All Credits and Copyrights :- Channel 5 Heat 5 – Van Staden, Gough, Le Roux, Els, Kieliszkowski, Shaw The main everyone is focused on in this heat is Brian Shaw, who’s looking to post back-to-back wins in the competition. First event up is the Loaded Race. Contestants have 75 seconds to carry four sacks 12 metres and place them on a platform. Kieliszkowski puts on an absolutely blistering performance, taking just 37.02 seconds to carry all sacks. Els comes in second with 47.27 while the American Shaw places third with a time of 48.06. Shaw will be looking to remind everyone why he’s the reigning champ in the next event, the Truck Pull. He makes pulling 18-tonnes of truck look easy and takes it the full 25 metre distance in just 41 seconds. Polish newcomer Kieliszkowski’s inexperience shows a little here; his technique isn’t quite as solid and he wanders off course slightly but amazingly his raw power compensates and he still manages a time of 42.16. (Just over a second behind Shaw.) The two South Africans, Els and Van Staden are separated by just three tenths of a second. Finishing with times of 50.54 and 50.87. After two events Kieliszkowski holds the lead with 11 points. Just 1 in front of Shaw. It’s the Keg Toss up next. When ‘Thor’ set the new world record in an earlier heat it was seen as a message to Shaw. But Björnsson won’t like Shaw’s reply: the huge American smashes the record by 10cm, making it 7.25 metres and doesn’t even look like it troubled him. Els, Kieliskowski and Van Staden all manage a respectable 6.75 metres. La Roux managed six but had to pull out of the competition due to injury. Shaw’s now taken first place as we head into the Deadlift. They have 60 seconds to lift a 375kg car as many times as possible. Shaw manages ten reps and makes them look like nothing. Newcomer – and last minute replacement – Gough looks solid with seven reps, taking joint second with Van Staden. Kieliszkowski finishes outside of the top two for the first time in this heat. With just two events to go, the Viking Press is first. The position of the press means the top of the lift is behind the contestant’s head, which impinges on the shoulder joint – something that seems to be troubling some of the athletes in this heat. Gough and Els only manage one rep. Van Staden powers through to six but Shaw and Kieliszkowski are the stars again here; each managing nine reps to claim joint first. Going into the Atlas Stones Shaw is four points clear of Kieliszkowski who, in turn, is four points clear of Van Staden. With Els, Gough and Van Staden only lifting three stones, the two leading men choose to conserve some energy and only attempt four stones each, putting themselves comfortably into the final. Do You Love Bodybuilding, Powerlifting or fitness related stuff ?? Are you a fitness fanatic ?? If yes then LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE !!! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/strongworldfanatics Twitter - https://twitter.com/FanaticsFibo Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fibofanatics/
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Duration: 19m 44s
Rating: 5