Tom Stoltman no longer World's Strongest man but scoops respectable second place
Tom Stoltman's reign as World Strongest Man is over after he finished second in the final which concluded today.
The Invergordon athlete, who was looking to win his third World Strongest Man title, after winning in 2021 and 2022, had to settle for runners-up position in South Carolina.
Mitchell Hooper from Canada is the new World Strongest Man, as he claimed the title for the first time in his career.
Stoltman trailed Hooper by one point after day one of the competition on Saturday.
But he suffered a bad start on Sunday morning when he finished in joint third place in the max dumbell, earning only 6.5 points with only three repetitions.
Hooper managed four repetitions to tie with Evan Singleton and earn 9.5 points to give him a healthy advantage over Stoltman.
Hooper extended his lead when he won the bus pull, finishing in a time of 30.24 seconds while Stoltman finished in joint second position with Evan Singleton of the United States in 32.27 seconds.
Going into the final round of the Atlas Stones, Stoltman was 5.5 points behind. Despite winning the Atlas Stones, lifting all five in 33.26 to claim 10 points, Hooper finished second, also lifting all five in 36.96 to secure the title.
Luke Stoltman finished in eighth place in the 10-man final with 21.5 points.
World Strongest Man Final results
Mitchell Hooper (Canada) 53.5
Tom Stoltman (Scotland) 49
Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine) 43
Trey Mitchell (United States) 41.5
Evan Singleton (United States) 39.5
Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine) 31.5
Brian Shaw (United States) 27.5
Luke Stoltman (Scotland) 21.5
Matthew Ragg (New Zealand) 18.5
Jaco Schoonwinkel (South Africa) 5.5 (Withdrew from competition after three rounds.)