2021 World’s Strongest Man Qualifier Groups Announced

The qualifier groups for the 2021 World’s Strongest Man is stacked.

The qualifier groups for the 2021 World’s Strongest Man have been announced. Each group features some of the greatest strongman athletes on the globe, each hoping to showcase their inhuman strength at the show.

The talent pull for the 2021 World’s Strongest Man is deep, featuring some of the sport’s best. Brian Shaw, Evan Singleton, Robert Oberst, Oleksii Novikov, the list of names at this show goes on and on. Who else is competing at the 2021 show? Find out in the list below.

World’s Strongest Man Qualifier Group

Group 1

• Graham Hicks
• Maxime Boudreault
• Travis Ortmayer
• Brian Shaw
• Aivars Smaukstelis

Group 2

• Mark Felix
• Johnny Hansson
• Trey Mitchell
• Evan Singleton
• Tom Stoltman

Group 3

• JF Caron
• Robert Oberst
• Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted
• Luke Richardson
• Mikhail Shivlyakov

Group 4

• Adam Bishop
• Terry Hollands
• Jerry Pritchett
• Konstantine Janashia
• Chris van der Linde

Group 5

World’s Strongest Man Events

The events for the WSM competition have also be revealed. Two new events have also been announced for the competition, the Titan’s Turntable and Train Pull. Not every competitor will participate in all of the events.

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The rounds and events are scheduled as follows:

Qualifying Round — Day One

• Loading Medley
• Squat Lift
• Deadlift

Qualifying Round — Day Two

• Fingal’s Fingers
• Train Pull

Qualifying Round — Day Three

• Overhead Medley
• Pickaxe Hold
• Stone Off

Final — Day One

• Giant’s Medley
• Titan’s Turntable
• REIGN Keg Toss

Final — Day Two

• Log Lift
• KNAACK Deadlift
• Atlas Stones

The 2021 show will be even bigger than last year’s show. This year the World’s Strongest Man will take place in Sacramento, California.

World’s Strongest Man announced a multi year deal with the Visit Sacramento Sports Commission. This new deal with the VSSC will see the WSM competition take place in Sacramento, California in 2021, 2022, and a third date yet to be disclosed.

The competition will take place June 15-20 and will once again air on CBS Sports Network and CBS Television in the U.S. at a later date.

Can Oleksii Novikov Do It Again?

Besides the wondering what the new events will be like, the biggest question on the minds of many spectators is if Oleksii Novikov can repeat at the 2021 show.

Oleksii Novikov has only been competing for the past two years, yet he was able to achieve the heights of success in all of strongman sports. Novikov broke multiple records en route to his stunning victory at the 2020 World’s Strongest Man.

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