so our penultimate event today is this giant circus dumbbell it weighs 100 kilograms that's 220
pounds it's as heavy as me and I'm very overweight and you have to then grab this really thick
handle it's as thick as a coke can pick it up to your chest thrust it overhead it's not just the
weight. Derek it's the sheer awkwardness of this now you're going to second referee this
because you are the multiple world record holder in this tell me just how awkward and how difficult
is this you know it's ironic of all the events for me to be good at it's an awkward goofy event the
dumbbell the circus dumbbell you want to it tests everything from leg and bicep strength ironically
when you clean it to obviously shoulder and you know your ability to maintain the lockout
you can see numerous numerous guys are gonna have a very hard time with the event
it just sucks no matter how you cut it it's very difficult it's very hard it's a typical strumming
event first up Gary Gardner and I'm afraid he hit zero reps with this awkward heavy dumbbell Nami
the same Stephan Solvi couldn't rep it either though he got very close Lawrence Shahlaei
just one rep Wilczinsky I'm afraid it was a big zero for him so we've got two of
Britain's finest here Mark Felix on the right against Darren Sadler on the left
a wealth of experience between these two men Darren Sadler though has been spending a lot
of time recently setting up his own gym in uh and near Borough Bridge Absolute fitness gym
Darren Sadler then to get the first one up Felix failed his attempt one nil at the moment
again Felix just has to give it a little more leg Sadler bangs it out finally Felix gets a wreck
two to one Sadler in the lead only Shahlaei had done one before this
fails again Felix i bet Derek Poundstone on the side here is wishing he could do it
he's so good at it now that was no rep for Sadler the elbow did not lock Poundstone is
fightingly good at this we still have Shaw and we have Lalas to look at as well those two guys
are normally very good at the dumbbell well Sadler in the end it's three reps Mark Felix just won
big Brian Shaw the final pair he's up against uh Vytautas Lalas from Lithuania
underway
big Brian he's a whole lot taller but he actually gets it up quicker it's one apiece
Shawn out just looking over to see what Lalas does he's angled himself at the Lithuanian two apiece
you wonder whether he'll just try and stay one ahead of Lalas
he is very professional Brian Shaw three for Lalas four for sure
one more will put him well in the lead five reps now Lalas sits his fourth and walks away well
what is that all about I guess he knows he was gonna get beaten sure pumps the fish six reps
and that's it there's no need to do any more Lalas will get second Shaw will take the win
well I thought all those reps look pretty good from Shaw though I hear the referees took
one rep off him but it doesn't matter still a win for the big colorado based man he
is on fine form as for Lalas again they all look good but being a professional
he decided to pull up early and save his energy
I mean people call you mini z pretty soon you're going to be bigger than Big Z no I wouldn't say
so no no no Big Z is just uh too big for me you know I don't have that height I don't have that
¡uh! statue you know well i'm getting there though I'm getting there the giant dumbbell is
won by the giant himself big Brian Shaw five reps and he was comfortably better than anybody else
overall then Brian Shaw is driving away into the lead here Lalas and second he's for the first time
gone ahead of Shahlaei one event to go (Music)
final event here is the atlas stones of course it goes from 140 kilos up to 205
kilos they have to be lifted onto a four and a half foot platform I'm here with head referee
former World's Strongest Man finalist Gregor Edmonds, Gregor in your day you're perhaps
the best at this can these guys actually do that way I mean this is a new record for giants live
¡yeah! well the bar has gone up every single year since I left strongman and it really has gone up
a long way now the the World's Strongest Man the last stone was 165 kilos when I did it and
that was hard then I can tell you but now this stone is over 200 kilos these guys are amazing
well the third stone's 170 kilos so back then the final stone was lighter than the third Brian Shaw
reckons he's done 240 kilo stone in the gym so I think they'll manage all five but how quick
Gary Gardner five stones in 23.49 seconds Nami just four in 27.
Rafa Wilczinski hit the five in 33.7 Petursson all five and 21.56 dazzling Darren five in 32.9
so Mark Felix then knows he's got to try and get under 20 seconds if he wants to guarantee
himself a win here in the stones or at least put the pressure on the likes of Brian Shaw
who we know is tremendous at the stones so far so good little slip there on the fourth
now to this big daddy fifth
makes it look easy and Felix 22.2 seconds is a good time
a lot of british fans enjoying that now it's not lost on the crowd that Laurence Shahlaei has lost
his second place position to Vytautas Lalas to uh needs a good stones here to hang on to third
he did an awful stones in the previous Giants Live in Istanbul to lose a podium place
there's number four this is looking much much better
and let's not forget if you get on the podium you go to the World's Strongest Man finals
guaranteed and with that stone right there I think he's guaranteed himself a place
the World's Strongest Man he should hang on to third but maybe just maybe he's done enough to put
the pressure on the Vytautas Lalas it's all down to Lalas now who gets second and who gets third
got to beat that 25 seconds of Shalaei all five stones (music) a little bit slow on the third
but perhaps he's taking this slow and steady to make sure he does it number four was up easily
now the last one five seconds to beat Shahlaei he's not gonna beat him you know
goodness me and if he doesn't get this up at all it will mean Shahlaei will take second
well that's a huge surprise Shahlaei his worst event is the stones and guess what
it's just got him back up to the silver medal position now Brian Shaw this is just for so
little snip there that's too much so got to make sure he does them properly
if he wants to win the final event as well he's won the overall contest there's no doubt about
that he is the absolute class act today Brian Shaw 20.31 seconds and that was with
a huge stumble and look at down the bottom Lalas in eighth and last Shahlaei in fifth the overall
points then Bryan Shaw is absolutely the champion but Shahlaei manages to sneak ahead of Lalas,
Felix though just off the podium misses out in fourth
Brian from start to finish today was just uh excellent really you've enjoyed yourself I take it
yeah it was a good contest you know I was coming in here to to have some fun and uh you know I knew
I had a good shot at winning so it's just kind of a comfortable you know I uh would really wish
I would have pulled that 440 deadlift you know that's I was really looking forward to that but uh
you know 430 is not bad raw you know so it was a good day Brian you know you're now
starting to gather up momentum as the favorite for World's Strongest Man what do you think of that
you know I'm gonna I've got a lot of motivation to train for World Strongest Man you know I haven't
uh I have not forgotten what happened last year and uh that's in my mind I think about
that every single day and it just pushes me to work harder and i'll i'll come in ready
it's it's hard to guarantee a win at World's Strongest Man and you know calling calling myself
out like that i'll i'll put it this way I will be disappointed if I do not win how about that
all right well well done today no disappointment about today bravo tremendous stuff thanks Colin,
Laurence you're becoming very good at getting second but you're probably happy with that in
the end aren't you with how I felt today ¡yeah! I'm, I'm very happy that clan was always qualified
for worlds today I mean Brian Shaw is such I mean said it himself he's the freak freak of
Strongman freaking nature but today on some of the events it showed like he's not unbeatable
and I truly believe that I believe if I can stay a hundred percent stop cramping all
the time he's beatable as good as he is on the right day with the right events I can take him
well it was Vytautas Lalas sadly for him on the stones who lost second place he goes to
the World's Strongest Man in third position from this giant slide receiving his trophy from Sven
Carlson, Laurence Shahlaei joint world record holder in the deadlift second place for him today
maybe one day he will win and beat Brian Shaw but not today
Shaw is the champion and looks very good for winning the World's Strongest Man title at the
end of the year (Music)
well that's it for this episode join us next time in Poland until then goodbye
you