Eddie Hall in shorts and Graham Hicks in I don't know something from iron man
and that brings us to the biggie Terry Hollands head to head with Laurence Shalaei we are going to
see this all the way through the competition these two men last year indulged in a britain's record
deadlift battle Terry Hollands had the record and Shahlaei matched it and then beat it by
half a kilo that was at 433 kilos that was for one rep though this is all about the number of reps
so the weight a mere 340. Lauren Shahlaei going off very quickly Colin is he going to pay for that
well i'm not sure he's trimmed down lost about 10 or 15 kilos obviously he feels fit wants to get as
many reps on the board as quickly as possible he's on five remember phoenix is up on eight
look at the eyes Terry Hollands watching Laurence Shalaei accelerate ahead of him
35 seconds down Shalaei to seven he needs one more for the lead 20 seconds to go
Terry Holland's doing well to get into third position here he's tied third at the moment
five is his lot Laurence Shalaei 10 seconds to go five seconds to go is he gonna complete
it eight for a joint lead he gets it clean that's a great effort from Laurence Shalaei
didn't watch Terry Hollands he was out on his own
so Graham Hicks knows what it's going to take we have two men tied on eight Eddie Hall
again with the ammonia assaults to really clear the head it gets the blood racing
these are our two leaders Eddie Hall just one point behind Graham Hicks
so we have joint leaders on eight in the deadlift Eddie Hall in short and Graham Hicks in I don't
know something from iron man he's wearing what's known as a dead lift suit most of the guys are
just makes things a little tighter perhaps gives you uh
a little bit of a boost as well but Eddie Hall a half naked here six reps that's phenomenal
and we haven't even got to 30 seconds and he's on his seventh at 30 seconds well this if he takes
two more in the next half minute will put him into the lead of this deadlift and of the
competition he is tied for the lead and has 20 seconds hicks is blowing out at four Eddie Hall
needs this really needs this for the lead look at the legs they are trembling
and he has got it and he locks it out at nine he takes the competition and he leads the event
well it's not every day you get to see the great mark felix vested in a deadlift for reps event
but that's exactly what Eddie Hall has done taking his second event win from Felix and
Laurence Shalaei with Hollands and Hicks tied for fourth and that sees Eddie Hall
take first place now ahead of Graham Hicks and Terry Hollands with a five-point lead over the
defending champion Laurence Shalaei are we about to see a new britain's strongest man
Eddie weren't taking any chances there nine repetitions to win the event how did that feel
uh felt good i mean i've been doing it like short eight 89 reps in training
so I knew it was in the bank really uh just quite glad you know I was last to go so I knew what to
have to do well i'm feeling a bit overdressed here next to you what's with the lack of clothes
I just want to prove a point that you know I did it raw not wearing one of these girly suits
so uh you know i'm a powerhouse I want to prove that well I think you have impressive indeed
from Eddie Hall but at the halfway stage here in doncaster the title of britain's
strongest man and those three qualifying spots for the finals are still up for grabs