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 ā Conan’s Wheel ā and ranked second in the Viking Press and the Truck Pull. Here are the full results below:
2022 Strongman Champions League Serbia Results
- Sami Ahola (Finland) ā 58 points
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz (Hungary) ā 53.5 points
- Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) ā 51 points
- Tyler Cotton (USA) ā 48.5 points
- Dainis Zageris (Latvia) ā 46.5 points
- Sean O’Hagan (Ireland) ā 41 points
- Roberto RodrĆguez (Spain) ā 38.5 points
- Jonathan Cotton (USA) ā 29.5 points
- Damir Stroil (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ā 27 points
- Nemanja TasiÄ (Serbia) ā 26 points
- Ryan England (UK) ā 25 points
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu (Romania) ā 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, JuhƔsz and Tyler Cotton, scored identical times to share first-place points.
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā Three in 29.01 seconds (T-first)
- Tyler Cotton ā Three in 29.01 seconds (T-first)
- Sean O’Hagan ā Three in 29.39 seconds
- Sami Ahola ā Three in 32.86 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā Three in 33 seconds
- Dainis Zageris ā Three in 34.58 seconds (T-fifth)
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā Three in 34.58 seconds (T-fifth)
- Jonathan Cotton ā Three in 40.19 seconds
- Damir Stroil ā Three in 45.69 seconds
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā Three in 45.76 seconds
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā Two in 60 seconds
- Ryan England ā 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.
- Tyler Cotton ā 11 reps
- Sami Ahola ā 10 reps
- Dainis Zageris ā Nine reps
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā Eight reps
- Ryan England ā Seven reps
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā Six reps
- Jonathan Cotton ā Five reps (T-seventh)
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā Five reps (T-seventh)
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā Four reps
- Damir Stroil ā Three reps
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā Two reps
- Sean O’Hagan ā 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.
- Sean O’Hagan ā 40.06 seconds
- Damir Stroil ā 34.92 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā 33.09 seconds
- Dainis Zageris ā 27.89 seconds
- Sami Ahola ā 24.81 seconds
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā 24.75 seconds
- Jonathan Cotton ā 24.72 seconds
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā 24.09 seconds
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā 19.12 seconds
- Ryan England ā 12.24 seconds
- Tyler Cotton ā 12.21 seconds
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā 11.97 seconds
Truck Pull
Each strongman attempted to traverse the truck down the 25-meter course within the one-minute time cap.
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā 21.65 seconds
- Sami Ahola ā 22.83 seconds
- Jonathan Cotton ā 25.19 seconds
- Sean O’Hagan ā 25.35 seconds
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā 25.66 seconds
- Dainis Zageris ā 26.56 seconds
- Tyler Cotton ā 27.84 seconds
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā 28.03 seconds
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā 28.19 seconds
- Ryan England ā 28.33 seconds
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā 29.2 seconds
- Damir Stroil ā 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.
- Sami Ahola ā 950 degrees
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā 805 degrees
- Dainis Zageris ā 760 degrees
- Tyler Cotton ā 710 degrees
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā 695 degrees
- Ryan England ā 685 degrees
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā 680 degrees
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā 665 degrees
- Sean O’Hagan ā 410 degrees
- Damir Stroil ā 250 degrees
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā 200 degrees
- Jonathan Cotton ā 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.
- Roberto RodrĆguez ā 9.93 seconds
- PĆ©ter JuhĆ”sz ā 10.69 seconds
- Nemanja TasiÄ ā 11.58 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter ā 11.70 seconds
- Tyler Cotton ā 12.75 seconds
- Sami Ahola ā 18.44 seconds
- Sean O’Hagan ā 18.69 seconds
- Damir Stroil ā 21.82 seconds
- Dainis Zageris ā 22.03 seconds
- Ryan England ā 24.51 seconds
- Jonathan Cotton ā 25.45 seconds
- Robert TopĆ¢rceanu ā 26.66 seconds
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