next event is the last man standing apollon's axel another maximum weight event you have to
pick the axle up to your chest press it overhead now of course we've seen the World Record
back in Turkey go up to 210 kilos we're not going to see that today are we
no we're not because the strongest guy on apollon actually have to face it it's a Zydrunas Savickas by far
but anyway you know I think we're going to see some great presses here today Laurence
Shahlaei already surprised me by doing so good in deadlift by setting a personal best with 20 kilos
well let's not forget Laurence Shahlaei and Turkey did 205 kilos
Gary Gardiner failed the opening lift of 155 kilos coletto he too struggled
Ricardo Nort again 155 was too much Mark Felix though hit that and went on to do 165.
Wilczynski hit 175 and then failed 180. so we joined the action with Stefan Solvi-Petursson
trying to hit one nine five we still have Brian Shaw the contest Lalas, Shahlaei
some big names still is the original prototype pollen's axle made for the World's Strongest Man
and I'm afraid Stefan Solvi Peterson is at 185 at his best just over 400 pounds
we've seen that shoulder problem in the past Darren Sadler I didn't mention him he's still
in this lineup and the pocket rocket as he's often referred to is an extremely dynamic package
this would be ¡uh! an absolute personal best for him though by a long way and he doesn't
have the belly that some of the others have to rest it on he's got the ¡uh! hardened abs of
a lean athlete but really you need a bit of a ledge to sit on now here's the Vytautas Lalas
no insult but he does have a bit of a power belly that helps but no he doesn't get it
to his shoulders something went wrong there perhaps just hit his windpipe
I think that's exactly what happened
again this time he's got it does he have the shoulder power
amazing really 195 and after all that struggle how easy was the press his shoulders are ridiculous
now the turn of Brian Shaw to ¡uh! try and remain with the best
saw that Laurence Shahlaei did 205 back in Istanbul
see what Brian Shaw can do here
just to get up that six foot eight frame big hit with the legs and goodness me this man is on form
well he might have been a bit slow by his standards in the farmer's walk
but in the static stuff the deadlift and now the axle he looks truly tremendous
Laurence Shahlaei
tied in that deadlift won the farmers walk did 205 in Istanbul this should be within his range
yes it is i wouldn't say comfortable I would say justin no more really
205 kilograms on the bar now
this is really world-class lifting 215 the World Record by Zydrunas Savickas
of Lithuania here is his compatriot now keeping the Lithuanian flag flying
he really struggled to get it to his chest at 195.
again it's difficult to his chest
the shoulder power though is it there at this weight
just that left arm crumbled a bit so 195 is his best
and sure then his turn
I think he has the power to do this you know he is on such good form at the moment
certainly would have done this if he hadn't done the deadlift beforehand
to the chest
over 450 pounds thrown overhead with ease on what is an extremely difficult implement to lift
the thick handle the weights at the end don't spin it's all fixed look at this so raw power
from a potential world Strongest Man winner you'd have to back Brian Shaw to win it if not this year
sometime in the next coming two or three years but Laurence Shahlaei so improved what can the
englishman do he did this weight in Istanbul the chest without a problem the crowd would
just love to see this go overhead now he is I think he's fainting it's actually cramp
seen this happen to Laurence before so Brian Shaw out on top of the zone back in second on 195 kilos
it's a tie Shahlaei and Lalas after three events then it's Laurence Shahlaei still in the lead by
a point and a half over Brian Shaw in third is felix just ahead of Stefan Solvi and Lalas