welcome back to headingley now this competition as well as deciding who
will walk away with the Europe's Strongest Man title also features a keen rivalry
between viking invader Thor Bjornsson and britain's Eddie Hall, he's a beast unlike
¡The Beast!
the thing he needs to work on is not his strength obviously is his endurance
his recovery, his flexibility, if he will do that, he can be unbeatable,
next event the medley Thor versus Eddie Hall give me a break the battle of the giants four implements
a really, really tough course, everybody's gonna be behind him let's see who crosses that finish line
let's join our commentators now Danny Wallace and first up Colin Bryce this big wooden barrel
this sack and this tire have to be carried down the course 15 meters and then they pick this up
200 kilogram weight and they have to do what's known as a duck walk all the way over the finish
line this is gonna be one of the hardest medleys ever and that's why we've given them 75 seconds
Savatinov and Zageris, Savatinov from Bulgaria managed 380 in the deadlift
but was beaten by Zageris managed a very impressive 400 in that same event
with some ease as well
so now they're head to head in the medley race first up the barrel Colin
¡yeah! big and awkward neither of these men that tall so right at the end of
their limit in terms of being able to grab it, Zageris very quickly back now to the sack
it's really quick Zageris former professional goalkeeper and Latvia turned Strong Man
Savatinov as a former circus Strong man
that's very true ringling brothers for many years now that's quick from Zageris, look at that, very quik indeed
17 stone that tire now this is awkward after all that still this to do
and manages it 39.82 seconds takes a bit of a tumble, Savatinov concedes
let's grab his forearm there hope uh hope he hasn't hurt himself
next up England's Terry Hollands
there's a glamour shot, managed 400 in the deadlift, he's up against Belsak from ¡uh! Slovenia
who also managed 400 but did not manage 420.
this is a hard man for Holland's to go against all though Belsak`s made a
little slit there he's so quick Belsak, now Terry's almost 200 kilos of body weight so
he's a former rugby player but I'm not sure the fitness is is still there
nice recovery though from Belsak, he takes the lead now with the sack
just the tyre
not quite sprinting with the same zip he once had Terry but let's not forget he's
come back out of retirement for this now Belsak in his early 20s can he finish this off
quicker than what Zageris did
Collin will want to catch up here but no he's down, but is he beaten Belsak takes it
with 46.43 Holland still fighting not enough to beat Zageris's 39.82 but will he complete
the course remember 75 seconds to do this, I think the big man's hit the wall there
¡yeah! it looks so small 500 pounds that lump of metal, he's so enormous Terry 7.2 meters
the next pairing then and from Poland we have Radzikowski well in the deadlift managed 400.
he's up against England's Mark Felix the oldest
man in the competition also managed 400. but not for 20.
good strong start from Felix he's got a great grip Felix but is actually Radzikowski use a head here
jump back for the sack how heavy is this sat Colin what
about 17 stones and look at the way Radzikowski flicked it off the floor
drops it down back for the tire now it's just a little bit lighter 16 stone man
chucked onto your shoulder, it's the car before the storm now though
this is the the hardest bit it looks easy, it looks small, but it's very awkward
all that weight between your legs you have to splay your legs out wide and he won't beat Zageris
but will he beat Belsak that's the question looks like he might have but Felix manages 48.6
seconds, what about Radzikowski ¡yes! he does by four tenths of a second beats Belsak so moves into second place
¡yeah! really shifted there Radzikowski he's improved his fitness a lot
Felix though right behind Stoltman and Belsak that's cost him on points, so just Eddie Hall
and Hafthor Bjornsson left to go in this medley what a mouthwatering prospect for Strongman fans
the newly crowned world deadlift champion Eddie Hall "The Beast" and of course the
reigning Europe's Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson of Iceland, beating him could be a tour order so
this is the one everyone's waiting for Eddie Hall versus Thor and is Thor who's quicker away here
to watch them warming up a second ago sprinting up and down I think Eddie would love to beat Thor at
his event Eddie's the death lifter the static man but Thor with those massive legs in the six foot
nine he, he just chews the ground up, the height really helping him the speed as well onto the tyre
again lighter than the sack say what people think Eddie's immobile though when he was
14 he actually beat Mark Foster's sprint records and in the swimming pool he's he can shift these
two really want to battle each other and that's it Thor's taking it and Eddie's struggling at the end
38.56 very good performance there from Eddie Hall but ¡uh! Bjornsson 34.59 seconds for the icelander
taking him to first place totally amazing performance ¿how did that first implement feel?
free to light I mean, I came here ready, I came here to find my title, I'm gonna do, what I can
to do that, what a showdown that proved to be Thor coming out on top Hall managing second Eddie Hall
you can't win them all did that deadlock take a lot out of you to come into a medley like
this and start running ¡yeah! ¡uh! my glutes and hamstrings are pretty fried so that was hard
a little bit of recovery coming back you'll be okay right hopefully ¡yeah! I'm gonna carry on
great performance keep it up, thanks Kaz, Thor Bjornsson sharing the wins then in the
first two events behind them only five points separated the next seven competitors