The 2023 World’s Strongest Nation (WSN) contest occurred on Oct. 18, 2023, at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. It featured a rematch from the 2022 edition of the competition between team leaders Martins Licis at the helm for the USA versus Eddie Hall leading the charge for Team UK. After seven events — Team Power Stairs, Tug-of-War, Wrecking Ball Hold, Head-to-Head Circus Dumbbell, Head-to-Head Axle Deadlift, Team Farmer’s Carry, and Team Sandbag Steeplechase — Licis and Team USA were crowned the victors, avenging their loss to Hall and Team UK in 2022.
2023 World’s Strongest Nation Rosters and Results
Below are the Team rosters and results, followed by the individual event results:
- Team USA
- Martins Licis — Team Captain
- Evan Singleton
- Kevin Faires
- Spenser Remick
- Gabi Dixson
- Inez Carrasquillo
- Nadia Stowers
- Erin Murray
- Rob Kearney
- Team UK
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2023 World’s Strongest Nation Event Results
Below are the results for each of the seven contested events in Liverpool, England:
Team Sandbag Steeplechase
- Evan Singleton — 17.56 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — 17.66 seconds
- Luke Stoltman — 18 seconds
- Tom Stoltman — 18.12 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 18.19 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 18.20 seconds*
- Erin Murray — 19.59 seconds
- Rebecca Roberts — 19.99 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 20.44 seconds
- Spenser Remick — 21.39 seconds
- Rob Kearney — 21.39 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 22.63 seconds
- Donna Moore — 24.43 seconds
- Mark Felix — 29.63 seconds
- Lucy Underdown — 32.47 seconds
- Andrea Thompson — 33.57 seconds
- First — Team USA — 2:39.39
- Second — Team UK — 3:13.87
*Carrasquillo ran the event twice in place of Gabi Dixson
Farmer’s Carry
- Evan Singleton — 18.19 seconds
- Tom Stoltman — 19.94 seconds
- Luke Stoltman — 20.11 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 20.36 seconds
- Rebecca Roberts — 20.87 seconds
- Martins Licis — 21.12 seconds
- Gabi Dixson — 21.48 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 21.68 seconds
- Andrea Thompson — 21.87 seconds
- Spenser Remick — 23.26 seconds
- Erin Murray — 24.65 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — 25.17 seconds
- Lucy Underdown — 26.55 seconds
- Mark Felix — 26.61 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 32.53 seconds
- Donna Moore — 34.25 seconds
- First — Team USA — 3:04.90
- Second — Team UK — 3:13.65
Head-to-Head Axle Deadlift
- Lucy Underdown — 13 reps
- Gabi Dixson — 10 reps
- Andrea Thompson — Eight reps
- Nadia Stowers — Six reps
- Gavin Bilton (T-fifth) — Four reps
- Rob Kearney (T-fifth) — Four reps
- Evan Singleton (T-seventh) — Three reps
- Tom Stoltman (T-seventh) — Three reps
- First — Team UK — 28 reps
- Second — Team USA — 23 reps
Head-to-Head Circus Dumbbell
- Evan Singleton — Seven reps
- Andrea Thompson — Six reps (T-second)
- Rob Kearney — Six reps (T-second)
- Luke Stoltman — Six reps (T-second)
- Inez Carrasquillo — Five resp
- Donna Moore — Four reps (T-sixth)
- Nadia Stowers — Four reps (T-sixth)
- Gavin Bilton — Three reps
- First — Team USA — 22 reps
- Second — Team UK — 19 reps
Wrecking Ball Hold
- Kevin Faires — 113 seconds
- Mark Felix — 97.38 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 75.99 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — 62.02 seconds
- Rebecca Roberts — 57.47 seconds
- Lucy Underdown — 46.43 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 46.10 seconds
- Gabi Dixson — 6.84 seconds
- First — Team UK — 4:23.30
- Second — Team USA — 4:01.84
Tug-of-War
This event was scored in rounds:
- Round One — UK def. USA
- Round Two — UK def. USA
- Round Three — UK def. USA
- First — Team UK — Three wins
- Second — Team USA — Zero wins
Team Power Stairs
- Team USA def. Team UK
The 2023 WSN concluded the 2023 Giants Live season. The next strongman contest is the Official Strongman Games in West Virginia, USA, on Dec. 1-3, 2023.
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