¡oh! that looks really heavy I'll tell you what
I think you'll be lucky to get away without an injury there it's to equal the World Record
it's it's good well Sven Carlson not quite sure what he's saying in Norwegian there but
I'm guessing he's not very happy ¡come on! Hugo Girard the former policeman
he's gambled on going full time and Strong Man, I tell you what it's paid off
he's got a World Record to his name like I always say it's not over until the family is sick
and the first discipline in this opening competition is the Pollens Axle Lift very
much like a cleaning jerk in the olympic games but you can see the thickness of the bar there
and who better to test it than the man who's been silver medalist at the european weightlifting
championships from Latvia, Raymonds Burgmanis now this opening weight only 150 kilos he's
cleaning joke 245 at the olympic games and you see how hard just 150 kilos it's really
not more than 60 percent of what you can do in normal weightlifting competitions
yet the thickness some two inches thick the bar, that's causing all the problems
Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania 150 kilos should be easy now, he's using a slightly different technique here this
known as the european clean where you rest it on your belly and then flick it up again good lift
Dr Douglas Edmonds as ever the godfather of Strongman in the background in the black hat there
refereeing him alongside Jamie Reeves World Strongest Man they are the head referees for
the IFSA super series world championship of course the super series world championship now
head to head with the World's Strongest Man is the main title to be won in strongman and
this man, well he's won a World's Strongest man title in Malaysia but he has yet to win
a world championship belt that Hugo Girard and Magnus Samuelson have won, and I tell you what
in this kind of form, he's going to struggle this only 150 kilos and how awkward he is making it
so the World's Strongest Man from Malaysia of 2002 making very hard work of this thing just
get it to his chest you know those huge triceps or press it up ¡come on! Marius time's running out
crushing down on his windpipe there and that iron mine bar
two inches thick causing all kinds of problems for the man they call the dominator certainly
not dominating this event so 160 kilos goes on to the iron mine bar
and out comes Raymond Bergmanis once again
I mean let's look at the history of this man three times at the olympic games he's carried the flag
into the stadium of the olympic games at Barcelona for his country and well what an incredible honor
you understand why in his home country and in his home city of riga he really is a superstar
well he's trying to do it like a normal olympic lifting clean and you see there it just comes out of his grip
and his hands are like a bunch of bananas they are absolutely enormous long fingers and hands
and even he can't get his hands around it now Sven watch this he's invented his own technique
he does a kind of european clean double movement and look at that easy for Sven
easy enough now remember he is the World Record Holder in this event he's done 170
kilos here in Hawaii last year so he's got to be the favorite for the opening event
but Zydrunas Savickas well, he's, he's so big he's got his own gravity look at the size of
the man 160 kilos in body weight has he got the pressing power, remember this is actually
only body weight lifting this is 160 kilos, easily done those huge triceps pressing it out
and that brings out Hugo GIrard now Hugo Girard
saw Sven Carlson take away the loglift world record up to 185 kilos in Stockholm he also saw
the Apollon's Axle go to 170 kilos it must be painful for Hugo to see but he's done
160 and the bar gets loaded to 165 and it has to be said Hugo did lift that easier than anyone
and Hugo so often talked about as the best presser but let's face
it Sven Carlson's the man with the World Records and here he is at 165
can he get it opening man at 165 it's a good lift excellent by the viking
you seem very strong ¡uh! I'm very worried about my back but I don't feel any pain yet so
I feel very strong at least so that's good as the first event of 2003 superseries in Hawaii ¡uh! are
you technically thinking ¿how you will disposition your six events today? I will try to do my best on
coming from a back injury yesterday I just have to work at event by event and see what happens
165 kilos 363 pounds so
the bar finally heavier than the man lifting it himself what a giant of a man
Zydrunas Savickas
from near Vilnius in Lithuania former IPF silver medalist in powerlifting
squat his main discipline there really was one of the best in squat the world
has ever seen but he's got it to his chest can he press it out to join Sven Carlson
the feet are aligned ¡yes! he gets the white flag from Dr Edmunds great lifting there
for the big Lithuanian now Hugo Girard pressure is on
several times I've seen him in competition
such as in Malaysia when no one else was really around him he was so much better than the others
but now he's under pressure what can he produce when he's up against it
there you go there's your answer Hugo Girard I'd say that was the easiest he's a little out
of breath as you would imagine it's it's very hard work crushing down on your windpipe but 170
it's going to be very tough and the first man out Zydrunas Savickas
Sven Carlson has passed it this way that is the big news Sven's gambling on 175.
so it's just Savickas and Girard at 170. it's to equal the World Record
it's it's good so the World Record the leaderboard has been joined
alongside Sven Carlson with Zydrunas Savickas congratulations to him
for these guys sure they're professional, it's a lot about the money but I tell you
what it's more about putting your name down in history ¡Girard! we've got three men oh this is
really heating up but don't forget Sven Carlson has gambled he's gone for 175 this is a World record
385 pounds
spent the lightest of the three men left in the competition about 143 kilos in body weight
¡oh! that looks really heavy I'll tell you what
I think you'll be lucky to get away without an injury there
how badly has he hurt himself has he just winded has he torn some pectoral muscle
he's full of adrenaline it's very hard to say at this point
I guess we'll find out after the event but I'd be shocked if you can get it up now
no, no, it's not going to happen today it's funny such an incredible competitor
this is how you get to the top in your sport, it's the never give up attitude ¡come on! Sven Carlson
this is why he's been World's Strongest Man this is why he wants that world championship belt
well Sven Carlson not quite sure what he's saying in norwegian there but
I'm guessing he's not very happy
and that brings out 175 kilos for the World Record Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania
so he's just seen his name go alongside Sven Carlson in the record books this to take the
out and out record for himself in one of the most historical events in Strongman
but he's missed it first attempt can he get his legs into it you hear the crowd shouting use
your legs but no, no he knows when he's beaten, he knows when he's beaten and that leaves Hugo Girard
is the only man left in the competition his 170 attempt looked very comfortable
this will be interesting this will be more than interesting this will be sensational if he takes
it it'll be Hugo's first overhead World Record and I tell you what not a minute too late either
¡come on! Hugo Girard the former policeman he's gambled on going full-time in Strongman and
I tell you what has paid off he's got a World Record to his name Apollon's Axle is all Hugo's Girard's
175 kilo a new world record Hugo Girard you know I wasn't expected to do that but
like I always say it's not over until the family is sick and it's really far from being over
well that was something else what a display mind over matter this event been going on since
the 19th century with Louis Cyr the Great Canadian and appalling all lifting these are
Pollen's Axel and Hugo Girard he's taking that World Record back to Canada you start
this year with the World Record in appalling axel did you expect that uh not really to
tell you the truth you know at one fifth actually at 140 I had a hard time my shoulder
I heard some kind of weird noise there and uh seriously though about
leaving that event and then I'm like okay I'm just gonna keep going one more one more lift
and then one more lift and finally end up winning the event it's totally unexpected ¿how much did you
surpass your best result uh from before? ¡uh! for me with that kind of bar is the first time ever so
it's not bad you know first time with that, that bar World Record you know I can ask for more