SHIELD CARRY (FINAL) | 2023 World's Strongest Man

Mitchell Hooper (CAN) perseveres through a tough Shield Carry to win his first event in the finals.
𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦:
🇨🇦 (CAN) Mitchell Hooper
🇬🇧 (GBR) Tom Stoltman
🇺🇦 (UKR) Oleksii Novikov
🇺🇸 (USA) Trey Mitchell
🇺🇸 (USA) Evan Singleton
🇺🇦 (UKR) Pavlo Kordiyaka
🇺🇸 (USA) Brian Shaw
🇬🇧 (GBR) Luke Stoltman
🇳🇿 (NZL) Mathew Ragg
🇷🇺 (RSA) Jaco Schoonwinkel
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[@BL-hj7ht]

Hooper was like "I don't always carry 400 pound shields around, but when I do, I crip walk"

[@justvalar4645]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA...................................................................................................

[@star08094]

😭😭 Turned sideways and started crip walking while eyeing down his opponent. Absolute Menace Mitchell

[@shahroozarshad7470]

5😊​@@star08094

[@NJ-500]

​@@justvalar4645are you okay?

[@anray7602]

Mitchell Hooper endured that impressively.

[@IRONRIDER97]

Almost died 😂

[@oktaviu8668]

​@@IRONRIDER97nah, he is smart, used his back first, then his biceps, then his forearms. That was what kept him going

[@ChairmanAntelope]

11:00 “Eddie how difficult was it, those final metres for Mitchell” Why not ask Mitchell, you’re literally interviewing him.

[@simondean5227]

The ref told pavlo to turn, he should have been given the full distance.

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

WSM has been a joke as of late tbh for many reasons including this

[@Eminim97]

Hooper is 28 years old and destroyed everyone. He will be dominating for awhile at his age. 2024 he will win too

[@runtimus5743]

The ref says "turn" and then calls it back, such a odd decision.

[@cent0r]

They got a forklift to move the shields back to the line lol

[@adamborivoj3048]

Pavlo clearly didn't cross the line but the referee clearly gave it to him. Bad judging in my opinion. Why do you even have just 1 judge for 2 athletes?

[@mustang8206]

Bad refing is just a part of sports but they should have had 2 refs

[@jp05598]

Clearly it was clearly clear

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Would’ve been the first one to cross the line anyways. Should have just crossed it convincingly.

[@petershortland478]

I'm friends with Pavlo and we all know that mistakes like that cost u. Pav will learn from it and tbh I think if u looked at points Pavlo still would have still come sixth anyway

[@jp05598]

@@petershortland478 I get being a stickler for the rules but why take away the full 20m and not just give a tax of 5m or something? Even that is pretty substantial. He prob went 19.9m

[@johanjotun1647]

we're witnessing the birth of a pothole at the end of each carry

[@howardbennett9708]

Love seeing all the athletes go

[@krush1892]

I was there in person and only a year later can I actually see the competition in general and there aren't even jackasses on ladders blocking the way.

[@wickedguy4647]

Thank u 👍

[@steelrehn4702]

Props to Thragg for his superb acting skills as if a 400+ lb shield would be a challenge.

[@avaneeshtripathi4241]

Poor tom and kordiyaka.. What a fighter hooper nd novikov.

[@oktaviu8668]

Loved it how Tom was cocky and all and Hooper outperformed him right after

[@daviesugo7641]

No one can deny Hoopers need to win

[@matthurford9363]

If Hooper was waiting on Stoltman to drop to see what he had to beat that's the smartest strategy I've seen yet in strongman hstory

[@adarshkumar4336]

Would be nice if the weights were also mentioned in Kilograms.

[@rjmawhinney6482]

Haha nice. Now, you know what it feels like for people in the USA, pretty much every time haha.

[@varunkadam6638]

Divide weight by 2 is approx in kg

[@MrUser1million]

Poor officiating. Should have called him back instantky

[@beepyou34]

Kordyaka really fucked himself over here. What a costly mistake.

[@miladirani4313]

I love natural events , this events is something you see in real life , i doing like this with boxes in our company

[@magnether744]

🦀CRAB KING🦀

[@rthelionheart]

Those shields are wicked!

[@randomnumbers84269]

Nice to see Ol Eddie on the other side of the mic now.

[@badjaeaux]

i don't know where they've been all my life, these are my viking brothers

[@ariesprime6060]

King Crab FTW!

[@deedontworry]

Hooper! 🔥

[@nostradam4594]

Where is Pudzianowski! 😁 I Remember

[@empiresrikesfat]

Tom got a lesson

[@DJlegionuk]

come on tom you clearly stopped and had more to give.

[@lucaslucas7597]

Yes

[@stephenhagen8976]

In his defense, he had clearly won... Until he didn't.

[@ToeTheFoe]

💪🙂

[@KeithGreenshields]

Pavlo Kordiyaka I hope to see in 2024

[@stephengavin2208]

OK Eddie hall just took up over a third of my screen, wtf!?@

[@raidchaser443]

Atlas Stones as final event made LEGENDS out of Kazmier,Svend,Magnus,Pudzianowski,"Da Hulk"...SHIELD CARRY...!?!

[@mariustetlimo5990]

That will show you how extraordinar you are

[@Saskatchetooner]

Moooooosssseeee

[@paulmorton3164]

Man if only we could have watched this when it happened. Almost no interest watching it months late.

[@Pound4Pound23]

As a 6+ year fan of world strongest man, it took me a while that the final was split into several videos. We need better broadcasting.

[@yangtognrek5626]

gg

[@fireofhislove3395]

The Canadian Shield

[@ufuk1666]

4500 kg 👍💪

[@KingPoC47]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE 🫎🇨🇦

[@user-cp3ch6rg3x]

I should be there I think I can lift all that stuff with no problem 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Freakouts_and_found_Insane]

We want Eddie

[@francisschwenck9324]

Um dia veremos o Bitelo no meio desses caras aí.

[@user-qn4zy8xo5i]

А бцаа?

[@rcmag13]

I'm not sure why they aren't required to carry those shields, like one would carry a shield. I mean it only weighs 430 lbs lol

[@ramonella5718]

Did they beat Nick Best record for shield carry?😅

[@Eminim97]

Imagine dominating the 2022 WSM 5 out of 6 of the events 😂😂 stoltman was embarassed

[@charlielawrence2156]

Why has Jaco got the Russian flag next to his name in the description lmao

[@petershortland478]

U don't know your flag then

[@paintriarchdave7977]

I worked in a steel foundary and I'll tell you now Soldier Boys solid shiled would be impossible to hold as a normal strong man. Strap it to their arm 😂

[@andresguzman1748]

Cuando veremos a un colombiano

[@leoh1191]

Like being real...Eddie hall is as close to the average guy competing in these games..most dudes are 6'3 350lbs

[@murder00redrum]

Whats with all the boos for hooper?

[@KingPoC47]

It’s not booing. His nickname is Moose. MOOOOOOOOSE 🫎🇨🇦

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!

[@mortalengine2934]

I was eagerly waiting for Khan Baba's turn😂

[@Zion7HS]

They're all lucky Nick Best didn't show up for the shield carry, or none of them would have had chance!

[@diamondjoemazing]

...why were people booing specific athletes, like Luke Stoltman? Classless behavior.

[@WellDoneProduKtions]

Not boos they’re saying the names “Luuuuuke” and “Hooooop” for Hooper. An announcer explained it during another competition.

[@dinointhetube]

The one thing I hate about strongman competitions etc is I want to see static weight not running endurance.

[@petershortland478]

Then watch powerlifting

[@hhiippiittyy]

They do all kinds of events. Many are static type. Your preference is not uncommon though, and a frequent discussion amongst strongman enthusiasts. I like 50/50. Things like this shield carry are unorthodox enough to test different types of "strength", imo. But a good old fashioned log press (e.g..) is necessary in the mix.

[@Eminim97]

Stoltman is too cocky all the time and hooper made him look bad every event 😂😂

[@edithharmon6810]

Okay MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA

[@relaxsleepmeditationmusic897]

Why are they rushing it's all about distance right? Really a bunch of muscle heads 😂😂

[@skya6863]

The difficult part is holding onto it with the arms, if they move faster they won't need to hold it as long, it's obviously a good strategy

[@TJlolbagger]

Try carrying anything close to that heavy and walking slowly. You wouldn't make it anywhere near as far as you would moving quickly, it's all about the upper body muscle fatigue.

[@benburnett8109]

Simps like these dudes "carry" the shield. As a man, I AM THE SHIELD. And I can complete a sentence and have a relationship with a woman.

[@bobdole7451]

What?

[@Arash-TV]

There is no strongest men if you don’t have men from Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@KingPoC47]

lol yeah right

[@arsen2506]

The country of Taliban? Why would they invite someone from country run by terrorists?

[@TJlolbagger]

Some truly explosive competitors, I'm sure.

[@Arash-TV]

@@TJlolbagger thats all your country politics afghans are way better in everything then what you think

[@Fuck55716]

@@Arash-TVfak you allah

[@rushgush]

louis cyr still the strongest freak in the past 130 years. and these guys do none of his cool feats.its just the same regurgitated trash 🤦🏻

[@bastikali9268]

is not ukraine at war ? why the strongest doing fun shows?

[@kushkiitten]

LMFAOOO

[@bobdole7451]

I don't think you'd want to be a strong man in war these days. You'd be a huge target and every gunner and bomber drone would target you.

[@bastikali9268]

@@bobdole7451 war is not about what we want. So his skills are useless in real life?

[@bobdole7451]

@@bastikali9268 kind of ya. What with humanity having machines and all. Actually, war is ENTIRELY about what people want.