2023 Arnold Strongman Classic - Full Competition Recap

[Music] thank you Columbus Ohio the capital of the strength world for the next three days as we kick off the 2023 Arnold strongman classic thank you so much for being with us everybody I'm Sean Woodland with Lord Chalet Kiki Dixon is the third member of our broadcast team we'll be hearing from her in just a second but the men's competition this year lies I couldn't be more excited for it because it is wide open I am extremely excited for this like you said well firstly we're guaranteed new champion this year we've got 10 athletes here no former winners so we're guaranteed a new Champion that's always exciting but it could be one of the closest battles we've ever seen let's take a look at the 10 men who will be competing here over the next two days to be crowned the Arnold strawman Classic Champion Mitchell Hooper is a man that laws coaches mateoskowski more on him in a second first time we're going to see him compete in two years the American Nightmare Bobby Thompson he is also in the fields and then Pablo nakanishi a powerful newcomer will be keeping an eye on him if you want to feel like a celebrity is a strong man you come compete at the Arnold Classic this is the show everybody wants to get that invite to there's a lot of hype behind it the Austrian Oak the wheel of pain the timber frame Cottage Elephant Bar dad left the stone throw these are iconic events it's going to be a tough one there's going to be a lot of battling it out it's 10 people top 10 guys here in the world so it's gonna be hard Tom Luke Stillman three mixture of course Kevin Ferris Matisse and they're really happy to be here Mitchell Hooper the Canadian Warrior Pablo his deadlift is looking really strong my best exercise is deadly you've obviously got Bobby Thompson you've got for your top dogs in this contest stared at you like I really don't know how this is gonna go I think the biggest river for me would be myself because I haven't competed almost two years based on the events and how training is going I think I can Podium every competition my goals is first place I'm ready to kind of battle and get on top of that Podium all of us want to win when everybody's at their best potatoes one of the favorites here and for more on him let's go to Kiki Dixon I spoke with Mateos he's been working closely with his doctor to get back into this fighting shape and they say it's a victory for him to be able to compete again I think we all are aware that there is a fierce competitor that lies within Mateos and he's had to lie dormant for the last couple of years and while that competitor is about ready to be Unleashed thank you Kiki the wheel of pain is event number one you got to push that thing as far as you can in 60 seconds it weighs about 20 000 pounds here laws the keys to success what do you got to do in order to get the best score possible here we are talking endurance and leg strength they need to be capable of working hard for the full 60 Seconds but Tom Evans will be the first man out he played college football at the University of Richmond we'll see how he does with the wheel of pain really establishing himself very very well on the strongman circuit this is a big step up now though so let's see what Tom Evans can do with a wheel of pain and already he's pushing hard on that implement [Music] this is a good Pace already now the key here as I mentioned earlier is that he can maintain this for the 60 seconds you don't want to go too hard at the start and burn all your energy halfway through 60 seconds is a long time especially when you're doing an event called The Wheel of pain very excruciating event halfway through and Evans is knocked out about 50 feet here and Counting continuing to move he's going very well here starting to slow a little bit but he's digging deep now just coming up to 15 seconds left every step that he gets he knows is important so hard being the first athlete out on an event like this final seconds for Tom Evans and he's able to gut another couple feet out of that thing so Thomas Evans our first athlete out he's put in a very solid distance there 84 feet unofficially to start things off for the men there is Mateos kiloskowski who is making his first appearance at the competition in two years coming back from that injury physically physically he's looking great mentally is the question this is the question is what state is that mental capacity in he is without question one of the greatest strength athletes we've ever seen the last few years he has been plagued with injuries the Polish Terminator and he's away you'd expect a good solid start from him judge is trying to move his hand inside the right hand is almost outside the Rope it has to be on that rope portion that's correct every athlete needs to maintain their hands on the Rope they're not allowed to touch the head of the arm and Matteo's killerskowski is handling this extremely well 30 seconds remaining listen to this crowd respond to this effort from kilishkowski he's already passed Evans starting to feel that lactic acid but he's still pumping those legs one step at a time how much does he want it and now he is moving himself into the lead he's coming to a grind he's still moving but it's slowing and slowing come on five seconds left he's come to a grinding hole it goes through the change of technique to get a bit closer and he manages to move it and that will be time shaking his head there he doesn't think he's enough we do know he is in the lead but that adjustment late really helped him get some extra feed there very solid performance is it enough to take the win though that's the big question we have some very very strong men still to come let's go back down to the floor Kiki Dixon is with Jerry Pritchett Jerry we just saw Mateos push the wheel of pain what did you see performance wise with his technique a short choppy steps is really seems to be the key to this the long strides just take too much out of here so you know by the first quarter of the push the wore out and just be patient and it'll gain speed as they go thanks Jerry thanks when we return the wheel of pain continues at the 2023 Arnold strongman classic the 2023 Arnold strongman Classic on CBS Sports is sponsored by Rogue don't weaken welcome back to Columbus Ohio home of the 2023 Arnold strongman classic event one the wheel of pain is living up to its name newcomer Pablo nakanetsny was able to push the wheel of pain 91 feet 11 inches Kevin Ferris pushed it 76 feet and 11 inches Rob Kearney maxed out at 69 feet 11 inches Luke stolman at 82 feet 3 inches and Bobby Thompson struggled with 59 feet 5 inches Mitchell Hooper out of Canada will be the next man up yeah mid Trooper on next stop that he has no experience of this event before and he is having a great rookie season probably the best rookie season we've ever seen from any athlete he's been on the podium in almost every single contest that he's done first time competing at the Arnold strongman classic is off to a good start like we say with every single athlete it doesn't matter about the start it matters that you can continually push and drive and keep going for the full 60 seconds a Hooper is moving extremely well here [Music] 20 seconds now down [Applause] he's extremely well conditioned particularly for such a large man his endurance is very good his Fitness levels very very good he lacks experience compared to some of the other athletes but he's learning all the time past the halfway point [Applause] that was a big mistake there to actually allow this Implement to stop you can see Thomas evans's first Target to beat and he's having to change his positioning and this is harder than he would like he's still digging deep has moved into third place past Evans final seconds here for Here We Go and it looks like it's going to be good enough for second right now unofficially but we do need to check that we'll have to check those distances but yeah a bit of a mistake there I think from Mitch Hooper again if he was going nicely then he started to look up and try and I think he was looking for the targets thinking they're not coming as quick as I'd like them to Tom stallman is going to be up next so this is someone I've been looking forward to in back competing the two-time world Strongest Man winner he's had a little bit of a break but Tom Stoltman is a Phenom he's just incredibly genetically gifted when it comes to the strongman world and he's won this type of event before let's see if Tom sawman can track down Mateus kiloskowski's Mark of 100 feet nine inches [Music] see the only question mark people who kind of said look at his train he's looking almost too big when I saw him this this morning at breakfast he was looking fitter than I saw him a few weeks ago back in his training so he's obviously been working hard more than halfway through his 62nd time here and he's coming up to our first targets [Music] Ferris is the man now he needs to dig deep he's got eight seconds needs to push go in past people but it's getting harder and harder I don't think he's going to get ahead of the likes of kilishkovski can he get ahead of Mitch Hooper so close there not quite enough it looks like he may have gotten close to passing nakanishi we'll have to check on that but he was right there was Tom stallman stolman passes Ferris there then he gets past Evans but this is where he really started to slow yeah those last 10 seconds are excruciatingly part Trey Mitchell will be the 10th and final man out on the competition floor and he was really impressive the last time we saw him compete back in October at the Rogue invitation Trey is always such a pleasure to watch he's had a he had a great year last year finishing second at the Rogue Invitational he won the shore classic earlier in the year he's always a threat in any major competition Trey off to a solid start here the the wide Barefoot style shoes on good for people with with bigger wire to fit they don't constrict your feet at all so you can really kind of spread the the toes out maximum power through each digit in the foot look at this he's pushing halfway through just hit the 32nd Mark if Trey can keep this up he has a chance of going into first place he's got lots of names to go past now and he's going oh what's happened there suddenly comes to a stop and he is back at it and US was that cramp or possible injury he's moving well again so I'm just thinking it's just fatigue but the final five seconds and Mitchell is already in fifth place well he was going so well then I was expecting to challenge for those top three positions we'll see where he winds up it was a strange stop halfway through as if the legs maybe just blew up completely but then he was like I need to dig deep I'm at the Arnold strongman classic and I'm here to win it's a triumphant return for mateoskosi he's going to pick up the event win let's go to Kiki Dixon who's with your event winner Mateus you had to sit on the sidelines for a couple of years due to injury you're starting the Arnold strongman classic with an event win what does that do for your confidence I'm not happy from this because last time I did better so it's time to return to gym and improve Mateo's kiloskowski takes event one as the only athlete to hit the 100 foot Mark Trey Mitchell comes close at 97 feet and rookie sensation Mitchell Hooper with 94 feet is your overall leader with 10 points Trey Mitchell comes in second place with nine and Mitchell Hoover sits in third [Music] and mateoskowski is handling this extremely well a Polish Terminator I've been the lightest guy pound for pound for gosh the last five years I'm doing this for all the little guys that don't think that they can get to the top yeah I'm very fortunate to be able to to hang with the big guys at the weight I am the first thing I trained when I became a straw man that was a log press oddly enough that one might have been yeah we might have been fixed from the start with that race went really well I hit a 305 my first day ever touching the log I knew I had something then the men facing the Austrian Oak 430 pounds 90 seconds to lift that thing as many times as you can each athlete will get one attempt and then if they cannot get a successful lift at 4 30 they will move on to the lighter and I'm going to put that in quotes log at 385 pounds laws what are you looking for here I'm expecting two reps to score huge points today if anyone can hit three or more this place is going to go ballistic well a man who is very good at log lifting Bobby Thompson will be up first well I'm going to put you on the spot Jerry how many reps is going to win today on this I think four four wow that would be so good to see with as good as a log presser a couple of them we have here with Bobby and Luke and that's a great lift there by Bobby Thompson I mean Bobby and Luke and Trey they're they're so great at the log I and I see those guys pushing each other they're all strong in the upper body as well talk about how strong you know some people are with their legs I don't know if you've not given that rip there did not have it locked out long enough and now you talk about just a wasted effort it's a huge wasted effort because it's not like in some comps where you're looking at a 300 pound loss this is 430 pounds you know we talk about two reps being good points he's had to do three just to get two reps that's the thing as a competitor you cannot afford to make mistakes the size 30 seconds to go here but this is where the fatigue is coming from the wheel you know the legs are cash the shoulders are hurting two reps can he get a third three will be good points gonna get it and you know what it could have been four could have been difficult unfortunately he didn't get given the second rep three good lifts for Bobby Thompson and he was just a fraction of a second away from having four so that is equaling the most we've seen with this particular weight when we come back the iconic Austrian Oak continues at the 2023 Arnold strongman classic welcome back to the 2023 Arnold strongman classic and the athletes are in a battle with the Austrian Oak Kevin Ferris was unable to lift the Austrian Oak and a surprise to everybody event favorite Luke Stoltman failed to press the oak at all Tom stollman and Pablo nakanishi he's got one lift Rob Kearney was able to get two lifts and rookie Tom Evans was successful with one in 2022 I won the immature Arnold world championship and I absolutely fought my spot for this year regardless of placing do everything I could possibly do have PR's in every single event just prove I belong to be here and I hope we get invited back I'm ready to oh Exorcist yeah I'm training with my friend from Department of State military from Ukraine on his base and Arnold Classic is showed what I can Mitch Hooper the next man title if you can get to tie himself with Rob Kearney it's going to put him in a very solid position because you'll stretch away from the athletes have only managed one repetition first attempt for Mitch Hooper at 430 pounds he's been working hard on his pressing and that will go it's a good first round what's wrong rep I like this I like that he's taking his time 90 seconds as we say you know use it to his advantage [Music] [Applause] we're playing [Music] not able to get the second rep but re-racks it see if he can fight through it and he will impressive wow yeah to be able to bring that back down to the chest stabilize himself and then go again that takes a lot of effort and a lot of energy he's watching that clock he knows where he needs to be 15 seconds he gets his hands on it [Applause] time [Applause] it's too much he's close can he get it can he get it he gets it at the last second Mitch Hooper with his third Rebel tie Bobby Thompson for first place wow Mitch Hooper managing to get three repetitions just inside the time limit one more look at Mitch Hooper who failed the Press on his first attempt and then was able to get it the second one was good and then the third he just sneaks it in inside that 90-second cap [Applause] three reps still the best score that we have seen Jerry who said it would take four to win this might be the man to do it this could well be the man to do it he's not got as big a log as some of the athletes for for one rep but what Trey is very good at is getting everything right in competition first rep up for Trey strong press oh that looked good we press started a little late we'll see if those 10 seconds we'll come back to bite him in the end yeah second attempt now for Trey [Applause] and that will count he's looking strong two great presents so far he's looking very strong how many more does he have left in him you see how this third one moves [Applause] some big power from the legs on that rep and he still has 30 seconds to go here I think we could see our first athlete hit four he's got the time take a little time take a little time calm down he needs to hit it like that last one plenty of leg power no need to rush now he knows he just needs one more rep with that clean don't waste anything this for the win big drive for Trey Mitchell and he is in the lead first place with four reps with one man remaining he knows that's huge for him [Applause] Trey Mitchell was so consistent throughout this entire event and timed it perfectly he just raised his level on the day that counts one man remains it's potatoes and he will have to get five reps if he wants to win this event outright great start on event number one so what can potatoes kilishkovski do on the log no room for error here for killerskowski he's kind of doing the same thing though he's not attacking it right away taking his time nearly 15 seconds the lapse before he starts his first attempt he's being very methodical one is good okay he's got an important one rep two will be good for him figure it to possibly a third one maybe two is probably looking like to be the mark yeah Trey Mitchell now looks like he could be your overall leader after day one as Mateo she's not able to get that second rep that price is just not quite like it used to be and you see him moving there that he's had a torn lat in the past as well I think he's only about eight months out from a surgery on the lat well all that comes into play with when you're pulling weight loss you're pulling that 430 in the lap yes yeah it's not there I'll tell you what you can see the physical kind of a mental disappointment on his face there he's not happy with that he's got the one rep but he's tying splitting points with three other guys which is going to hurt his overall a little bit the materials killerskowski with one good rep let's bring in Kiki Dixon Trey how excited are you to end day number one with four Reps for this event I don't think it's happened since uh big Z the lifted Corvettes on the Austrian Oak fills me where it's Pride to be able to uh all the hard work to pay off thank you so much hey thanks for having me we've got some big power from the legs on that rep close can he get it [Applause] it is Trey Mitchell with four good reps to take the win and it's Big Tex on top of the overall leaderboard after two events with 19 total points Mitch Hooper sits two up on Mateus kiloskowski Pablo nakanishni is in fourth and Tom solman in fifth when we come back it's a crowd favorite the Elephant bar deadlift of the 2023 Arnold strongman classic can you pick that up it's one of the first questions ever asked in the world of strength and nothing answers it like our next test the deadlift the Elephant Bar is different than the standard barbell that many people use in the gym it is nine and a half feet long but the main thing is you'll see as we progress through this fence is the whip on it as it bounces up and down as you progress through the lift when we get into 800s the low nines and once we get up in the upper nines over a thousand that bar Comes Alive it not only shakes up and down but it also shakes side to side in the Elephant bar deadlift each athlete will have three attempts to establish a one rep max and the weight on the bar can only go up keys to this event what are you looking for we've said before this is just the purest test of strength the lift the heaviest weight from A to B and Mateos kiloskowski is going to be the first man out his starting weight 776 pounds and this is a known weakness for him yeah it's it's always been a question because he's such a great Stone lifter he's great at frame a heavy frame he's got good grip I think it's just an event he doesn't like he doesn't like to train it you got to trust your body so you can just go 776 pounds 352 kilos for the Polish Terminator and that looks very good great start for him my first thought watching that was pretty comfortable that was good you know he's clearly capable of more than maybe he thinks right now he said into it okay nice more hiccups nice great ball the stallman brothers will be the next two out Tom storm is going to go first at 801 and then Luke is going to come out and attempt 851 pounds so last time we saw Tom on the Elephant Bar he was second at the Rogue Invitational 2021 now you watch when that bar first popped off to four it popped out away from him so he had to kind of sit back and let it fall back towards his shins before he could start pulling Wells shows man puts the figment everyone built to do you know obviously being diagnosed with autism at five six years old and and I didn't know what I was gonna do in life and when I said to people I'm going to be at the next world man laughed they said to do what you want but you're never going to do it so yeah I think proving people wrong and being well stronger man's my biggest achievement in the life used to say they used to laugh about Tom and I I used to say it all the time that we're going to become the strongest Brothers to ever live them and we are yeah over well over a decade of training it's a historic title that I'll I'll never leave us and something I'm very proud of now 851 pounds 386 kilos for Luke Stoltman he needs this redeem himself from yesterday you know he'll help his mindset his confidence you have to block it out these things happen and now hopped off the ground good lockout good lift there by Luke Stone 151 pounds for Luke stolman 386 kilos on his second attempt he likes it and so does the crowd never know what's going to happen in what world does Luke Stockman Place higher on a deadlift than he does on a log I know [Music] you know Kevin Ferris is set for his final attempt at 901 this will be a huge lift for Kevin I think this must be PB territory for Kev insurance and and at one of our I think our largest competitor and him and Rob are pretty close well Kevin come on come on Kevin come on wow get those hips through great fight for Kevin Ferris and that will count what a fight 901 pounds massive lift for him and he is fired up [Applause] maintained form off the floor he started to lose it once he was over the knees but once it's over the knees you have that ability to Hitch push the knees through kept inching it up into them never quit gave absolutely everything to finish that one off the weight is only getting heavier as the 2023 Arnold strongman classic continues welcome back to the 2023 Arnold strongman Classic in Columbus Ohio and the Elephant bar deadlift continues Mateos careless Koski finishes the event with 811 pounds rookie Tom Evans impressed the crowd with 856 pounds Tom and Luke Stoltman failed to lift on their final attempts an event favorite Pablo nakanishi straining his leg fails to get a successful lift Mitchell Hooper is first to break 900 pounds with a successful pull of 906. Bobby Thompson will be the final man to make his first attempt and he is going to open at 9 36 must be feeling confident with how the way the warm-ups have gone to be opening this heavy opening lift 936 pounds and that is strong oh solid solid he's happy with that Take a Bow Bobby Thompson because you're the new leader at 9 36 and that was his opening attempt yeah when 936 moves like that as an opener you're feeling confident look how powerful that was so strong off the floor maintain that positioning locked out really strong this is the second attempt for Trey Mitchell now as he goes up to 941 pounds wide stance uses that leg power driving hard he's pulling through smoothly can he lock it out it's going to work hard he's finished got to pull those hips through there you go Trey Mitchell gets there big fight for big tax and that is a big weight 9 41 goes up for Trey Mitchell that is a champion performance right there he knew how important that was he had to give everything I don't see him coming back lifting more and what a great fight just gotten through this thing you know training for my first competition at the ran know what I was doing didn't have any straw man equipment at that time no coats no training Partners just basically learning by trial and error and so yeah it's turned out well I made my way to the Arnold strawman Classic my first time in 2020 that showed people that you know like I'm good but you know I can also hang with the best guys in this Sport and really push them to see what they're made of and uh so you can come out on top and it's gonna be Rob Kearney who will be up next for his final attempt at 961 pounds Crowder responding they want to see this lift go up final attempt for Rob Kearney come over up come over well get it there just an inch too low at the moment there we go that's better and he will get there Rob Carney at 961. Rob Kearney with the good lift wasn't quite where he needed to be push those knees forward even more he and Bobby Thompson very much alive right now for a spot on the podium the two men remain as Mish Hooper and Bobby Thompson Cooper's gonna go after 981 pounds here's where the crowd can help you yes he's responding to the crowd he wants for making the noise get off that energy we will see if it will pay off for Mitch Hooper at 981 pounds 445 kilos to put himself in the lead damage keep pulling keep pulling keep pulling one for Mitch Hooper and he maintained his form there yeah I think a lot of people were expecting him to have to hit she kept pulling through smoothly in terms of the whole competition that is a massive lift he's got an extra point on his biggest rival closing that Gap in the overall score very good lift there Bobby Thompson will try to win the event as Mitch Hooper is locked up at least a second place finish Thompson going up to 986 pounds that's 447 kilos and this would mean a lot to Bobby if he can take the event win on this one like Paul strong off the ground come on Bobby pull it finish it Bobby finish it he needs to keep working can he look out it's true it's true good down signal from the referee bobby gets the lift give the win to Bobby Thompson 986 huge lift there for Bobby Thompson what a battle for Bobby Thompson as he is on a tear a second place last night and now a first place finish in the Elephant bar deadlift Bobby Thompson with the event win and he is with Kiki Dixon congratulations on your event when it looked like you were fighting with that barbell there at the last rep talk me through that that was definitely a fight that's actually it's a 50-pound PR not a suit so it was a fight but it paid off Thompson [Music] Bobby Thompson with 986 pounds to best Mitchell Hoover by five and Rob Kearney finishes ahead of Trey Mitchell and that definitely helps Mitchell Hooper in the overall standings Trey Mitchell is seeing his lead dwindle he is now only a half-point lead over Mitchell Hooper Bobby Thompson is now in third place followed by mateoskowski in fourth and Rob Kearney is inside the top five back a new strongman event makes its debut at the 2023 Arnold strongman classic welcome back to the 2023 Arnold strongman classic and event 4 the Stein toss and stone throw makes its Arnold strongman classic debut the athletes have three attempts to throw the 185 pound Stone and the farthest distance wins the consistent Mitchell Hooper comes in at third with a distance of 10 feet 5 inches Tom Evans takes a second place besting Hooper by just two inches Mateos killazkowski wins his second event with a distance of 11 feet four and a half inches only three inches separated second from fourth place and Bobby Thompson still fighting for a Podium finish comes in at fifth place and in the overall standings Mitchell Hooper has now jumped Trey Mitchell for first place with one event left Mateo's careless Koski with his second event win now sits in third place Bobby Thompson in fourth the last event will be frame if I will start in quicker then can beat my previous time seven seconds I will do my best to be better this year the rookie year has gone very well better than I could have ever thought that it would have gone highlighted with the win at the Arnold UK I win giants live world tour finals and a win over in Australia to start the year so we've built some pretty good momentum and I'll only continue to improve which is pretty exciting Mitch Hooper right now sits atop the overall standing he has a comfortable lead but he is not safe there's no safe in this competition we've seen it far too many times some very very surprising results have happened so far he's in a great position he's where he wants to be but there is still a job to do and the other athletes can still put pressure on him but Taylor's killerskowski is within Striking Distance and he is the world record holder in this next event the timber carry 881 pounds you got to carry it up that ramp as fast as you can the 30 second time limit here the keys of this event are presented by Beyond the Whiteboard laws what do you got to do to be successful here this is such a traditional event here at the Arnold strongman classic been used a number of times now and it's a brutal event we do not see many of our male athletes finishing this timber frame all about leg back and grip strength you know not having the straps on this it comes down to that grip and if you can do this in one go it makes a huge difference because you do not want to try and re-pick that Timber carry up on that incline on the ramp Kevin Ferris who is known for his grip has been waiting for this event he said yesterday when we talked to him this is bread and butter for him and he's up no problem but straight away he goes down as soon as he hit that ramp this is better now and he has himself sorted and he looks like he is going to be able to make it here once he got that second pick up he was nice and steady moved well but that mistake at the start just could cost him a little you really have to be to be so precise with where you picked this thing up because of the tilt on it when an object is that big and that heavy if it just tilts slightly it kind of pulls out of your hands so maybe just a slight mistake maybe at his hands a little too far back frame tilts forwards and it just opens up that hand a little once He adjusted the grip looks strong Tom storman will be up next stoltman's best finish so far fifth place did it twice in the first two events the wheel of pain and the Austrian Oak and he is off very similar to his brothers that till four but he's holding on well [Applause] Tom's grips definitely improved over the years as well now this is a hard position to be especially for such a tall man to lift that on that ramp you're in a weird position you want to deadlift off a flat surface and Tom sawman is not going to be able to get to the top yeah you see that Implement just tilting forward he's going to pulling him forward as well as he walks so it's hard to maintain that balance it's hard to keep those hips through and stay locked return who will be Crown champion at the 2023 Arnold strongman classic the 2023 Arnold strongman Classic on CBS Sports is sponsored by Rogue don't weaken [Music] welcome back to the 2023 Arnold strongman classic and the final event the timber carry continues Luke Stoltman managed to carry the frame 16 feet Pablo nakanetsny with an injured leg fared better with a little more than 17 feet Rob Kearney just shy of two feet and rookie Tom Evans finished his Arnold strongman classic debut with 13 feet [Music] will bring up Bobby Thompson as we are into our top four athletes Thompson Trails mateoskowski by two points for third place and Thompson's putting a really good performance all weekend very very strong amazing deadlift amazing log pressing the American Nightmare let's see if we can get to the top easy pick up now it's a grip saying it with so many of these athletes they're strong enough to lift this weight it's the hands holding onto that bar if Bobby needs to work hard and just get this as far as he can this is good keep working hard Bobby you got 10 seconds final seconds here for Bobby Thompson just trying to get every bit of distance out of this thing as he possibly can and that is going to be the time cap [Applause] and Bobby Thompson will have to see if that is good enough to keep him inside the top four did a pretty good job of just inching his way up the ramp there kept working hard all the way through Mateo's Killers Cuts he's up next this is one of his favorite events always been good when it comes to moving with weights trying to beat his world record of seven seconds and he is off look how quickly he moves he may have a new record we'll have to wait for the official time but that is going to be close foreign he's asking for the time he's not happy ah he may not have gotten there but he is in the lead this is what he needed he needed a competition back now he can build on that for future contest let's remember he's still only 29 years old and keeping the pressure on both Trey Mitchell and Mitch Hooper let's go to Kiki Dixon with Mateos kilikowski what is it about this event why are you able to be so successful ah this is good for me because it's one of my favorites when I start a strong man it was my best event from old so that's why maybe I not practice a lot of just I have strong grip needs strong legs and just walk thank you so much thank you two men remain here Trey Mitchell is going to be up next now last year he was barely able to move this Timber we'll see if that has improved this year we know he's an incredible deadlifter an incredible log presser but this has been one of those events that's caused problems for him in the past here goes Trey Mitchell and once again struggling we know he can lift these kind of weights we see it on the deadlift it's a comfortable wait for him it is all about that grip Trey Mitchell who's been so so impressive incredible day one that grip just costing him this is tough to watch he's such a good athlete and that will do it for Trey Mitchell unfortunately the event we expected him to do poorly on it's turned out that way and that means Bobby Thompson and Matteo's curlerskowski are still very much alive for a spot on the podium and now Mitch Hooper your overall leader has yet to finish lower than third in any event hasn't won an event he led mateuskowski by six points coming in if he gets to the top he's going to win the whole thing let's see how his grip is because if he can hold on to this we know he's got the foot speed and here goes Mitch Hooper and he's moving quick he's moving please from a championship Hooper is almost there finish it off he wants to get to the top and he does and that will do it Mitch Hooper is your 2023 Arnold strongman classic champion what an athlete he did not have a weak event all weekend he didn't win an event but he kept racking up the points and that is our 2023 Arnold strongman champion this man is having an unbelievable rookie year he has done in one year what many strongman tried to just accomplish in their careers and he just seems to improve every time we see him just fought his way to the top and gets himself the championship Mitch you just won the Arnold strongman classic in your rookie season what does it mean to you uh I always say it's not uh what you do it's who you are said to me it's a stepping stone said what kind of impact can I make with this type of platform continue to inspire people to get out there and move and uh get better for World's Strongest Man and be able to get to the next step thank you Mitch thanks [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] event of the competition and comes close to breaking his Timber carry record and the only other two athletes to make it to the top Kevin Ferris and Mitchell Hooper round out the top three and what an incredible way to finish his rookie season Mitchell Hooper wins the 2023 Arnold strongman classic Matteo's careless koski's return to competition Nets in second place and Bobby Thompson a half point over Trey Mitchell takes third it's been an exciting weekend at the 2023 Arnold strongman classic thank you for watching coming up next is professional bull riding from Louisville for Lauren Chalet and Jerry Pritchett I'm Sean Woodland if this has been a presentation of CBS Sports in association with culture Ventures and Rogue Fitness

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