26:28and then you get further and further away with each pair of sacks.
26:31They all weigh 14 kilograms and about 30 pounds.
26:35And this is how it's done.
26:37True test of explosive power.
26:40Mateusz Kieliszkowski had to come out first on his own,
26:44having finished last of the previous event.
26:46Just seven out of the ten in 31.97 seconds.
26:50I think you'll be a little disappointed with that,
26:52especially when there's so many good throwers
26:54and athletes in this heat.
26:56So an achievable benchmark for Kieliszkowski.
26:59Managing seven.
27:02That is a game of strength.
27:05It's a game of physics.
27:08You've got to get the angle right.
27:10The angle of trajectory.
27:11And it gets flatter and flatter the further away you get.
27:14Evans-Nana.
27:15Good thrower.
27:16Very explosive.
27:17We know that.
27:18But Shane Flowers, as Eddie touched on,
27:21is exceptional at throwing.
27:23Taking it very seriously as well.
27:26Very focused, Flowers.
27:27Very focused, Flowers.
27:32Well, so far, so easy for both men.
27:42It's just going to get tricky.
27:45And that's high and long from Flowers as he moves on to the last one.
27:53Oh, didn't get that one though.
27:55Nor the final.
27:57So eight for Flowers.
28:01That's 12 meters away there for Nana.
28:06It's just not even close, I'm afraid.
28:09Still six for him, eight for Flowers.
28:11Yes, Flowers moving into first.
28:13With six sandbags at a time of 23.66.
28:16Give it up for...
28:17And if Flowers can't do all ten, that shows you quite how hard it is.
28:20To eight in 23.38.
28:29That's a fast tie for Flowers.
28:33And he wanted to be quick, didn't he?
28:38We'd expect him to be the best in the group.
28:40Unless Kineskowski was firing on all cylinders, which he wasn't.
28:43Seven for him, eight for Shane.
28:45I think he'll be fairly happy with that.
28:47We still have a pair to go, so he might get beaten.
28:49That's pretty solid.
28:51Representing the United States of America.
28:52Representing the United States of America.
28:54So Hatton.
28:55The Hitman.
28:56Maybe not his strongest events.
29:01We think.
29:02Representing...
29:03Rayne O'Neill's wife.
29:05They got married just two months ago.
29:07This affected me their honeymoon.
29:10I wonder how he broke that to her.
29:12Now that I expect Rayne O'Neill to be exceptional at this evening.
29:18He's just turned out to be brilliant at everything.
29:21Hatton.
29:22He's not exactly built for this at six foot.
29:24Short levers in terms of arms and legs.
29:26But he's got some wild power too.
29:28I saw him in the warm up.
29:29He looked very impressive.
29:30And Nell.
29:31Very good indeed.
29:33So far so good.
29:34For Nell and Hatton.
29:36Well Nell is taking no chances is he?
29:39Absolutely launching it over here.
29:43But he's going to get unstuck soon.
29:45As he's getting closer and closer to the upright.
29:48And he needs to recalibrate.
29:50And that wasn't it.
29:52No.
29:53And Hatton managed to hit it as well.
29:56But got it over.
29:57No.
29:58Got it wrong with Hatton.
30:00Goodness me.
30:01Rolls it over the bar.
30:03Two in a row he did that.
30:04Impressive.
30:05This might be a metre too far I think.
30:08Not sure what that little dance was but I enjoyed it.
30:11And then.
30:12There's a man who knows when he's beaten.
30:13Goodness me.
30:14Well great work.
30:15And Hatton.
30:16Big surprise there.
30:17I'm not sure this needed a replay.
30:18Yeah.
30:19He's having a little joke with the referees who stopped him throwing them with one arm in
30:32the warm up.
30:33Said no no that's not loud.
30:34Well that's 1844.06 for Lucas Hatton.
30:37And eight also for Rayna Nell.
30:40From Rayna Nell.
30:41From Rayna Nell.
30:4229.41.
30:43Puts him in second.
30:44Yeah.
30:45Time matters.
30:46Rayna Nell was very quick indeed.
30:48He could have been quicker.
30:49He definitely did a bit of ball watching as they went over each time.
30:52He did what?
30:54So third place for Lucas Hatton which keeps him in the qualifying picture.
31:01Rayna Nell impressing again in second.
31:03But it's Shane Flowers who takes his second event win.
31:06He's with Michelle.
31:07Shane another event win for you.
31:10Second overall in the group.
31:12What's going through your mind?
31:14I'll be honest.
31:15I'm not happy with that.
31:16I'm happy to take the five points and the event win in my group.
31:19But I've done this event nine times now in a competition.
31:22I've never lost.
31:23Never missed a bag.
31:24So to break that streak sucks.
31:26But I'll take the five points.
31:28Sat in second now going into the last event.
31:30And I just want to get in that final.
31:31So I'll take it.
31:32And I'll use any kind of aggression or mood that I've got onto the last event.
31:37And I'll make sure I send it.
31:38Absolutely.
31:39We look forward to seeing you in it.
31:41Thank you everyone.
31:42Well with just one event to go.
31:44It's Rayna Nell who leads the way on his debut.
31:47Three points clear of Shane.
31:48With Lucas Hatton, Shane's closest challenger.
31:51One and a half points further back.
31:53Sad news meanwhile.
31:54Mateusz Kieloszkowski withdrawing from the competition due to illness.
31:59Four men remain to battle in our final event for those two qualifying places.
32:04We'll get rolling with the stones when we return on the SPD World's Strongest Man.
32:17Welcome back to Sacramento.
32:19It's the conclusion of Group 3 of the 2025 SPD World's Strongest Man.
32:25Two places in the grand final are at stake with just one more event to go.
32:29The Natural Stone Medley.
32:33This, a time trial of ancient origins, features four stones of varying shapes, sizes and weight
32:40to be pressed, shouldered, carried and loaded inside 90 seconds.
32:44Lying in fourth overall but still with an outside chance of qualifying.
32:49Evans Nanna, the Ghanaian gladiator, was the first man out.
32:55Sadly Evans could only press the opening 123 kilos stone.
33:00And that means his chances of progress are all but done.
33:06Hatton, Flowers and Nell are the three remaining hopefuls.
33:09Two spots in the grand final are up for grabs.
33:12But we'll take them to the finale of Group 3.
33:15Let's hand you back to Colin and Danny.
33:17Representing the United States of America,
33:23Well, big things expected of Lucas Hatton.
33:28Extremely good presser.
33:30Yes, well said.
33:31And the first section of this stone medley is really all about the press.
33:35You've got this rectangle of stone up to your chest and then try and get your grip.
33:40And that's the tricky bit.
33:42If you can get that, you'll have no problems throwing 125 kilos overhead.
33:47Well, up it goes, locks it out, drops it.
33:52Shoulder carry.
33:54Yes, you've just got to lift this over 150 kilos of stone up to your shoulder.
34:03It's a sort of giant sausage shape.
34:07He's struggling to get his arms around this.
34:09It's very wide.
34:10It's an interesting way to attack it.
34:12Lengthways.
34:14Probably the best way to get it up to your thighs.
34:19He's very sweaty here.
34:24It's very hot and he's maybe just struggling a little bit with his grip.
34:28You can see he's got little tacky towels tucked into his socks.
34:31This helps you stick to these stones a bit.
34:34He's really struggling to work this out.
34:41Here we go, tacky towels.
34:43This is pine resin.
34:45Add a little bit of tack to the stone as he tries to grip it.
34:48Here we go.
34:49Remember, he's got 90 seconds.
34:51So he's starting to run out of time.
34:54He's had left.
34:55He's beaten.
34:56He can't work it out.
34:57That's that for Lucas Hatton.
34:59One in 16.72.
35:01Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure your appreciation.
35:03And then about a minute and 15 of looking at the stones.
35:07Yes, I mean, he just couldn't get it.
35:10I think it's to do with the sheer width of it.
35:12Let's not forget the weight of it.
35:14You know, it's nearly 350 pounds of stone.
35:17It's awkward.
35:18Very wide.
35:19Flower.
35:20Well, has opportunity opened up for Shane Flowers?
35:25Yes, and he also knows the parameters that opportunity comes in.
35:29Ready?
35:30He's really got to do this faster than Evans now.
35:32Now this first stone, and that was around about 13 seconds.
35:36Let's see how he gets on with it.
35:38Doesn't have much fumble time with it, that's for sure.
35:41He gets this up quickly.
35:42He's in the final.
35:43I think he's in.
35:44He gets the down signal, does he?
35:46Yes.
35:47Yes.
35:48Okay, so Shane Flowers will be in the final of World's Strongest Man.
35:53And now it's about doing as much as he can to get as many points as he can.
35:58Yes, I mean, the equivalent of the first event of the final is those who make it into the final,
36:03exactly what they did in the heat.
36:05So, the leading man will start the final with 10 points.
36:09And he can do well here.
36:12This is an awfully tricky event.
36:14Wow.
36:15Did he get that?
36:16I'm not sure he did.
36:18I'd rather like Tom Stoltman in the other heat.
36:20He, uh...
36:21Did he feel a bit faint and went down?
36:24That's a really hard event.
36:26It really is, that stone shoulder.
36:28He's all right, smiling.
36:29And I don't think Magnus is going to let him have another go.
36:32I think that's probably it.
36:33Ladies and gentlemen, through to his first SPD.
36:36Well, he did it.
36:37World's Strongest Man final, Shane Flowers.
36:41Another Brit in the final.
36:43Shane Flowers.
36:45He did enough and he did it well.
36:48One throw at a time of 11.38.
36:51And he's through to the SPD.
36:54World's Strongest Man final.
36:55It was emotional whether he's still seeing stars.
36:57Because right there, he was almost out the game.
36:59And, uh, ditched the stone.
37:01He knew he was going down.
37:05Great moment.
37:06There's his dad, Graham.
37:07Who's, uh, been to all of his big contests.
37:09Supporting him all along.
37:10More time for Shane Flowers.
37:11His journey in Strongman.
37:17Big moment.
37:18Well done, Shane.
37:19Representing San Francisco.
37:21Representing San Francisco.
37:22Rey O'Neill then.
37:23Last to go.
37:24Rey O'Neill.
37:25He's a smart man.
37:28He's been studying.
37:29Ready?
37:30Yes, sir.
37:31On the whistle.
37:32The maths computation of who's going to make it into the final.
37:36And, uh, he can't miss out now.
37:38He's absolutely guaranteed to be in.
37:40But this is all about gathering points for that grand final now.
37:45Will be compared to the likes of Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper who won their heats before him.
37:51So we head into that.
37:53And, uh, a good result here.
37:55He chucks that up like a sack of tags.
37:57No problem at all.
37:58That's what I meant when he's been studying.
38:00He's been working this out.
38:02And that was very easy for him.
38:06Rey O'Neill on the Husevelt stone now.
38:08It's been made in a mould to be similar to the famous Icelandic carrying stone.
38:15Around about 181, 82 kilos, 400 pounds.
38:19And he finishes that with ease onto the big daddy at the end here.
38:23The tombstone.
38:28Seen Mitchell Hooper do this.
38:32Goodness me.
38:34Let's see if he can match.
38:35Yes, he can.
38:37Almost threw it over.
38:38Yeah.
38:40That was almost 200 kilograms of gen stone.
38:44So impressive.
38:45Well, his own family seems stunned there.
38:47The strongest man final.
38:49Let's hear it from Rey O'Neill.
38:50As if they can't believe it either.
38:51This guy is very special.
38:5262 seconds from all four.
38:54Is there anything he can't do?
38:58He just seems to have all of the abilities needed for a top strongman.
39:02He's going to be a danger in the final.
39:04So it's Rey O'Neill, arguably the story of this year's competition so far, who wins group three, charging through those four stones in a little over a minute.
39:17Meanwhile, an emotional Shane Flowers takes second spot and becomes the third Brit to qualify for this year's grand final.
39:23He's with Michelle.
39:24Shane, you did it.
39:25Oh God, don't cry.
39:26Don't cry.
39:27It's okay.
39:28You are.
39:29It's been my world's strongest man.
39:30Journey's been a rollercoaster promotion.
39:31And they're harder by the fact that I'm really homesick at the moment.
39:32My little boy's back home.
39:33He's not very well.
39:34You know, my missus is holding down the fort.
39:35But I woke up this morning and thought, you know, I'm going to make the most of my absence and this opportunity.
39:38I'm going to make it worthwhile.
39:39And I've done it.
39:40So, that's for you, Ronnie.
39:41I'm going to make it worthwhile.
39:42And I've done it.
39:43So, that's for you, Ronnie.
39:44Love you, mate.
39:45How incredible is that, your family?
39:46They're at home.
39:47They're supporting you.
39:48They are your motivation.
39:49You've done it.
39:50You've reached the final.
39:51I can't believe it.
39:52I've thought about this for three years.
39:54I've thought about this for three years.
39:55My little boy's back home.
39:56He's not very well.
39:57You know, my missus is holding down the fort.
39:58But I woke up this morning and thought, you know, I'm going to make the most of my absence
39:59and this opportunity.
40:00I'm going to make it worthwhile.
40:01And I've done it.
40:02So, that's for you, Ronnie.
40:03Love you, mate.
40:04How incredible is that your family?
40:05They're at home.
40:06They're supporting you.
40:07They are your motivation.
40:08You've done it.
40:09final oh i can't believe it i've thought about this for three years ups and downs thought about
40:16quitting but because of my support network my dad my wife everybody everybody thank you
40:25this is for them it's not me it's all for them i can tell just how special this is the emotion
40:33is there are you going to be channeling that now when you go into these next events within the final
40:39yeah my body feels really good i've never felt this strong um the groups were harder than what
40:47i thought but this world's strongest man is undoubtedly the hardest year it's ever been
40:51it's the most competitive and to make my return to make the final on this year with that group
40:57i'm so happy and i'm revved up for the final you deserve it shane congratulations thank you thank
41:03you everybody i can't believe it so what a great day for a great britain shane flowers
41:11taking second place going to the final joined by that south african surprise the powerhouse rayn o'nell
41:18rayn o'nell congratulations you're through to the final and you're having fun
41:22yeah it's amazing i love the sport you're having an incredible year as well you got married what
41:27two months ago today uh yesterday was our two month anniversary yeah amazing what do you make
41:32of this guy eddie he only started competing when two years ago nominal yeah you've been in the sport
41:36two years now yeah strongman champions league yeah i still count my marriage in months so let's do
41:41it with strongman so i think it's two two years and three months two years and three months and
41:44you're here at the world's strongest man top ten in the world what aspirations have you got into
41:48strongman yes it's still new so i just take it next competition at a time i mean everyone wants to
41:54win the world's strongest man so that's ultimate goal but i mean the path today i'll just keep on
41:58improving final events in the in the final good for you yeah fairly good um one event i've never
42:05done um but but yeah i'm positive what have you never done herkley's old herkley's all one of the
42:10best ones i've got to say rey not only are you through but you've done it in real style you kind
42:15of match the performances of two of the really big names have already gone in uh mitchell hooper and tom
42:20stolman are you surprised at just how well you've been able to adapt to this level of strongman yeah
42:25we'll see i mean still five five events to go so i've never done as long of a competition but up to
42:30this point i'm i'm fairly happy with what i did yeah i'm not surprised congratulations we look
42:34forward to seeing you in the final before that of course next time out we've got heat four and it's
42:39back to the future with britain's luke the future richardson he's back after four years away from world's
42:44strongest man can he get past though the likes of maxime boudreau and andre foito and trey mitchell
42:51we'll be finding out next time on spd world's strongest man all that with james and the team
42:58tomorrow at seven here on five nicholas cage has a problem even bigger than his hair when his flight
43:04gets hijacked con air due to depart at nine after northamptonshire police interceptors getting quite a
43:11shock when a driver finally winds down the window in just a moment
43:29yes
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