Terry Hollands retires from World’s Strongest Man competition.
It appears that the days of competing in the World’s Strongest Man has become a thing of the past for British strongman Terry Hollands. After suffering an injury, Terry Hollands has not only dropped out of the show, but appears to have retired from WSM competition.
Make no mistake, strongman is a truly grueling sport. Of all the strength sports it’s perhaps the most taxing on the human body. The amount of functional strength required to excel in this game is astronomical. It’s not just about benching, deadlifting or squatting. It means lifting non traditional objects and carrying them long distances, pulling a train or a plane or fire truck. For that reason injuries are common strongman. So it comes as unfortunate yet understandable news that another World’s Strongest Man competitor has been injured and is out of the event.
Veteran strongman athlete Terry Hollands has been injured during competition and has decided to drop out. Not only has Hollands dropped out of the World’s Strongest Man, he has also indicated that he’s retiring from WSM competition.
At 42 years old, Terry Hollands still acquitted himself well, showcasing his strength in the first day of competition. Despite that, it appears that Hollands suffered a “pretty serious” injury during the Loading Medley. He still pushed through and competed in the second event that day despite his injury.
End of an Era
The British strongman addressed his injury as well as his reason for retiring from World Strongest Man competitions.
unfortunately I suffered an injury on event 1 and sad to say my year at @theworldsstrongestman is done. the injury is pretty serious so continuing is not an option. I went out and did the 2nd event as I always said I wanna go out on my shield.
now I look forward to some small changes I’ll be making and some big ones too.
I look forward to the next chapter and hopefully see you all at some shows in the future.
It’s truly unfortunate that Terry Hollands had to drop out. Despite that, he showed the heart of a champion and went out on his shield as he stated above.
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