The 2023 World’s Strongest Man competitors begins on Wednesday, April 19 at Burroughs & Chapin Pavilion Relate in Myrtle Seaside, South Carolina, kicking off two days of qualifying rounds, adopted by a two-day final, culminating within the crowning of this twelve months’s winner on Sunday, April 23.
Scottish strongman Tom Stoltman, a.k.a. “The Albatross,” is largely the latest reigning World’s Strongest Man champion, having defended his 2021 title final twelve months, winning for a second time. He’ll be reduction this twelve months to strive to hold on to the crown for a third twelve months running.
Also competing will most definitely be Tom’s older brother Luke Stoltman. This marks the first time within the history of the competitors that two brothers hold made it to the World’s Strongest Man finals. A lauded strongman in his beget exact, Luke is a winner of Europe’s Strongest Man and five-time Scotland’s Strongest Man. If he were to be the one to push Tom off the podium, we would be in for a third twelve months with a Stoltman as World’s Strongest Man.
There would possibly be an total host of assorted acquainted faces among the energy athletes on account of compete, including old winners Oleksii Novikov (2020) and Brian Shaw (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016), as properly as a need of feeble World’s Strongest Man mainstays: Ticket Felix, Trey Mitchell, Bobby Thompson and feeble professional wrestler Evan Singleton are all vying for the tip articulate this twelve months.
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If you happen to’re in or spherical Myrtle Seaside, the competitors is free and begin to the public, complete with a fan competition home and identical old admission viewing home where you would possibly maybe behold every match live.
There will also be fixed on the help of-the-scenes protection of every match on the World’s Strongest Man’s social media channels, with on-the-flooring commentary and interviews hosted by 15-time WSM competitor Terry Hollands.
Whereas there is now not any live broadcast on TV, you would possibly maybe procure the total fade at home later within the summertime, with protection on CBS Sports Community and CBS Television Community starting from May maybe well 28.
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