the day of the competition I woke up feeling really good little bit nervous which is normal
for a big, big show but for me Europe's Strongest man I'll be the greatest show I've ever competed
in we had 10,000 Strongman fans screaming for every single athlete the atmosphere inside the
arena was incredible you know it was like a amphitheater we've liked that the crowd all
around us, 2012 was the first real serious injury that I had I was over in China a big competition
over there and ended up tearing my labrum I told my life that Europe Strongest Man ¡oh! goodness no
hopefully it's not an injury and just a bit of crap, tore my tricep at world Strongest Man I've
had multiple tears and my quads and hamstrings unfortunately that's me done these guys are
awesome and you know I've had some days where I could really hang with them but I think I'm done
after world Strongest Man where I taught my tricep but I was done, I literally I didn't
train for two months I just didn't want to do Strongman at all to build yourself back up to
that kind of top level and then to suddenly be like punched down to the ground and kicked while
you're down there it's, it's mentally harder than anything your body recovers but it's that mental
kind of scarring that's the hardest thing to overcome eventually the support of my family
they kind of gave me a bit a little bit a kick up the arse said you know you can't just mope
about and feel sorry for yourself and I thought right I can still do this I'm gonna give it a
hundred percent I wasn't just gonna you know make up numbers when have one more go give
it 100% not here to be beat I've come here to win
ladies and gentlemen welcome to the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England ¡here we go! this Europe Strongest man in 2016.
This gonna be a real close battle take a rounds favorite Thor
looking big his little strong, Thor is definitely a fiver and roud sighs it's one of the last things in a row and the looks absolutely enormous
the raining and defending Europe Strongest Man welcome Hafþór Julius Björnsson
¡here we go! if the crowd can will amount to success then we should
see a successful live right now ¡ooohhhh! yes Laurence Shahlaei make that look like a cakewalk, ¡can you
feel that! beautiful power, feel did you see the power coming out of those legs, exploited the metal about lift
impressive for the Englishman a the massive lift there a comfortable lift
for the mountain he looks revved and ready an impressive start Thor he's on the March
look at in five that ¡oohh! so close for
Laurence Shahlaei what an attempt, what an effort what a colossal man, wanna start Paul can we follow that
we're about to try how do you top 500 kilos in the deadlift well how about over 450 kilos has
to be run 20 meters down a course, massive Johannes Arsjo that was fast for the Swede,
Bjornsson is firing that the course Terry Hollands driving forward is Björnsson by a whisker
¡on the way we go! look at the face picked up from Laurence Shahlaei he's chair of the course now that close in
about 20 me so live determination it's all over his face of that was quick you know I know these
events ought to be anyone in the world that I honestly believe, I can challenge the mountain
someone's got a dethrone him and I'm gonna give my all to do it, next defense is the log
lift for repetitions I call it 350 pounds and yeah that's a heck of a lot of weight back in
our day this is one of the top weights we lifted these guys are gonna do it rep after rep, after
rep, after rep, eight repetitions for Kieliszkowski so strong the right to the last rep yet one
second left, he's a polished athlete and this is a pivotal moment Bill, Björnsson in second place
right now 17 points Shahlaei that half point advantage nothing to separate them as both men hit the first lift ¿Who was it?
¿who's gonna step up? ¿who's gonna win this Hit? Laurence Shahlaei with the clean cannot make it Hafthor Björnsson
takes a very important stride towards the defense of his title, huge points right there,
I'm here, I'll try my best two more events I'm still gonna fight hard, I'm looking forward
to the carwalk will don't have the world record as well so I'm hoping to go even quicker this time
well maybe shaking with Shahlaei, Hall`s power just to in the
12 and a half seconds for the win and just under 12 seconds if he wants to break the world record which he might do
is definitely stop the clock before twelve, 11,92 he is the best, a world record for Shahlaei, the figure is happy
on the way we go, look at this from Laurence Shahlaei, he is on fire tearing on the course, he's always gonna be setbacks there's
always gonna be people who doubt me I will keep going to prove certain people that have probably
been told that they're they're not capable I'm just a normal guy compared to some of
these giants you can be told you can be tough and you've gotta be mentin he wants it more than
anyone else and that's what the rest of don't have as much as me this is a remarkable time
Lawrence Shahlaei blasts over the line this is a special night and that was a special performance
celebrate the record just hope is enough nobody will be watching this more intently than Lauren
Shahlaei who's your money on Bill can we be beaten here, ¡on the way we go! Hafthor Bjornsson a little
slob the ground there but look at this Savatinov, Thor trying to recover the position, Savatinov with
the drive and he crosses the line and upset ¡wow! Dimitar Savatinov with the winner what an
incredible turn of events, well this is for this title gentlemen we still decided on the stones
Laurence Shahlaei in the lead of Europe Strongest Man for the first time ever she's insisted to be
he is the king of the stones, he is the fantastic champion for three years
¡on the way we go! and look at that from Thor blast that one onto the podium there's
number two the Icelander is tearing through these stones, incredible performance from the
reigning Europe Strongest man there's the last one and Thor goes wild he's still
got plenty of gas in the tank, I did my best you know I'm happy with the resource however
it goes I'm just happy to be here, yes, thank you all, Laurence Shahlaei is in an exceptional
position here, three to half points ahead of second-place Lawrence really has it
all where he's gotta throw it away Hafþór Björnsson 28.5 third place for the mountain
¡on the way we go! and Lawrence blast that water Johannes cricketer - Laurence wright's on his
heels and this is an outstanding performance by both athletes on ghost number four Shahlaei driving
forward with their hips Shahlaei is so smooth, and so strong, and so confident he wants this
there is five for Laurence Shahlaei unbelievable performance two all the evening, Laurence Shahlaei is Europe Strongest man for 2016
Dreams do come true and the half tonight for Laurence Shahlaei in front on the biggest crowd
ever symbold in World Strongman Lozz is champion of Europe
I'm absolutely over the moon a year ago I almost scared to oil up after tearing
my tricep the walls and I've been here about four years bad luck really
but I kept coming back and eventually it paid off thank you everyone let's come to
support you guys are awesome thank you Europe Strongest man Laurence Shahlaei