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Home » Strongman News » Sami Ahola Wins 2022 Strongman Champions League Serbia

Sami Ahola Wins 2022 Strongman Champions League Serbia

The Finnish strongman bested runner-up Péter Juhász by 4.5 points.

Phil Blechman
Written by Phil Blechman
Last updated on July 31st, 2023

On July 22, 2022, 12 elite strongmen converged on Kikinda, Serbia, to compete for the 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Serbia crown. After six events, Sami Ahola of Finland stood victorious, earning 58 of a possible 72 points. Ahola won one event — Conan’s Wheel — and ranked second in the Viking Press and the Truck Pull. Here are the full results below:

2022 Strongman Champions League Serbia Results

  1. Sami Ahola (Finland) — 58 points
  2. Péter Juhász (Hungary) — 53.5 points
  3. Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) — 51 points
  4. Tyler Cotton (USA) — 48.5 points
  5. Dainis Zageris (Latvia) — 46.5 points
  6. Sean O’Hagan (Ireland) — 41 points
  7. Roberto Rodríguez (Spain) — 38.5 points
  8. Jonathan Cotton (USA) — 29.5 points
  9. Damir Stroil (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 27 points
  10. Nemanja Tasić (Serbia) — 26 points
  11. Ryan England (UK) — 25 points
  12. Robert Topârceanu (Romania) — 22.5 points

In addition to the three previously mentioned events, the contest featured a Medley, the Hercules Hold, and a Super Yoke. Check out the individual event results below.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Medley

The medley involved loading three implements in the fastest time possible. In a rare occurrence, two athletes, Juhász and Tyler Cotton, scored identical times to share first-place points.

  1. Péter Juhász  — Three in 29.01 seconds (T-first)
  2. Tyler Cotton — Three in 29.01 seconds (T-first)
  3. Sean O’Hagan — Three in 29.39 seconds
  4. Sami Ahola — Three in 32.86 seconds
  5. Kelvin de Ruiter — Three in 33 seconds 
  6. Dainis Zageris — Three in 34.58 seconds (T-fifth)
  7. Robert Topârceanu — Three in 34.58 seconds (T-fifth)
  8. Jonathan Cotton — Three in 40.19 seconds
  9. Damir Stroil — Three in 45.69 seconds
  10. Roberto Rodríguez — Three in 45.76 seconds
  11. Nemanja Tasić — Two in 60 seconds
  12. Ryan England — One in 60 seconds

Viking Press

With a time cap of one minute, each strongman attempted to Viking Press 150 kilograms (330.7 pounds) as many times as possible.

  1. Tyler Cotton — 11 reps
  2. Sami Ahola — 10 reps
  3. Dainis Zageris — Nine reps
  4. Péter Juhász  — Eight reps
  5. Ryan England — Seven reps
  6. Robert Topârceanu — Six reps
  7. Jonathan Cotton — Five reps (T-seventh)
  8. Roberto Rodríguez — Five reps (T-seventh)
  9. Kelvin de Ruiter — Four reps
  10. Damir Stroil — Three reps
  11. Nemanja Tasić — Two reps
  12. Sean O’Hagan — Zero reps

Hercules Hold

A test of grip strength, the Hercules Hold challenges each strongman to hold a tilting pillar in each hand for as long as possible.

  1. Sean O’Hagan — 40.06 seconds
  2. Damir Stroil — 34.92 seconds
  3. Kelvin de Ruiter — 33.09 seconds
  4. Dainis Zageris — 27.89 seconds
  5. Sami Ahola — 24.81 seconds
  6. Péter Juhász  — 24.75 seconds
  7. Jonathan Cotton — 24.72 seconds
  8. Nemanja Tasić — 24.09 seconds
  9. Roberto Rodríguez — 19.12 seconds
  10. Ryan England — 12.24 seconds
  11. Tyler Cotton — 12.21 seconds
  12. Robert Topârceanu — 11.97 seconds

Truck Pull

Each strongman attempted to traverse the truck down the 25-meter course within the one-minute time cap.

  1. Kelvin de Ruiter — 21.65 seconds
  2. Sami Ahola — 22.83 seconds
  3. Jonathan Cotton — 25.19 seconds
  4. Sean O’Hagan — 25.35 seconds
  5. Roberto Rodríguez — 25.66 seconds
  6. Dainis Zageris — 26.56 seconds
  7. Tyler Cotton — 27.84 seconds
  8. Robert Topârceanu — 28.03 seconds
  9. Péter Juhász  — 28.19 seconds
  10. Ryan England — 28.33 seconds
  11. Nemanja Tasić — 29.2 seconds
  12. Damir Stroil — 31.48 seconds

Conan’s Wheel

Using a Zercher grip, each strongman lifted the beam attached to Conan’s Wheel to turn it as far as possible without dropping.

  1. Sami Ahola — 950 degrees
  2. Péter Juhász  — 805 degrees
  3. Dainis Zageris — 760 degrees
  4. Tyler Cotton — 710 degrees
  5. Kelvin de Ruiter — 695 degrees
  6. Ryan England — 685 degrees
  7. Roberto Rodríguez — 680 degrees
  8. Nemanja Tasić — 665 degrees
  9. Sean O’Hagan — 410 degrees
  10. Damir Stroil — 250 degrees
  11. Robert Topârceanu — 200 degrees
  12. Jonathan Cotton — 85 degrees

Super Yoke

The final event saw each strongman move a 400-kilogram (881.9-pound) yoke down a 25-meter course with a one-minute time cap.

  1. Roberto Rodríguez — 9.93 seconds
  2. Péter Juhász  — 10.69 seconds
  3. Nemanja Tasić — 11.58 seconds
  4. Kelvin de Ruiter — 11.70 seconds
  5. Tyler Cotton — 12.75 seconds
  6. Sami Ahola — 18.44 seconds
  7. Sean O’Hagan — 18.69 seconds
  8. Damir Stroil — 21.82 seconds
  9. Dainis Zageris — 22.03 seconds
  10. Ryan England — 24.51 seconds
  11. Jonathan Cotton — 25.45 seconds
  12. Robert Topârceanu — 26.66 seconds

Featured image: @sam1ahola on Instagram

Phil Blechman

About Phil Blechman

Phil is a native New Yorker passionate about storytelling, bodybuilding, and game design. He holds a BFA from Syracuse University.

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