The 2023 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Cyprus competition took place on Oct. 7, 2023, in Limassol, Cyprus. Eleven athletes competed in five events through the single-day contest: Truck Pull, Car Deadlift, Loading Race, Log Lift, and Atlas Stones.
Pavlo Kordiyaka of Ukraine emerged with the gold when all was said and done, winning two of five events and never ranking lower than fourth. Below are the full results:
2023 Strongman Champions League Cyprus Results
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine) — 48 points
- Kane Francis (UK) — 45 points
- Evans Nana (Ghana) — 41 points
- Ervin Toots (Estonia) — 34 points
- Kevin Hazeleger (Netherlands) — 31 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (Italy) — 30 points
- Péter Juhász (Hungary) — 29 points
- Sebastian Kurek (Poland) — 25 points
- Alex Cristolovean (Romania) — 17 points
- Dan Harrison (Japan) — 16 points
- Hristo Muskov (Bulgaria) — 10 points
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2023 Strongman Champions League Event Results
Below are the results for each of the five contested events:
Truck Pull
The truck weighed 15,000 kilograms. Athletes had one minute to pull the vehicle 20 meters.
- Kane Francis — 32.09 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 32.66 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 33.47 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 33.87 seconds
- Dan Harrison — 33.94 seconds
- Evans Nana — 34.12 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 34.15 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 34.81 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — 35.47 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — 36.66 seconds
- Hristo Muskov — 39.52 seconds
Car Deadlift
Athletes deadlifted the vehicle for reps:
- Evans Nana — 20 reps
- Kane Francis — 18 reps
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 17 reps
- Sebastian Kurek — 16 reps
- Ervin Toots — 15 reps
- Dan Harrison — 14 reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — 12 reps
- Andrea Invernizzi — 11 reps
- Hristo Muskov — 10 reps
- Alex Cristolovean — Six reps
- Péter Juhász — no lift
Loading Race
The race was comprised of four implements weighing 110, 110, 120, and 120 kilograms, each to be traversed 10 meters. Each athlete had a 90-second time cap.
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Four in 21.63 seconds
- Kane Francis — Four in 21.68 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Four in 26 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Four in 26.81 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — Four in 27.44 seconds
- Evans Nana — Four in 28.35 seconds
- Hristo Muskov — Four in 29.50 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 31.53 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — Four in 33.66 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Four in 39.62 seconds
- Dan Harrison — Four in 49.78 seconds
Log Lift
Athletes had one minute to lift a 150-kilogram log as many times as possible.
- Andrea Invernizzi — Five reps
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Four reps (T-second)
- Evans Nana — Four reps (T-second)
- Péter Juhász — Four reps (T-second)
- Kane Francis — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Alex Cristolovean — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Kevin Hazeleger — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Ervin Toots — Two reps
- Sebastian Kurek — One rep
- Dan Harrison — no lift
- Hristo Muskov — no lift
Atlas Stones
With 75 seconds on the clock, each strongman attempted to load four stones weighing 130, 150, 170, and 200 kilograms.
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Four in 22.12 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Four in 26.10 seconds
- Evans Nana — Four in 51.90 seconds
- Kane Francis — Four in 58.38 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Three in 15.71 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Three in 18.92 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — Three in 21.45 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Three in 26.25 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — Three in 66.05 seconds
- Dan Harrison — Two in 11.20 seconds
- Hristo Muskov — One in 24.54 seconds
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