¡here we go! Adam Bishop, can he go one better
just so stifly is axle was is not bender on the as all
and Stolman just, so we move on then and first up that is the world junior power lifting champ
they call him the future the good nickname Luke Richardson and he'll be taking on from Ireland Pa O'Dwyer
the Limerick lion do you know any limericks Colin actually you do I won't ask for any but
what are we looking out for here well I mean you can beat 10 reps Dan that's the name of the game
now absolutely and Luke Richardson it just might be the man to do It Felix is very rarely beaten in
reps even at 53 Dave I say and Richardson being well, well under half his age this kid is just
incredible, he's done 400 kilos in powerlifting and Pa O'Dwyer on the right there holding pretty firm
five reps to four at the moment there's the sixth plenty of time on the clock still to come
Richardson could pressure the 10. well absolutely this is extraordinary work from Richardson 30
seconds to go whether he's got the fitness with that static power he's built up and years
of power lifting, Pa looks right on the limit on the last one, O'Dwyer struggling now still
something to give from Richardson can he lock out ¡yes! he's managed nine still got 12 seconds left
just so stiff these axle bars there's no bend on them at all ¡oh look at this! no just beaten
well what an effort there from Richardson and you can see why they're calling him the future
nine reps is tremendous just one off of Felix who's ¡uh! probably the best in the world at reps
Pa O'Dwyer five well that'll probably leave the middle of the pack and you can see the pressure
there Danny, yeah, I hope that's what it is Luke's with Bill Kazmaier now, Luke when I competed in the
World's Strongest Man the first time there were 12 people in the audience, it was really exhilarating
¿what does it feel with nearly 10 000 people in front of you?, you know to me this isn't a child or
dream come true so to be here in front of everyone in Sheffield you know it means the world to me so
thank you everyone, well the local boy the Man of Steel again not his official nickname just what
I'm trying to get going we move on then to Adam Bishop up against Tom Stoltman, Luke Stoltman of
course the overall leader a bit of a disaster with only five reps earlier means that this pair could
make some headway into his overall lead Colin ¡yeah! Tom Stoltman is a tremendous deadlifter then
again so is Adam Bishop see who's got the better fitness here they'll probably have a similar Max
deadlift Bishop's got less of a distance to travel being a relatively short six foot three
down and on the right there six foot eight inches tall, Bishop all about discipline technique
Stoltman has that raw power there's a slower pull up Bishop really hits it hard in many ways the man
who's the slower puller is more in control that's the problem Bishop could rock forward look at this
now just under 30 seconds to go Bishop on nine ten to beat you have to ask at this point how much
further could he go that's ten absolutely equals Felix and Stoltman he gets it just 15 seconds left
¡here we go! Adam Bishop can he go one better ¡oh! he's rocking backwards he's got to be careful
¡yes! he's done he's done it with just a few seconds to go, Stoltman lost track of time there
¡yeah! he may well have just gashed out totally I'm not sure much more time when it helped and
that nine that equals Richardson good effort what a brilliant effort from Adam Bishop first place
in this event with 11 reps amazing beats Felix by one rep pressure involved in this lift it's
colossal getting you breathing just right so key a few slow-mos for the ladies, Tom your
static strength has come up so much over the last year but you're so tall ¿how does that weight feel
to you? that was heavy but like going through and I'm happy with names it's all good well you could
be proud of it effort like that your brother is you're one heck of a Strong man nice pull, cheers for you
give it up for Tom Stoltman ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen I am here with Bishop, Adam
he just chalked up one back ¡yeah! I mean I thought Tom's ahead of me pushed me so hard
there ¡uh! obviously she's still gonna try and beat Felix he just keeps rapping doesn't he ¡uh! but
you know got one on him last year managed to grind out another one so ¡yeah! good result
ladies and gentlemen it'll be a long night but a great performance from England's on Adam Bishop
a long night for his rivals perhaps Adam taking his first event win today with Mark Felix second
Tom Stoltman tying for third with Luke Richardson and Luke Stoltman down in eighth
overall that means that Adam Bishop moves into first place overall but only by a slender margin Tom Stoltman
and Aaron Page are just one and a half points back and Luke Stoltman is close behind them