Evan Singleton Wins 2021 World Open Championship (Full Results)

Evan Singleton came out on top in England against some other major competitors in the World.

The 2021 World Open and World Deadlift Championship took place on Aug. 14 in Manchester, England. Giants Live hosted the event for strongman competitors to earn qualification to the 2022 World’s Strongest Man. In the end, it was Evan Singleton who was crowned champion.

Singleton stood at the top of the podium as Adam Bishop finished as the runner-up and 2020’s World’s Strongest Man Oleksii Novikov came in third place. The top three finishers in the competition earned qualification to the 2022 World’s Strongest Man. For Bishop, this was his chance. Singleton and Novikov already qualified by finishing as the top two in the 2021 Strongman Classic.

Evan Singleton earned 43 points while Bishop finished with 40.5 and Novikov earned 39.5. Singleton won two of the five events at the competition.

It began with a stellar performance in the Carry and Drag Medley. Singleton logged a time of 27.38 seconds. Next, it was the Viking Press that was dominated by Singleton. He pressed 160kg (352lb) 12 times. Singleton turned in other strong performances by finishing tied for second in the Max Deadlift and third in the Castle Stones.

Evan Singleton will look to continue to gain momentum heading into the World’s Strongest man, which will take place in Sacramento. Below is the full breakdown of the five events at the World Open.

Full Results

Final

• First Place – Evan Singleton, 43 points
• Second Place – Adam Bishop, 40.5 points
• Third Place – Oleksii Novikov, 39.5 points
• Fourth Place – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 29.5 points
• Fifth Place – Gabriela Peña, 26 points
• Sixth Place – Gavin Bilton, 21.5 points
• Seventh Place – Andy Black, 20 points
• Eighth Place – Rauno Heinla, 19 points
• Ninth Place – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 18.5 points
• Tenth Place – Ivan Makarov, 17.5 points

Max Deadlift

• First Place – Ivan Makarov, 475 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Nedzmin Ambeskovic, 453.5 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Adam Bishop, 453.5 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Evan Singleton, 453.5 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Oleksii Novikov, 453.5 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Gabriel Peña, 453.5 kilograms
• Second Place (tie) – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 453.5 kilograms
• Eighth Place (tie) – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 425 kilograms
• Eighth Place (tie) – Rauno Heinla, 425 kilograms
• Eighth Place (tie) – Andy Black, 425 kilograms

Carry and Drag

• First Place – Evan Singleton, 27.38 seconds
• Second Place – Adam Bishop, 31.17 seconds
• Third Place – Oleksii Novikov, 31.59 seconds
• Fourth Place – Andy Black, 36.05 seconds
• Fifth Place – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 36.91 seconds
• Sixth Place – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 40.66 seconds
• Seventh Place – Gabriel Peña, 33.4 meters
• Eighth Place – Ivan Makarov, 29.2 meters
• Ninth Place – Gavin Bilton, 24.1 meters
• Tenth Place – Rauno Heinla, 22 meters

Viking Press

• First Place – Evan Singleton, 12 reps
• Second Place (tie) – Adam Bishop, 11 reps
• Second Place (tie) – Oleksii Novikov, 11 reps
• Fourth Place – Gavin Bilton, 10 reps
• Fifth Place (tie) – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 9 reps
• Fifth Place (tie) – Rauno Heinla, 9 reps
• Seventh Place – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 8 reps
• Eighth Place (tie) – Ivan Makarov, 4 reps
• Eighth Place (tie) – Andy Black, 4 reps
• Tenth Place – Gabriel Peña, 1 rep

Hammer Hold

• First Place – Gabriel Peña, 46.85 seconds
• Second Place – Oleksii Novikov, 43.93 seconds
• Third Place – Evan Singleton, 41.91 seconds
• Fourth Place – Rauno Heinla , 36.91 seconds
• Fifth Place – Adam Bishop, 35.85 seconds
• Sixth Place – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 32.46 seconds
• Seventh Place – Gavin Bilton, 29.95 seconds
• Eighth Place – Andy Black, 27.26 seconds
• Ninth Place – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 27.00 seconds
• Tenth Place – Ivan Makarov, 20.38 seconds

Castle Stones

• First Place – Adam Bishop, 18.81 seconds
• Second Place – Pavlo Nakonechnyy, 19.75 seconds
• Third Place – Evan Singleton, 20.1 seconds
• Fourth Place – Oleksii Novikov, 20.9 seconds
• Fifth Place – Gavin Bilton, 22.76 seconds
• Sixth Place – Andy Black, 24.28 seconds
• Seventh Place – Gabriel Peña, 25.96 seconds
• Eighth Place – Rauno Heinla, 28.72 seconds
• Ninth Place – Mikhail Shivlyakov, 29.76 seconds
• Tenth Place – Ivan Makarov, 4 in 48.4 seconds

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