As Tom Stoltman crouched down to pick up the fifth and final Atlas Stone, a 210-kilogram (almost 463 pounds) spherical behemoth -- slightly heavier than an upright piano -- and lift it up to a platform at shoulder height, he knew it was the only thing standing between him and becoming the 'World's Strongest Man.'
It was the final lift, in the final event, in a week's worth of grueling challenges designed to test the upper limits of human strength, pitting giants from all over the world in trials ranging from pushing a 20-ton train for maximum speed, to squatting 320kg for maximum reps, to tossing a 33-pound keg for maximum height and numerous other unimaginable feats of strength.
Marathon running left him 'totally depleted.' Then he became a strongmanBulking upSoon, teenager Stoltman followed his older brother Luke, who was already competing in strongman competitions, to the local gym."I was a skinny boy, not much confidence, and Luke said, 'Come on to the gym.' So I went to my local gym and hated every single minute of it. I didn't like the people staring at me. But I kept going and kept on pushing myself and Luke kept on pushing me.
Powerlifter Karenjeet Kaur Bains 'found a love for being strong.' Now she wants to inspire more women to take up strength sports'Screaming from heaven'In 2016, Stoltman's mother Sheila succumbed to cancer. His biggest fan, Stoltman made a vow to her before her untimely death."I made a promise to my mom before she passed away that I would win 'World's Strongest Man' for her and also be [a] kind gentleman and a man outside of the sport as well.
Sam Holness hopes to use autism 'superpower' at the IRONMAN World Championship"She'd have been screaming and she would have been going absolutely mental," he says."She would have been screaming from heaven."Stoltman's rise to the top of the world of strongmen was part of a three-year strategy, a plan he's delivered upon with unerring accuracy.In 2019, he told the Strongman"Giants Live" tour:"I'll win it in two years' time.
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