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00:58SPD, world's strongest man on that road to the final.
01:04We've already had three British athletes make their way there,
01:06Tom Stoltman, Paddy Haynes and Shane Flowers,
01:09and today we get the chance perhaps for a fourth with Luke Richardson.
01:13Now, four years ago, Luke came here to Sacramento
01:15hoping to take the strongman world by storm,
01:18only to see his hopes derail by injury.
01:21Well, now the man they call the future is back,
01:24back in the sack, back on track,
01:26and hoping to put his injuries in the past.
01:35It's been a long, hard road for me to get back here, if I'm being honest.
01:39My last World's Strongest Man was in 2021.
01:42I unfortunately told my wife it's been the first event of that.
01:48From there on, it's got worse and worse and worse.
01:51Five surgeries in the last kind of four years from then.
01:54It's been tough, life's been tough,
01:56but I'm tougher.
01:59As I was loading the last stone at Europe's Strongest Man,
02:03it was like a five-year snapshot reel
02:06that went through my mind.
02:09There's not many times that I sit there in my feelings and my thoughts
02:12and really think, wow, you've done something amazing here,
02:14but that was an exception for sure.
02:16I've got a man who won't take anything lying down.
02:25You know, I've hit things head on and I think, you know,
02:27that's kind of what Strongest Man's all about, isn't it?
02:29It's a brutal sport, it's a sport for warriors,
02:31and I'm still here.
02:33I'm not going anywhere.
02:34Eddie Hall, great to see Luke Richardson back.
02:44How big a prospect was he when he first came through,
02:47and how tough is it now for him to come back after that many knocks?
02:49He was an amazing prospect.
02:52I mean, he won Europe's Strongest Man at 22 years of age,
02:55and usually people that win Europe's Strongest Man,
02:57half the time going on win Will's Strongest Man.
03:00He's had six surgeries in the last five years,
03:03big injuries as well, so that's six months recovery,
03:06six months unable to train, six months unable to compete,
03:08six months lost experience each time.
03:11That's a lot he's lost out on.
03:12Other guys in this group have also had injury issues.
03:14Trey Mitchell, for example, last year we saw doing effectively
03:17the competition on one leg.
03:19Is he the biggest threat to Luke this time around?
03:21I would say he is.
03:23I mean, last year he came in six months after a full Achilles rupture,
03:27and he did pretty well.
03:29So we're a year on from that.
03:30He's back up to full strength and some,
03:32so Trey is looking really strong at the minute.
03:34OK, Heat 4 stands ready.
03:36Let's find out more about them with our commentators,
03:38Danny Wallace and Colin Price.
03:40Well, thank you, James.
03:42Thanks, little Eddie.
03:43And here are our competitors for Heat 4.
03:48From Canada, the Wolverine.
03:50It is, of course, Maxime Boudreau.
03:54The young Czech, Andrej Vojtu,
03:57just missed out on a final in his debut last year.
04:01From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
04:05world's strongest cop, Tristan Howeth.
04:08The big Texan, the big thicket, Trey Mitchell,
04:13twice fourth of world's strongest man.
04:16And two times Europe's strongest man,
04:19his third appearance here, the Brit, Luke Richardson.
04:25And event one, the loading medley, Colin.
04:28Yes, if you've seen the other heats,
04:30it's all about loading sacks,
04:32four of them into the back of a Cybertruck.
04:33Come on, representing Great Britain.
04:35Up first then,
04:36Luke Richardson.
04:37It is Luke Richardson.
04:43Game of speed, this game of heft.
04:45Some of these sacks, very awkward indeed.
04:48Trey Mitchell.
04:49He's used to this kind of thing,
04:50a former farmhand.
04:54Certainly expect Luke Richardson
04:56to be making the running here.
04:58He's very athletic, very dynamic.
05:01Mitchell gets a good pick up on the first one,
05:03and in it goes,
05:04and it's neck and neck at the moment.
05:06Richardson on the far side there.
05:09Manhandles the second sack,
05:10and he's got a lead.
05:12Yes, Richardson has the speed.
05:15Mitchell, perhaps, the experience.
05:19Oh, no.
05:22Well, this doesn't look good.
05:25That's a look that says it's happened again, isn't it?
05:27Yeah, he's motioning in his right bicep there.
05:29It was his left bicep here in Sacramento.
05:31A few years ago that popped.
05:34Oh, goodness me.
05:35He wouldn't have stopped unless it was bad.
05:37Trey Mitchell trying to finish off here.
05:3940 seconds.
05:41You compare that to the other heats.
05:42The best were winning in around about 38,
05:44but good times somewhere in the 40s,
05:47and he does that.
05:4849.
05:48Well, Trey Mitchell completes,
05:50but what has happened to Luke Richardson?
05:52This could be a disaster.
05:56Well, it was the face of a man
05:58who knows he's just had a fairly major injury,
06:01but he's been there before.
06:05There was no panic in his face.
06:06He just is another six months of recovery
06:08if it's what he thinks it is, ain't it?
06:10Muscle.
06:10Ladies and gentlemen,
06:12put your hands together,
06:13show your appreciation
06:14for Luke Richardson.
06:18Heads, of course, suffered bicep tears.
06:21It's the battle scars that you get from the operation.
06:24It's a very common thing you see in strongman.
06:27With four sandbags in a time of 49.38.
06:29That's bad luck.
06:30Bad luck.
06:31Well, Trey Mitchell manages four in 49.38.
06:35So that's our benchmark for the others.
06:41Oh, fully, partial, but though,
06:44it's that bitter experience
06:47knows exactly what's happened.
06:54It's a partial tear rather than a full tear.
06:58I have to wait to find out more on that,
07:00but Andre Foytu.
07:02All right, next pair.
07:05Wes, the Czech will be paired
07:07against Tristan Horace from Canada.
07:13Finished fifth in his debut in 2024.
07:18So impressive, Horace.
07:19On the whistle.
07:20Cop from Canada.
07:22He made the final.
07:24He had to call up the police department
07:25where he's from
07:26and ask him to have a little more time.
07:29Then finished fifth as well.
07:30I mean, really impressive
07:32across all different disciplines.
07:34He's a very talented all-rounder,
07:36but right now it's Foytu.
07:37He's very much making the running.
07:39He's speeding along, isn't he, Foytu?
07:42Needs to make an impact quickly.
07:45He's doing that.
07:47Loaded three.
07:48Going back for the fourth,
07:49and he's put in a good, solid sprint there.
07:5235 seconds to go so far.
08:00It's 49 seconds for Big Trey Mitchell
08:03in the first pairing.
08:05That was about 42.
08:06That's very quick.
08:08And Horace
08:09won't beat Mitchell.
08:11Ooh, he hasn't exactly
08:13packed the back of that truck well.
08:14He left himself a wall
08:16to get over there.
08:17That's the man
08:18who doesn't do the shopping at home.
08:19Yeah.
08:20Well, so.
08:21Well, Horace manages
08:22four in 51.6 seconds.
08:25Let's get it for Tristan Hull.
08:29But Foytu,
08:31much quicker.
08:31Four in 42.5 seconds.
08:34Yes, he goes in the first at the moment.
08:36We still have a singleton to come.
08:39For Andre Foytu.
08:41Foytu, of course.
08:47He didn't struggle at all.
08:49Right now,
08:50he's leading the way.
08:55Yes, Foytu with the fastest time,
08:57but once again,
08:58Luke Richardson
08:59with a heartbreakingly early finish.
09:01The loading race continues
09:02with Maxime Boudreau.
09:04And we return.
09:15Welcome back to the SPD
09:17World's Strongest Man.
09:19It's Group 4,
09:20where Luke Richardson
09:21has once again
09:21been forced to withdraw
09:23from the competition
09:23after a partial detachment
09:25of his bicep
09:26in the first event.
09:28It's a case of history
09:29repeating for Luke
09:30who suffered the exact same fate
09:32four years ago.
09:34Luke, honestly,
09:36I don't know what to say.
09:38This feels like
09:39a very unsettling case
09:40of deja vu.
09:42Yeah, I am really good
09:43at tearing my bicep
09:43off in Sacramento,
09:44apparently,
09:45in Old Town Sacramento.
09:46It was the first event
09:47last time as well
09:48in 2021.
09:49I tore my left bicep
09:49and now I've torn my right bicep.
09:52I remember chatting to you
09:53back in 2021
09:54and it was so gutting then.
09:56We all had our eyes on you
09:58within this event.
09:59It looked to be going so well
10:00and then it all changed.
10:02Yeah, that's life, isn't it?
10:05I'm a positive person.
10:05Obviously, this stings.
10:06It'll probably sting
10:07a lot more later,
10:08physically and mentally.
10:10But, yeah,
10:10I've got some tough decisions
10:12to make.
10:14See what, you know,
10:15I've been fine
10:16the last few years.
10:17You know what I mean?
10:17I've got Laura.
10:18I've got my dog now.
10:19I've got my family
10:19and friends.
10:21Life's pretty good.
10:22I'll be honest.
10:23It was different
10:23last time to this time.
10:25So, yeah,
10:26I'll make my mind up
10:27what I want to do
10:27and go from there.
10:29And this is the thing, Luke.
10:30You're a strong guy
10:30in more ways than one.
10:32You talk about the physical
10:33and the mental.
10:34It's been a journey for you,
10:35hasn't it,
10:35since 2021
10:36to come back here
10:37and show what you're made of?
10:39Yeah, obviously,
10:39I wanted to come back here
10:40and get some level of vindication
10:41because this is where
10:42it all started to go wrong for me
10:43in 2021.
10:45That's kind of when
10:45the series of injuries started
10:47and it's just unfortunate
10:47that I've come back here
10:49and I seem to have continued
10:50on the same trend.
10:51But, like I say,
10:53that's life.
10:53You know,
10:53you get knocked down,
10:54you get back up
10:55and I'm sure I'll get out
10:56from this one as well.
10:57So, keep going.
10:58That's the thing
10:58and that's what's inspiring
10:59about you.
11:00Thank you so much, Luke,
11:01and take it easy.
11:02No, it's all right.
11:09Well, he's a battler,
11:10Luke Richardson.
11:12We'll see him again.
11:14And Boudreau,
11:15no stranger to injury either
11:17since we last saw him
11:18in 2022.
11:19He's broken his leg,
11:21torn his left lat
11:21and torn his left bicep.
11:24But it's amazing
11:25what Superlou can do.
11:31Danny's joking,
11:31kids.
11:32Yes.
11:33Yes, to be clear,
11:34I'm joking.
11:35Well, Boudreau onto
11:36the second sack.
11:38Quick on his feet.
11:41That's very quick indeed.
11:42On to the third one.
11:43So far, so good.
11:46Chasing down the best time.
11:4842 on just over 42 seconds.
11:51Well, as Boudreau
11:52approaches 30.
11:53He's got this final awkward
11:55sack to lift.
11:57Much more awkward.
11:58Now, it's going to be close.
12:00He hoisted that up quickly.
12:01He's got quick feet.
12:02It's going to be very close.
12:05Well, too close to call.
12:08Goodness me.
12:09He could have slipped up,
12:14tripped up.
12:14Anything could have happened there.
12:15He was gambling the lot.
12:16He knew it was going to be tight.
12:18Let's have a look at the time.
12:19Let's hear it from
12:20Maxime Boudreau.
12:22Well, 4 in 42.81.
12:25The second's so close.
12:28Just three-tenths of a second
12:29behind the check.
12:3142.
12:32With 42.55.
12:3342.55.
12:34Who takes the loading medley.
12:39Andre, congratulations
12:40on winning your first event.
12:42Thank you very much.
12:43How are you feeling
12:43going into the competition
12:44this year?
12:45Because you narrowly
12:46missed out on the final
12:47in last year's
12:48World Strongest Man,
12:49didn't you?
12:49Yeah, I was really nervous,
12:50especially with the
12:51competition that's here.
12:53Luckily, I got my parents
12:54in the stands.
12:54They're supporting me
12:55this year for the first time
12:56at Worlds.
12:57So, I need to make them proud.
12:59What are the expectations
13:00and the plans
13:01going forward this year?
13:02This year, the goal
13:03is to get to the finals
13:04and then just have fun
13:06afterwards and get ready
13:07for next year.
13:08And what about the change
13:09in the format?
13:10Is that going to adapt
13:11your strategy somewhat?
13:13Sort of, but the strategy
13:14is to do the best
13:15in every event,
13:16so I don't think
13:17it'll affect me that much.
13:19Keep it up.
13:19Well done, Andre.
13:20Thank you very much.
13:22The youngest man
13:23in the field,
13:24top of the pile
13:25ahead of Boudreau,
13:26Mitchell and Hoth
13:26with Lou Richardson
13:27now withdrawn.
13:30On to event two,
13:31and it's a duel
13:32on the deadlift.
13:34350 kilos to wait,
13:3660 seconds
13:36to complete
13:37as many reps
13:38as possible.
13:39No one's beaten
13:39eight so far at least,
13:41but to see how group
13:42four do,
13:42over to Colin and Danny.
13:44Tristan Ho!
13:46The Canadian,
13:47Tristan Hoeth.
13:48Tristan!
13:49She knows.
13:51Up against
13:52Trey Mitchell
13:53from the USA.
13:55Trey Mitchell!
13:56Familiar face here
13:57at World's Strongest Man.
13:58Very good deadlifter
14:01as well.
14:01So too Hoeth, though.
14:03Saw that in the final
14:04last year.
14:06Now, Colin,
14:07explain the complicated
14:08rules here.
14:10Well, you grab the bar,
14:12stand up with it,
14:12put it back down again.
14:13Perfect.
14:14Thank you very much.
14:15And Mitchell is doing that.
14:16Hoeth as well.
14:17Down.
14:18Matching each other.
14:19Down.
14:19Down.
14:19Down.
14:20Down.
14:20Down.
14:21Well, we've seen
14:23from the other
14:23heats that have gone
14:24before.
14:25Seven,
14:26often a winning number,
14:28but we have seen
14:29eight reps as well.
14:30Down.
14:31Mitchell,
14:32looks like a
14:33forklift truck,
14:34isn't he?
14:34Just up and down,
14:35no problems.
14:36Already on to six.
14:39Down.
14:39That's Mitchell's
14:40found his rhythm,
14:41hasn't he?
14:42Yeah.
14:42You don't want to,
14:43you don't want to stop
14:44either,
14:44because if you stop,
14:45it's very unlikely
14:46you'll start again.
14:47We could see nine here.
14:48Hoeth struggling a little bit,
14:50but Mitchell does nine,
14:51I think,
14:51yes,
14:52he's been given it.
14:53Could we have
14:54double figures?
14:55He's got time,
14:5615 seconds to go.
14:58Well,
14:58look at this
14:59from Trey Mitchell.
15:01Locks out.
15:02That is double figures.
15:04Now,
15:04that surely
15:05is enough for him.
15:07Well,
15:07remember,
15:08he's going to be compared
15:08to all the other
15:10firsts and seconds,
15:11the qualifiers
15:12from the other heats.
15:14And that could well be
15:15just about the best
15:16we'll see in Deadly
15:17from any heat.
15:17That was extraordinary.
15:19Hoeth too,
15:19though.
15:20Eight reps
15:20from Hoeth
15:21in any other heat.
15:23My goodness,
15:24that would be
15:24a winner.
15:25So far,
15:25that would be the winner,
15:26yeah.
15:28And he just,
15:29he's in the shade
15:31of Trey Mitchell here.
15:32And you saw it,
15:33ladies and gentlemen,
15:34with 10 repetitions.
15:35Well,
15:35if anyone can,
15:36Trey Mitchell can.
15:37For Trey Mitchell!
15:3910 reps.
15:41What a marker.
15:42What an animal.
15:43The farmer
15:44from Texas,
15:46certainly over his
15:47injury woes
15:48that he had last year
15:49and looking
15:49unbelievably strong.
15:51Look how brawny he is.
15:53Never seen a thicker man
15:54in the chest.
15:56All right.
16:00Representing Canada,
16:01bear to tear your eyes
16:02away from Trey Mitchell.
16:04Here's Maxime Boudreau.
16:08Deadlifting is one of his weaknesses,
16:10actually.
16:11Andre Foytu.
16:13Four times world's strongest man
16:20enjoying the sights.
16:23He's taking a picture of himself.
16:24Was it a selfie,
16:25you think?
16:28So,
16:28Foytu.
16:30Boudreau to the right.
16:32Quick start from Foytu.
16:35A new Boudreau would struggle here.
16:37He's got one.
16:37He'll be pleased with that.
16:39Means he doesn't zero in here
16:40and out.
16:44Shakier,
16:44finding it more difficult.
16:46It is hot.
16:48He's taking a big breath in
16:49at the top.
16:50He doesn't want to lose
16:51his form at the bottom.
16:54Here we go.
16:55No, no,
16:56he didn't take it that time.
16:57That's him.
16:57That's done.
16:58Well,
16:58five for Foytu.
17:02Half of what Mitchell
17:03managed.
17:04Boudreau,
17:06kind of relieved
17:06to have just done one.
17:07I mean,
17:08it's sensible
17:09if you think about it.
17:09He doesn't zero out
17:11in the event
17:11and he knew
17:13he wasn't going to do
17:13much more.
17:14So why tire yourself?
17:18Well,
17:19Foytu
17:19takes third.
17:21Five reps.
17:22Pretty solid for him.
17:23He's not known
17:24for his deadlifting.
17:25He's really known
17:25for his pressing
17:26and of course
17:27what's coming up next.
17:32Well,
17:33Foytu
17:33and Boudreau's
17:34struggles there
17:34underlining
17:35how impressive
17:36Hotham Mitchell's
17:37performances were
17:38in that event.
17:39An exhibition
17:39of deadlift.
17:41And fresh
17:41from that monster
17:42ten reps,
17:43the man they call
17:43the thicket
17:44is with Michelle now.
17:46Trey,
17:46we can see you gave
17:47it your absolute
17:48all in that event.
17:50Did you feel like
17:50you were going to
17:51dominate this?
17:52Yes,
17:52deadlift is one
17:53of my favorite events
17:54and I'm really good at it.
17:55I was aiming for
17:56nine to ten reps
17:57and really happy.
17:58I,
17:59you know,
17:59wasn't really counting,
18:00you know,
18:00kind of just went
18:02into the zone
18:03and just tried to
18:04maintain a steady rhythm
18:05and just the last
18:07couple of reps
18:08like a kind of
18:09losing a little bit
18:11of gas
18:12and so just ran out
18:13of time for that
18:1311th rep.
18:14Didn't really know
18:15how many I was doing
18:16so just was kept
18:18on going until
18:18I ran out of time.
18:19Well,
18:20you're clearly looking good.
18:20I mean,
18:21if we reverse back
18:22to last year,
18:23you were still suffering
18:24from your torn
18:25Achilles.
18:26How's training been
18:27this year?
18:28Are you feeling
18:28injury free?
18:30Look,
18:30a couple of times
18:31I've had some tweaks
18:32here and there
18:32in training
18:33so was a little worried
18:35especially on deadlifts
18:36you know,
18:37tweaking my back
18:38a couple of weeks ago
18:39but getting some body
18:40work here and there
18:41like made me
18:42made me come back
18:44and like have the confidence
18:45to be able to
18:46push it in this event.
18:48And what's the strategy
18:49going forward?
18:50Have you got your eyes
18:50on some of the events
18:51in the final
18:52that you're feeling
18:53pretty good about?
18:54Yes,
18:54I believe the final events
18:56are really suited
18:57towards my strengths.
18:59Like,
19:00we got the max
19:0118 inch deadlift
19:02really good
19:02and I'm really good
19:03at the overhead pressing
19:04and Hercules hold
19:05is a really good event
19:06for me.
19:07You know,
19:07so I think
19:08I can really push that
19:09for, you know,
19:10top three in that event.
19:12Fingers crossed
19:12we see you there.
19:13Well done, Trey.
19:14Yeah,
19:14thank you so much,
19:15Michelle.
19:15Trey's 10
19:17lifts him now
19:18into a tie
19:18for top spot
19:19in the group
19:19with Andre Foytu.
19:21Still,
19:21with just two points
19:22separating these four men,
19:23the destination
19:24of the qualifying places
19:25is a long way
19:26from settled.
19:29The Texan,
19:30well,
19:30Texan's stopping,
19:31but what twist
19:32will our next event
19:32throw up?
19:33Coming up
19:34for this awesome foursome,
19:35it's the overhead medley
19:36when we return
19:37on the SPD
19:38World's Strongest Man.
19:45Welcome back
19:46to Sacramento,
19:47the state capital
19:48of California
19:49and this week
19:50the seat of real power
19:51with the SPD
19:52World's Strongest Man,
19:53Squirrel.
19:54Next up
19:55for our men
19:55in group four
19:56is the overhead medley.
19:58Four different implements.
19:59They must be pressed
20:00overhead
20:01for a combined
20:02seven reps
20:02in just 75 seconds.
20:05First out
20:06in the Sacramento Sun,
20:07Maxine Boudreau
20:08and Andre Foytu,
20:10two masters
20:11of the discipline,
20:12speaking of which,
20:12over to Colin Bryce
20:13and Danny Wallace.
20:15Well, thank you,
20:18James.
20:19Maxine Boudreau.
20:20Seven reps
20:21in total.
20:23It's fair to say,
20:23Boudreau
20:24will be looking forward
20:25to this tremendous presser
20:27and so too, Colin,
20:28Foytu.
20:30Two massive power pressers
20:32in these two
20:33former Canadian record holder
20:35in the log,
20:36Boudreau
20:37and world record holder
20:38at a junior level
20:40in Foytu.
20:41So, stacks
20:42of shoulder power here.
20:44How will they go on
20:45with this 90-kilo dumbbell
20:47first?
20:48Three, go!
20:49Foytu,
20:50yep.
20:51To be able to balance
20:52and hold it.
20:53Two reps
20:54on each implement
20:55except the last one,
20:56which is the 168-kilo accent.
21:01Rolls it up the chest.
21:02Boudreau
21:04just hoists it.
21:07150 kilos.
21:09Easy for Foytu.
21:10He looked very strong there.
21:12This has proved to be
21:13quite a test,
21:14this circus barbell.
21:18350 pounds.
21:19A very thick bar as well.
21:24A little bend in it.
21:27Bounces around.
21:28He gets hit with it there.
21:30You've got to be careful
21:31as you drop it,
21:32that's for sure.
21:33Boudreau for the second rep
21:34and for the axle.
21:36A single rep only.
21:38Can he do it under a minute?
21:39Foytu.
21:39He manages it.
21:44Well, that's terrific
21:45from Foytu.
21:48Now, Boudreau,
21:48still a little time.
21:52He'd rather save his energy.
21:54Could see that he wasn't
21:55going to do it
21:55in the time remaining.
21:59He knows when he's beat.
22:00It's a big ask
22:01to lift that axle.
22:03He was just on its own,
22:05never mind what was done
22:06before it in this medley.
22:08Boudreau,
22:08six and 57,
22:090.99 seconds.
22:14And Foytu.
22:17It is all seven,
22:18of course,
22:19just over at one minute.
22:22But I mean,
22:23we could forgive that.
22:25And if he makes it
22:26into the grand final,
22:27that'll be a good score.
22:29Ernie Stoltman,
22:30Tom Stoltman,
22:31Mitchell Hooper
22:32from the other heats
22:32have bettered that.
22:36Representing Canada,
22:37Tristan Hull.
22:39Another Canadian,
22:40the World's Strongest Cop,
22:43Tristan Hull.
22:46Against the Texan,
22:48Trey Mitchell.
22:49Mitchell.
22:50Mitchell.
22:51It's a lovely character
22:52here at World's Strongest.
22:55Yeah,
22:55big thicket,
22:56as he's known.
22:57Great presser.
23:01Of course,
23:02Howard has proven
23:03to be a,
23:03really a tremendous
23:04all-rounder.
23:06Perhaps the medley
23:07set-up
23:07suits someone like him
23:09a little bit better.
23:10Down.
23:12Down.
23:14Under the log.
23:18Trey Mitchell.
23:19No problem at all.
23:21He's like,
23:21he's pressing nothing
23:23over his head.
23:24It's just so easy for him.
23:26That is extraordinary.
23:27That's like the weight
23:28of two men
23:29just pressing it
23:30above your head.
23:32It's just like
23:33nothing for him.
23:34Onto the circus barbell.
23:36So far,
23:36so good for the Texan.
23:38Gosh,
23:38just bouncing it
23:39off that power belly
23:40and rolling it up.
23:41He's got good flexibility
23:42as well.
23:44Sitting on his chest
23:45almost there.
23:47Excellent.
23:48Two done,
23:48one to go.
23:49Just the axle for him.
23:50Can he beat
23:53Foytus one minute?
23:56Definitely has
23:57the power belly ledge
23:58to do it.
23:59Well,
23:59it's going to be tight.
24:01He does lock out.
24:03The official time
24:05there is Hoeth.
24:08It's got about
24:08five seconds
24:09to lock this one out.
24:12Pushes through,
24:13manages it.
24:15Just in time.
24:18Just in time.
24:19Magnus definitely
24:20gave him the down signal.
24:21So he'll be credited
24:22with six lifts,
24:23but seven lifts
24:24for the Texan.
24:25Very impressive.
24:26There you go.
24:27Six and one minute
24:28thirteen
24:28for the Canadian.
24:30Once again,
24:31grinding out
24:31a good result.
24:33But what about
24:33Trey Mitchell?
24:34Did he do enough
24:35to beat Foytus?
24:37Three tenths of a second
24:38slower.
24:40What a shame.
24:41He was so quick
24:41off his chest.
24:43I thought he was
24:44going to be much slower.
24:46Brought it very close
24:47at the end.
24:50Let's just have a look
24:52at that axle again.
24:53That was so impressive
24:54from the chest upwards
24:55like it was nothing.
24:57He could have done
24:5730, 40 kilos more
24:59with ease.
25:01Well, what an impressive
25:02group of pressers.
25:05Foytus takes first,
25:06though.
25:06Mitchell just behind.
25:08Three events in
25:15to heat four then
25:16and that's how
25:16they stand.
25:17Top two looking good.
25:18Andre Foytus
25:19and Trey Mitchell.
25:21Trey particularly
25:21looking good in that
25:22deadlift earlier on,
25:24Eddie, event two.
25:25I know you'll have
25:25enjoyed that.
25:26Thoroughly enjoyed that.
25:27Ten repetitions
25:28at 350 kilo.
25:30That is on par
25:31with the best
25:31it's ever been.
25:32Right.
25:33Who I might just be
25:33looking at.
25:34I'm not sure.
25:35Hey, Andre Foytus
25:36for all of that
25:36is actually a point
25:37ahead of Trey Mitchell
25:38and beat him so narrowly
25:39but still beat him
25:40in the overhead medley.
25:42Yeah, I think it was
25:42like half a second
25:43in front of Trey
25:44but Trey has been
25:46the best at overhead
25:47events for years
25:48at World Strongest Man
25:49so for Andre to come
25:49in and beat Trey
25:50I think it's a big statement.
25:52He's just 23 years of age.
25:53He only just missed out
25:54on the finals last year.
25:55Is he going to do it
25:56this time?
25:57I think so.
25:57I think that extra year
25:58experience, that extra year
25:59building that strength up
26:00it's all you need.
26:02He's well placed
26:02as we head into
26:03event four
26:04which is the Titans toss.
26:05Danny and Colin.
26:06Well, thank you James
26:07and yes
26:08they could have called it
26:10Sack Attack
26:11or Sky Bags
26:14but no
26:14they settled on Titans toss
26:16and that's what
26:18Tristan Hoeth
26:20is going to have a go at
26:22right now.
26:25Those two people
26:26couldn't make it.
26:27Also representing Canada
26:29and Boudreaux
26:30will be going head to head
26:33against him.
26:36We'll have to consult
26:37you on names next time.
26:39That was impressive.
26:40I like those.
26:41Skybags.
26:42But it's Titans toss folks
26:43and the first pair
26:45from seven metres out
26:47they weigh about
26:4830 pounds
26:4914 kilograms
26:50and each time
26:52you've got to launch them
26:53over the uprights.
26:55So far so good
26:56for our pair of Canadians.
26:58Boudreaux of course
27:01has had a share
27:04of the world record
27:05in the keg toss
27:05so he can really launch it.
27:07Very explosive.
27:09Those men
27:10really going for it
27:11having to adapt
27:12their technique
27:13as they get further
27:14and further away.
27:15Oh
27:16Hoeth's come up short there.
27:17That's criminal damage.
27:18Boudreaux's done 9
27:23for 10 out of 10
27:24for Boudreaux.
27:26Here it is.
27:27And he gets it.
27:29That's 10 for Boudreaux.
27:31A full house.
27:35And that
27:36ladies and gents
27:37is how you sky bag.
27:40Or sack attack.
27:41Well I'm trying to
27:42get people used to
27:43their title for next year
27:44because I better change this.
27:45with 7 sandbags
27:47at a time of 29.75.
27:48So 7
27:48in just under 30 seconds
27:50for Tristan Hoeth.
27:51And here is Tristan Hoeth.
27:54But it was Boudreaux
27:55who shone
27:57in the sack attack
27:59with 10.
28:02There's only one man
28:03who's done better than that.
28:04In fact there's only one man
28:04who's done all 10
28:05across all the heats
28:06and that was Tom Stoltman.
28:08Shows you how impressive it is.
28:11Definitely took his time
28:12with the last one.
28:13Very deliberate.
28:14Got it over.
28:17Trey Mitchell's turn.
28:19It's the big thicket.
28:21Trey Mitchell.
28:23The big thicket
28:23always sounds a bit
28:24like an insult to me
28:25but he's very happy with it.
28:29Unless he's seething there.
28:31And Andre Foytu.
28:32Andre Foytu.
28:36Yet to be nicknamed.
28:38Just 23.
28:40Maybe you can give him one.
28:41I'd love to.
28:42At some point
28:43I'd like to show a checkmate.
28:45So let's see what's going on.
28:47Good shout.
28:48Foytos.
28:49Could do.
28:52The second pair.
28:53Both of them.
28:54Trey Mitchell.
28:56Bit of a bigger, longer pull.
28:57Oh, almost too much energy
28:59wasted on these early ones
29:00for him.
29:00And oh, Foytu makes an error.
29:02He's a little sloppy there.
29:03And again.
29:06And again.
29:07Goodness me.
29:08Foytu's not going to finish
29:09with a good result
29:10on this one.
29:10Oh, Trey Mitchell
29:11bounces it over.
29:15Both men really struggling
29:16with this.
29:17Struggling to get the trajectory
29:18right there.
29:19Both of them.
29:19I won't be able to say
29:21checkmate yet.
29:23That's three
29:23for Foytu
29:25and 11.41.
29:29Not his favourite event.
29:31Definitely the wrong tactics.
29:32He knew he wasn't
29:34particularly good at this.
29:35He should have just taken
29:35the first five or six
29:37really slowly
29:37and tried to get them over.
29:38with six sandbags
29:40in a time of 27.22.
29:41Well, doubling.
29:42Foytu's score.
29:43Six.
29:4527.22.
29:47He's not delighted about it.
29:50No, I think Trey Mitchell
29:51knows he could have done
29:51a couple more.
29:53There were a few sloppy misses.
29:55And again.
29:55Probably just rushed it.
29:59For that round of skybags
30:00tightens things up again
30:02in this group.
30:03Maxime Boudreau
30:04taking maximum points.
30:05He's our third different winner
30:06from four events.
30:07He celebrates now
30:08with Michelle.
30:12Maxime, I mean
30:12you really set the pace
30:14with this event.
30:15How important was it
30:16for you to dominate?
30:19Well, I'm in third place
30:20right now
30:20so I need that win
30:21to get ready
30:22for the stone off.
30:23I was expecting to see
30:24you on event one
30:25but it is what it is.
30:26I just keep playing,
30:27keep working
30:28and let's climb up
30:29to get to the finals.
30:30Now this place as a whole
30:31I mean, it holds
30:32good memories for you.
30:33In fact, it was in Sacramento
30:34that you reached the final.
30:36Is that the goal
30:37for this year?
30:38Yeah, it's a plan
30:38to make the finals.
30:39It's a lot,
30:40the weather's a lot nicer
30:41this year than it was
30:42three years ago
30:42and I'm just really happy
30:44to be back after two years
30:45missing for injuries.
30:47Well, it's great to see you.
30:48Well done, Maxime.
30:48Perfect.
30:49Thanks a lot, guys.
30:51Well, just three points
30:52now separating
30:53these four men
30:54with Foyto and Mitchell level.
30:56Boudreau just a point behind
30:57and Hose close behind him.
30:58Which of the four
31:01will be heading
31:02to the grand final?
31:03It's all about
31:04what happens next
31:05in the Stone Medley.
31:07Hard rock action
31:08when we return
31:09on the SPD
31:10World's Strongest Man.
31:12Welcome back to
31:21Sacramento, California.
31:22It's the conclusion
31:23of Group 4
31:24with young Czech
31:25Andre Foyto
31:26and Texan Trey Mitchell
31:28leading the group
31:28level on points
31:29with two Canadians,
31:31Tristan Hoth
31:31and Maxime Boudreau
31:33just a stone's throw behind.
31:35And the decider
31:35is the natural stone medley.
31:38Four rocks
31:38of different sizes,
31:40shapes and weights
31:40can be pressed,
31:42shouldered,
31:42carried and loaded
31:43inside 90 seconds.
31:45Let's rock
31:46with Colin and Danny.
31:47Tristan Hoth!
31:48Thank you, James.
31:50So, yes,
31:52the natural stone medley
31:53Hoeth.
31:58First to take on
31:59one of these
32:00extremely heavy,
32:02extremely unwieldy
32:03stones.
32:05He has to press this
32:05over his head.
32:09That's the trickiest bit,
32:10balancing it.
32:12All these guys
32:13can press
32:13over 120 kilos.
32:15Some of them
32:16with ease.
32:18So, anyway,
32:18he gets through
32:19onto this
32:19very awkward-shaped stone
32:22that he's got
32:22a hoik to his shoulder.
32:23and he's almost
32:25350 pounds,
32:27160 kilos,
32:28nigh on.
32:31Ergen arm out
32:32and drop it.
32:34Do the arm out
32:35to prove you're in control.
32:36And it looks fabulous.
32:38It does, yes.
32:40Now,
32:40onto this
32:41unwieldy stone
32:42based on the famous
32:45Icelandic stone.
32:47Yes,
32:47the Pusefelt.
32:52400 pounds
32:52of stone
32:53round the barrel
32:54and back
32:54and that's the third
32:55section over with.
32:57And then you go on
32:57to the final
32:58big tombstone
32:59at the end.
33:02Dropping slightly
33:02but it's fine.
33:03He's clinging on
33:04by his fingertips there.
33:0620 seconds.
33:07Has he got the energy
33:08to do this?
33:09As you heard,
33:10he's now got
33:11under 20 seconds
33:11to get this up.
33:12I think he's tombstoned.
33:15Let's go!
33:15Come on!
33:17He's not only beaten.
33:19He always grinds out results.
33:21Can he do it?
33:21No,
33:22not this time.
33:24Well,
33:25didn't manage
33:26the tombstone.
33:28Tied out
33:29by the carry,
33:30I think.
33:313 in
33:321-0-4.
33:37Certainly puts out
33:38a good marker
33:39for the others.
33:40We've seen
33:41from previous heats
33:42that's
33:42very impressive.
33:44Very few
33:45have made it
33:45to the fourth implement.
33:51Representing Canada,
33:55Maxime Boudreau.
33:57Fellow Canadian,
33:59Boudreau.
34:00Highly experienced.
34:02Ready?
34:04On the whistle.
34:05The Wolverine.
34:08He's two points
34:09ahead of Howarth
34:10coming into this.
34:12Just wants to get
34:13a clean press
34:14straight away.
34:14Oh,
34:15chucks it up.
34:15Yep.
34:16Just threw that up.
34:19Very impressive.
34:20At what cost
34:21though?
34:22I don't think
34:22that's a joke.
34:24He's seeing stars here.
34:27The heat
34:28of Sacramento.
34:30All the previous
34:31events have
34:32taken their toll.
34:34Probably not
34:34exactly the thing
34:35you want to do
34:36at this moment
34:36is lift the stone
34:37to your shoulder
34:38that weighs
34:38160 kilos nearly.
34:40To be clear,
34:41these are already
34:41quite exhausted men
34:43in the heat
34:44on a black surface
34:46trying to lift
34:47extraordinarily heavy
34:48things.
34:49Why would you do
34:51it?
34:53Suddenly just
34:54dawned on me.
34:56Well,
34:57Boudreau,
34:57probably having
34:58many of the same
34:59thoughts that you've
35:00just verbalised.
35:02Questioning his life
35:03choices right now.
35:04What led him here?
35:06Strongman's not
35:07meant to be easy.
35:08Here we go.
35:10Sacramento,
35:10the place he came
35:11third at World's
35:12Strongest Man.
35:14That was four years ago.
35:17But I'm not sure
35:17he's going to make
35:18the grand final
35:19at the moment
35:19with two men
35:20still to come.
35:21Time is ticking away
35:22and his energy
35:25seems to have gone.
35:26What about his spirit?
35:27Not enough.
35:35Couldn't even get it
35:36off the ground
35:36at the end.
35:37Totally exhausted.
35:39Gave it as all.
35:40Great in the press
35:41though, wasn't he?
35:42Absolutely.
35:43Threw that up there.
35:45Nearly lost
35:46consciousness,
35:47but that's one
35:48in just under
35:49ten seconds.
35:52Foytu then.
35:53He's hoping to cement
35:57his place
35:58in the grand final
35:59here.
36:00He knows that if he
36:01goes ahead of Boudreau
36:03gets two up,
36:06that's absolutely
36:06guaranteed.
36:09And then of course
36:10how far can he go
36:11to try and get points
36:12towards that grand final?
36:14That's what this is
36:14really all about now.
36:16Very impressive.
36:17He's a great presser.
36:19This is much,
36:21much heavier though.
36:22Yes, and
36:22much more unwieldy
36:24as well.
36:25We've seen
36:25competitors struggle
36:27to even work out
36:28how to get it
36:28off the ground.
36:29He's got his technique.
36:30Hug it.
36:32I like it.
36:33And lift it.
36:33Yeah, he went
36:34around the narrow
36:34section.
36:35That worked really
36:35well.
36:36Good for him.
36:37He's obviously
36:38thought about that
36:39a lot.
36:39Absolutely.
36:40He doesn't have
36:41the wingspan
36:42of a Tom Stallman.
36:43Why try and grab
36:44it the long way?
36:45Good for him.
36:45Now then,
36:46the Husefeldt section,
36:47section three.
36:48Yes.
36:49A mighty chicken nugget.
36:50Yeah!
36:51Come on, Henry!
36:52It took a lot of energy
36:57just to try and bring it
36:58up to his chest
36:58rather than just
36:59getting going.
37:01That may pay off
37:02if he finishes this.
37:05I'll tell you,
37:06that's fast as well.
37:08I don't think he's going
37:08on to the last section,
37:09is he?
37:09He's done.
37:11He's done.
37:13Well, that's him
37:13in the final, Colin.
37:15Yeah, great effort.
37:16Tremendous effort.
37:17And with a good score
37:18in this as well.
37:21Just 23.
37:23The youngest man
37:25in the field.
37:26The youngest man
37:27in the final.
37:27His parents behind there,
37:32the Czech flags
37:32are flying.
37:33Great moment for them.
37:35And do you know what?
37:36I don't think we've had
37:37a Czech in the final before.
37:39I don't know.
37:40Let me check.
37:43Checkmate, Colin.
37:44So yeah,
37:45I've got to say it
37:45in the end.
37:46Trey Mitchell then
37:47expecting good things
37:49from him.
37:52Such a great mindset.
37:54On the whistle.
37:56And just sheer power
37:57as well.
37:58When it comes down
37:59to sheer horsepower,
38:00Trey's your man.
38:06Leans backwards.
38:08It looks awkward.
38:09It is awkward.
38:10He gets the press.
38:12Magnus Ver.
38:12Magnus is happy.
38:14He's not waiting around
38:14Magnus to give that signal.
38:16He realises
38:16quite how difficult that is.
38:21Nice and slow.
38:22Nice and deliberate.
38:25Look at that.
38:27Down.
38:27He picks it the long way up
38:29and twists it
38:29as he's quaking it
38:31up to his shoulder.
38:32Very impressive power.
38:33Now then,
38:33the Hoosafel.
38:35He's just got that walk,
38:36hasn't he, Trey Mitchell?
38:37That walk that says,
38:38right, what's next?
38:40What needs lifting?
38:41What needs carrying?
38:42Interesting.
38:43The walk of a man
38:44with 40-inch quads.
38:45It's a unique one.
38:50That's a good time so far.
38:51He is tiring.
38:54But,
38:55again,
38:55that walk.
38:56What's next?
38:57What needs lifting?
38:59200 kilos stone,
39:01or nearly 200 kilos,
39:02about 430 pounds
39:04of tombstone.
39:05Oh, come on,
39:08Trey Mitchell.
39:10Nails it.
39:13With time to spare.
39:15Yes, absolutely.
39:161 minute 13 and a half
39:18for Trey Mitchell.
39:19And I've been checking.
39:22No pun intended,
39:23Colin.
39:24The last Czech competitor
39:25we had
39:25was Nemec in 1998.
39:28Didn't make it through
39:28to the final,
39:29so 4.2 is indeed
39:30the first Czech in the final.
39:34And he'll be joining
39:35Trey Mitchell.
39:35Well, after missing out
39:39last year,
39:40good to see
39:40the big thicket
39:41back in the final again,
39:43making his fifth
39:44appearance there.
39:45Remarkably,
39:46he's the first American
39:47to make it through
39:48so far this year.
39:49Meanwhile,
39:50as we heard,
39:50also going through
39:51from the group
39:52for his first appearance
39:53is young Andre Foy, too.
39:55What a remarkable campaign
39:56he's had,
39:57and he's with
39:57Michelle now.
39:58Andre,
40:03congratulations
40:04on making your first
40:05World's Strongest Man final.
40:07How are you feeling?
40:08Thank you very much.
40:09I'm just really happy.
40:11It's a great feeling
40:12to be the first man
40:13from the Czech Republic
40:13to ever make you
40:14the World's Strongest Man final.
40:16Yeah,
40:17just happy, you know.
40:18I can't really put it
40:19towards what I'm feeling
40:20right now.
40:20I mean,
40:21clearly you are
40:21physically strong,
40:23but from a mental
40:23point of view,
40:24what does it take
40:25to have that preparation,
40:27the resilience,
40:27to secure your place
40:28as a finalist?
40:29Well, everything.
40:30I think the mental
40:31aspect of the sport
40:32is a bit more important
40:34than the actual
40:35physical aspect,
40:35so keeping the head
40:37cool and really
40:37focusing on the goal
40:38is just what makes
40:40a good athlete.
40:41So what is the next
40:42step now then, Andre?
40:43Have you got your eyes
40:43on the podium?
40:45Well,
40:46I would be lying
40:46if I did it
40:47in the back of my head,
40:47but for now,
40:48the goal is just
40:49to have fun
40:50tomorrow and after tomorrow.
40:51Well, enjoy it
40:52and congratulations again.
40:53Thank you very much.
40:55So making history
40:57for the Czech Republic,
40:58Foytzu,
40:59he'll be cheered on
41:00by his beloved cats,
41:01Gigi and Oliver,
41:03before taking on
41:04Trey Mitchell
41:05in the final,
41:07a growing threat.
41:08A man who's been
41:09to the grand final
41:10before he's finished
41:11fourth twice.
41:12Is this the year
41:13he steps up
41:14onto the podium?
41:17Trey Mitchell,
41:18back in the final
41:18where you belong.
41:19Great to see you there.
41:20Thank you so much
41:21for having me.
41:21I'm really looking
41:22forward to tomorrow.
41:23I've got to say,
41:24we saw you last year
41:25struggling with that
41:25Achilles tendon,
41:27nowhere near your best.
41:28It's been such a tough
41:29road to recovery for you.
41:30Yeah, you know,
41:31last year at World Strongest Man
41:33was only six months
41:33post-surgery,
41:35so it wasn't 100%,
41:36and so, like,
41:38all last year
41:38leading up here
41:39was just a, you know,
41:41revenge arc,
41:41you know,
41:42just going like,
41:43oh, I've got to get back
41:44to 100%,
41:45even more,
41:45110% to get as strong
41:47as I can,
41:48you know,
41:48always looking to get
41:49to the next level
41:50and, like,
41:50prove that, you know,
41:52even if I get injured,
41:53I'll still come back.
41:54And he has.
41:55Yeah, he has.
41:56I mean,
41:5618 months on
41:57from a full Achilles rupture
41:58is incredible
41:59to be back
41:59top 10 in the world.
42:01I've got to say, mate,
42:02you're looking
42:02absolutely astronomically big.
42:05You've got to be
42:05over 400 pounds.
42:06No, actually,
42:07I'm actually lean.
42:08I'm a...
42:08399.
42:09Yeah, 375.
42:10Oh, 375.
42:11Last time I weighed myself,
42:12I could have weighed
42:13a little bit more
42:13from getting all the snacks
42:15before the concession stand.
42:17Trey, you've missed out
42:18twice on the podium
42:19here at World's Strongest Man.
42:21Two fourth-place finishes.
42:22Are you going to make it
42:23this time,
42:23and what would that mean?
42:24Uh, yeah,
42:24I definitely think
42:25I'm ready for a podium
42:27finish this year,
42:28and that's definitely
42:29a culmination,
42:31a highlight of,
42:31you know,
42:32my career.
42:33Right,
42:33and make that comeback
42:34worthwhile.
42:34Yeah, exactly.
42:35Excellent.
42:36Trey, congratulations.
42:37Only two more places
42:38left in the final
42:39to be filled.
42:39We'll see how those
42:40go next time out.
42:41In Heat 5,
42:42it features Luke Stollman
42:43looking leaner
42:44and possibly meaner
42:44than ever before,
42:45but he's in a group
42:46with Evan Singleton
42:47and Pablo Kodiakas,
42:48who's going to have
42:49his work cut out
42:49if he is going to
42:50join his brother Tom
42:51in the final ten.
42:52We'll see how they get on
42:53next time
42:54on the SPD World's
42:55Strongest Man.
42:55And next time is
42:59tomorrow at 7.30.
43:01That's only if Bruce Willis
43:02can save planet Earth
43:03in the blockbuster flick
43:05Armageddon
43:05tonight at 10.30.
43:07Next, back to large muscles
43:09and a huge personality.
43:10We celebrate Jeff Capes,
43:12Britain's greatest strongman,
43:13brand new,
43:14after the break.
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