2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic Events Revealed

At the time of this writing, here’s the list of competitors for the 2023 GLSC expected to tackle these five respective events:

2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic Roster

From a glance, it might be easy to ascertain that Novikov, Hooper, and Stoltman are the clear favorites for a victory in the contest. Such a speculative assertion is both based on their WSM success — they are the only athletes on hand with wins in strongman’s biggest contest — and their overall standard as established strongman superstars. That said, depending on the format, some of the events could favor a dark horse or two.

For example, on the Nicol Stone Carry, Kevin Faires is undoubtedly a huge favorite on paper to win the event. The American athlete is the current Nicol Stones Carry World Record holder with a carry of 24.61 meters, beating the previous record of 22.2 meters — which Faires also held. Meanwhile, an overhead press-centered event like the Viking Press might favor Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou, the current owner of the Axle Press and Log Lift World Records. Assuming Tom Stoltman continues his usual proficiency on the Castle Stones (a variation on the traditional strongman Atlas Stones), that leaves a potentially wide-open slate on the Super Yoke and Axle Deadlift.

All of this is to say that even with household names in attendance in London this July, the 2023 GLSC could be anyone’s contest to win when the dust settles.