great work from the american Jason Bergman 110 degrees over three full rotations leaves the bar
high for Britain's Strongest Man Eddie Hall now of course with a sore toe
this could be a real problem for him
drope the lock, courtis toe
and that's a lot of weight no matter how you slice it
the mental fortitude that saw him win in Doncaster, he's gonna have to carry him through here
he's too scared to take his shoe off in the tent, he's worried he's gonna start swelling up
and around first revolution is decking end Eddie
and with own Doncaster what a top man is
no kidding and so much there elevent event into the final stages for the first time against two
former british champions and he came out on top now does that give him the power he
needs here, he is ignoring the pain, fighting back waves of it but he can't go any further
835 degrees is a hugely respectable tally for a man with one and a half healthy feet
and how much is this taking out of him, we're barely halfway through the contest
now then what about this kid 21 years of age from Slovenia Matjaz Belsak probably a name very few
of our viewers will ever have conjured up before gonna have to google him to find out a little more
before this event but today and yesterday he's really writing his name in the books
¡yeah! there's never been any great Slovenian Strong men before and at just 21 as well it's
it's just phenomenal I mean he only could have done so many gym sessions in his life, this is
raw power here, well don't forget our leader with 110 degrees is Jason Bergman and a us-1-2 because
Mike Caruso got to 9,45 and that's just been eclipsed into second place because Matjaz Belsak
looking happy with that at 9.70 well he might not be the Strongest Man here but I think he might
be the hungriest that he's jet propelled and everything he does. Event four here in Budapest
is the stone to shoulder you have to lift it up and hold it here for a split second
as many times as possible in 60 seconds it weighs 144 kilos that's well in excess
of 300 pounds the equivalent of three of these fitness models not an easy task to lift
what will be needed to win this and this is one that Eddie Hall be very grateful doesn't involve
any footwork not much at least, he's ignoring the pain in his toe refusing to take his trainers off
because if he can't see it, it can't be that bad seven is the mark, bouncing it like a basketball
that is a 22 stone basketball and what he doesn't want to do Colin is bouncing anywhere near that
injured foot, my goodness snow does ¡uh! spring a lot off the floor though doesn't it it's very
springy these mats they put a double layer down to try and protect this area out by the swimming
pools, 30 seconds in he's got to three, he's gonna do really well to get to half a dozen never mind
to seven, ¡come on! well 20 seconds if he does get to six he'll equal picks it'll be nice for him the
battle of England well look at the technique here as he starts to lift watch how he rocks forward
onto his toes that damaged toe can't be enjoying this, he's going for six, he's got five seconds to
get it done gets that matches Graham Hicks that's enough for him, Eddie Hall six reps joint second position
behind Mike Caruso of the USA so here is our contest leader then Matjaz Belsak let's see what
he can produce boy could this kid row a couple of little squats to get himself into the mood
one, it's a smaller stone he's making it look very easy ¡whoa! hang on a minute ¡look at that!
he's only doing knees to chest, he's basketballing the rest that is remarkable what a technique
remarkably dangerous I hope he doesn't get this wrong, it's quite a risk he's taking here
well it worked for the first three or four now he's up to five, he's got 35 seconds to
do two more to tie Mike Caruso for the lead to take maximum points and to stay on top in the
competition, he's got six and 20 seconds to do one more, that is seven, is he gonna do one more
15 seconds, he's like Thor, he's winding up the crowd to get them to cheer him on
he moves into the lead on eight, what can this kid not do is he going for nine
not in three seconds that's it eight but it is Matjaz Belsak with the bounce who takes the lead
well the Belsack bounce look at that that could go horribly wrong