What Happened at Europe's Strongest Man 2023?

[@patterdale4332]

The most impressive thing from the show was Adam Bishops deadlifts with no suit

[@MrHarryFTW]

Oleksii complained about tacky issues/dusty stones in training footage a few weeks ago, I wonder if he needs to start buying better tacky

[@thedolenorway]

I had the same thought.

[@branominal]

Bish did the deadlift without a suit? Holy shit

[@SpockPlaysGuitar]

Loved the competition - first time I have been to a Strongman competition and it was brilliant. Seeing Pavlo win was amazing and Oleksii looks in great shape for Worlds. Felt like Oleksii maybe held back on a few events that he could have potentially won (he looked like he could have easily done another rep on the deadlift and he seemed to put down the Conan's Wheel before he ran out of gas), but maybe he was looking after the lat and didn't want to take too many risks with World's so close. Forget UK vs USA for World's Strongest Nation, with the Pavlos, Oleksii and Olga, it seems like Ukraine should be challenging for that title.

[@CarlSandersTBone]

Same here. Took the whole family. It was a great show.

[@captainbiceps5209]

14:50 gotta love Pavlo one million dollar smile, may we see it again on WSM podium

[@tiromandal6399]

Now the guys are strong and mobile. "Strongest" ended with Eddie and Thor. So did the will to watch the sport for so many like us who are more of a fan of brute strength than agility. I just watch you guys cuz you two are amazing and I've also been a fan of Loz since as long as I can remember.

[@foggy4891]

Handsome Pavlo deserved the win, sad for Novikov but Pavlo was really awesome, 3 1st places, a 2nd and a WR

[@Haromour]

Bishop doing the deadlift raw was impressive

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

I was very happy to hear bibby is coming to WSM. Going to be cool to see him compete live in person.

[@Silky_boi]

I really appreciate your analysis and constant encouragement to the athletes. It’s so easy to criticize performances, but to appreciate the effort the athletes put in and offer constructive advice for us the fans to look at helps keep the sport positive.

[@PhillipCalvin627]

What a great event and what a revelation Pavlo has been. Tremendous athlete and someone to watch going forward. I still think Oleksii might be the guy to watch going into Worlds even over Pavlo because I don't know how he's going to be over a longer competition with the Heat qualifier and then the Final. Aivars is incredibly consistent and seems to just keep getting better so I'm looking forward to seeing him as well. Eythor looks more improved than I remember seeing him in the past, so I can't wait to see how he looks going into the Heats of WSM. Can't overlook Tom Stoltman or a healthy and determined final Worlds Strongest Man for Brian Shaw either. This Europe's has me really pumped for this years Worlds... I might have to request some spot leave from work and see if I can go see it in person.

[@Callum_Lifts]

Pavlo looked awesome and Happy for

[@RubbishGimpy]

Its Oleksi's paranoia. In one of his training videos he had whole issues around lifting stones and them being dirty or crumbling. If other competitors went before him on the same stone with no problem then it must be a self imposed psychological barrier.

[@mark4lev]

He’s worried about tearing his bicep. Maybe he lifts with more arms than others as he’s small. It’s a year out for a bicep detachment

[@Kragaar]

You two have the best coverage, thanks.

[@narcissus79]

I saw Oleksii's arms and hands after the stone lift, they were covered in bits of dust and rock. IMO it was a slippage thing.

[@xSpecterx99999999]

Watch Eddie's behind the scenes. Novikov shows Eddie his hand and it is dirty from the stone breaking down.

[@curoimacdaire3630]

Second this. It really looks like some substantial debris stuck to his hands.

[@simoncrowley914]

Evan Singleton is all guns blazing 90% of the time but Aivars is sleeping 90% and all Guns blazing the remaining 10 😴 😂

[@PhotonJon]

So happy to see Pavlo have a win! Such a hard working lovely guy.

[@josephwatson4644]

Hey guys! Would love to have this in podcast format for work/driving ❤

[@fredkemp1444]

Wow. Can't wait to watch the show. I haven't seen it yet. Would love to see Aivars capture a 1st someday!

[@samuisi]

If Mateusz can't do the Shaw Classic I would love to see Handsome Pavlo invited

[@TheGalantHamburger]

Pavlo looks like he could be the next athletic type strongman, maybe not the top in pure, raw, brute power, but always going to be there in the events that need cardio

[@gavinotheshitpostartist5586]

Yeah as Loz said, he's very much more of an athlete. In the sense that he's many times more athletic than most of other open weight strongman

[@tiff.hilton]

Thank you for all the work you put into these videos!! We love our Uncle Loz and Aunty Liz!

[@guy.l8147]

Pavlo was great and after just missing out on podium last time he was fired up

[@rmur4820]

We need to get Auntie Liz a taser to zap the people that get in front of her camera when she's getting us the awesome shots! That was an amazing show. Giant's Live is top notch! Thank you both for what you do for us!

[@reallymysterious4520]

As far as Oleskii and stones you have to keep in mind that he practically pushes himself to the limit on each event so by the time he gets to the stones he is completely spent

[@rogerhart612]

Great show and commentary.

[@Mark_4_Now]

I'd say Novikov's arm sleeves had some leftover dust/stone that wasn't all cleaned off(before applying current round of tacky) from his own stones back in Ukraine.

[@alc4117]

It was a surprise to see Aivars place 3rd. Good for him

[@RockoBam1]

I'm beginning to think Graham is cursed.

[@misterc5783]

Nah. He’s just had covid a few times, or maybe just once, and fkd his immune system but we’re all still pretending people used to get sick this often.

[@sagebauer1077]

I mean, he doesnt have any vaccines, then traveled to america and got covid. Idk if I'd called that "cursed"...

[@memesupreme3961]

​@@sagebauer1077 couldve got covid with the vaccine too, thats a stupid thing to say. I havent even heard if he actually had covid or some other cold

[@strengthgymsolutions]

If he had a vaccine he’d be fuckin dead by now, the way he gets sick every 2 weeks for 5 years in a row. His body can’t handle whatever he’s doing to it

[@isakengkilde5382]

Add Luke Richardson to that

[@dango9786]

Love the edit at 10:19 haha

[@Cutter_Number_30]

I think I am happiest for Aivars as he is one of the most likeable strongmen around.

[@yuriykhilobochenko768]

Eddie Hall in his video said that the stone is broken off and showed the Novikov's hand

[@yuriy_kondor]

Yep, I thought Novikov will win. But I'm happy for Pavlo

[@SteinMeister72]

Would be interesting to see the head-to-head between Oleksii and Giga-Pavlo

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

‘‘Twas good to watch.

[@ashleykissane93]

I am still rooting for Mateusz at worlds. Love seeing how good and consistent as ever novikov was & an incredible result for pavlo! Stacked line up for worlds though!

[@petershortland478]

Issue with Novikov on stones at WSM will be the run-in because he has to do an extra movement to get the stone up to his chest, and that will take a lot of energy from him which showed from last year why he came last on the stones

[@michaelmullins1290]

Sad for Hicksy. He's strong, but if you can't breathe, it don't matter much. He was laboring hard in his last video. Congratulations to Pavlo. Not wide as Liz said in the other video.

[@Stevelangdon93]

Graham hasn’t shown up to a show in years

[@TM-xz2kj]

If you watch Oleksii's atlas stone training on his KZbin channel, you will see that he is not pleased with the quality of the stones (at least in the video I watched) that he has available. Either the cement crumbles and sticks to him or the stone is dirty to the point that it interferes with his lifts. Not sure if this could have formed a bad habit or psychological impression that would make him think "the stone is slipping", thus throwing his technique off.

[@Mo-kl4fb]

Why does Hicks always bomb every fucking competition? In training he strict presses 200kg..

[@warlordmel]

Is there a website where you can watch WSM this year live?

[@republicjim120]

No, there never is. They hold it for months before airing it on TV. The spreadsheet party is awesome though!

[@reallymysterious4520]

The last stone must have been somewhat slippery as you could see Pavlo trying to give him some tacky

[@nicolakibble]

❤Aivars has a house to build - highly motivating to earn prize money 😉❤❤❤

[@patricknoll81]

Wasn't WUS 2021 the comp that Mateusz tore his bicep yet still did all but one stone?

[@baconfromhell666]

It was in 2019, and he didn't do all the stones, just as many as he needed

[@patricknoll81]

@@baconfromhell666 Ah, I didn't remember the year, but he definitely overshot what he needed to do. I remember Martins cheering him on, then trying to get him to stop after he hit his mark. I think you are correct that he didn't get all of them, but I think he was only one off, maybe two. Such a badass moment! Edit: I had to go back and watch it again. He was so far ahead in the comp he only needed to put up one stone to win. Then he ended up doing 8 out of 10 practically with one arm. Such a beast.

[@baconfromhell666]

@@patricknoll81 Absolutely badass moment. But he kinda had no reason not to go for it. I remember just after he tore it, Eddie went up to him and said something like "if you tore it, you can't tear it more anyway"

[@antoniocenteno1483]

@@baconfromhell666 Actually... he needed 7, but did 8, the mad lad

[@simoncrowley914]

I assume Europes was lighter than it would have been if worlds wasn’t in a months time. I imagine the log ladder at worlds will go to 200, the loading will definitely be heavier, the conans will be the same, and the stones will be heavier.

[@spokeen6249]

The logs will be same weight and the loading race will likely be on sand making it tough

[@simoncrowley914]

@@spokeen6249 I’ve seen some of the athletes say the log ladder could be up to 200 not 180?

[@spokeen6249]

@@simoncrowley914 not likely if only 1 person at Europe's hit 180kg. Alot of athletes mentioned that in order to hit the 180kg at the end of a ladder you need to be a 200kg presser

[@sippachu9721]

Eddie was saying his record was for 160kg, but everyone else has said he did 150?

[@martinprice6706]

Was it me or did Pavlo look leaner and lighter than ever? Still plenty strong, but moves so well.

[@terranceharrison]

Oleksii has the world record with a 220kg stone for 5 reps at Arnold africa. It was probably an equipment malfunction

[@petershortland478]

Issue is Oleksii he isn't consistent at the stones, which is something that he needs to work on. He struggled at WSM 2022 Atlas Stones because he gased out before then

[@frederickknapp5340]

If Aivars is this good tired, how good would he be asleep?

[@republicjim120]

He and Rauno are solid contenders for World's Strongest Yawn.

[@ninjastrongman28]

Aivars is the opposite of Evan Singleton.

[@simoncrowley914]

Bish only took off his tshirt after the deadlift to send a message that he doesn’t need a suit to win deadlift, mind games 😂 if there’s a suit allowed at worlds he should use it to save energy

[@kingofscots]

Did Eddie not do the reps on 360kg?

[@atherstonestrongestgrandad5036]

Does Luke stoltman have to do a qualifier for world's.? Obviously Tom doesn't as he has won it.

[@spagnot]

Who is Dusty Stones? Is he a new competitor? 😅

[@trevorrisley5419]

😆😂😆

[@-Erebus]

I don't think Pavlo has shaved since OSG

[@johanhofstedt7317]

Didn´t Hafthor do 10 reps with 350kg in Europe`s???

[@fatukchicken]

I do feel bad for Graham, but has he had a competition in the last 3-4 years where he didn't have some kind of illness or injury?

[@petershortland478]

It was a chest infection. I'm hoping he will be fine before WSM

[@hulkthedane7542]

👍👍👍

[@HubertTheMad]

Hey Loz and Liz! Missed the livestream yesterday, so I didn't ask this question, but how is the interaction between Oleksii and handsome Pavlo? It could've been that it was just in the heat of the competition, but they seemed a bit "distant" with each other. Of course, during the awards ceremony, they seemed cordial, but I thought I got the sense that they weren't really "friends". Obviously, you don't have to be friends with everyone, even if they're from the same country, but I dunno... I don't have the full picture obviously, but the dynamic between the two kinda felt off (not as much as wide Pavlo and the Oleksii incident though)

[@trident1314]

Just different personalities I guess, novikov is all out all the time and comes across really intense, Pavlo seems a lot more chilled...

[@sagebauer1077]

Pavlo was giving oleksii tacky for the stones, seemed pretty friendly to me

[@HubertTheMad]

@@sagebauer1077 Yeah, probably nothing. Guess I was just picking on some non-existent vibes!

[@BigLozOfficial]

They get on well back stage and definitely appear to be friends. Just both super tuned in on the competition floor!

[@HubertTheMad]

@@BigLozOfficial That makes sense. Okay, thanks! Appreciate the video as always.

[@samwhiting4961]

Worlds 2023 top there from loz?

[@bonniebryan6216]

😊

[@maikharing4876]

Don't give me shit for this but I'm starting to become a little skeptical about those "Stone Incidents". Remember the last time when Luke magically won the world tour finals? I'm not saying this is something regular, but maybe, just maybe, our friend the space cowboy might place a little request in favour of the crowd from time to time. Just to boost an upcoming popular athlete a little more if he sees the chance. And now I will shut up and enjoy Strongman as I did for the past 30 Years ....

[@iandavidson99]

Dusty Stones? Moisturise!

[@JordanVillarreal]

If he said it was dusty, that’s probably what it was.

[@BentNotBroken1970]

I agree. He flew through the first four. Likely combination of tacky and less than ideal stone surface.

[@DevilDog5758]

I feel sorry for Oleksii, me and the misses were separated for a while, I also had a problem with dusty stones 😁😁

[@rochellesandvick1281]

I think Wide Pavlo is the next Ukrainian to win ESM

[@misterc5783]

Imagine a WSM top 3 all Ukrainian. It’d be pretty cool. Unlikely. But cool.

[@sambasedsamurai9338]

As Ukrainian I kinda would love to see that, but I love other athletes so much, guys like Licis, Mateusz, Evan, Stoltman bros, Bish, I mean, this is the best sport ever, no matter who wins - most people are going to be happy.

[@Joe___R]

The two Ukrainian guys did so well because they only had two options. Win or go fight on the front lines.

[@Marcel16DM]

Curious if Graham is sick prone or just has a very weak immune system. He got that chest infection almost two weeks before Europe's and in half his videos he usually has some kind of illness. I know he has kids and they can bring things home but this streak of sickness for him is crazy.

[@stefannilsson364]

A friend of mine who does a number of marathons every year said it is absolutely no idea to even think about doing races before the kids are at least four or five years old. They just bring home so much infections

[@user-he8lq8ny3v]

These guys with few exceptions are walking examples of metabolic syndrome, these kind of ppl get more significant illness when sick

[@teccosman]

Graham needs to retire from full comps and just do powerlifting and log records

[@willjones7898]

I think it was probably tackie issue cause if remember bish had same issue

[@wearetheremnants1615]

Just ban tacky all together