2024 Strongman Champions League Iceman Results — Aivars Šmaukstelis Wins

The 2024 Strongman Champions League (SCL) season kicked off on Feb. 24, 2024, in Joensuu, Finland, via the SCL Iceman contest. Twelve athletes representing eight countries clashed across six events in the single-day contest: Frame Carry, Front Hold, Bag Over Bar, Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Conan’s Wheel, and Loading Race.

Aivars Šmaukstelis of Latvia stood atop the podium with 63 of a possible 72 points. He bested USA’s Nick Wortham by six points and bronze medalist Kane Francis of the UK by eight points.

2024 SCL Results

1. Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 63 points
2. Nick Wortham (USA) — 57 points
3. Kane Francis (UK) — 55 points
4. Colten Sloan (CAN) — 52 points
5. Mika Törrö (FIN) — 52 points
6. Ervin Toots (EST) — 45 points
7. George Sulaiman (NED) — 44 points
8. Kevin Hazeleger (NED) — 44 points
9. Jesse Pynnönen (FIN) — 41 points
10. Sami Ahola (FIN) — 39 points
11. Péter Juhász (HUN) — 34 points
12. Heikki Pohjonen (FIN) — 20 points

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2024 SCL Event Results

Below are the results for each of the six contested events in Finland.

Frame Carry

Each athlete was allotted 60 seconds to traverse a 320-kilogram frame down a 40-meter course in the fastest time possible:

1. Colten Sloan — 26.13 seconds
2. George Sulaiman — 27.56 seconds
3. Kane Francis — 28.03 seconds
4. Kevin Hazeleger — 28.78 seconds
5. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 29.32 seconds
6. Ervin Toots — 29.36 seconds
7. Mika Törrö — 35.05 seconds
8. Sami Ahola — 47.47 seconds
9. Péter Juhász — 57.67 seconds
10. Jesse Pynnönen — 36 meters
11. Nick Wortham — 30 meters
12. Heikki Pohjonen — 13 meters

Front Hold

Each strongman attempted to establish their max front hold with a 30-kilogram implement:

1. Nick Wortham — 52.69 seconds
2. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 38.88 seconds
3. Mika Törrö — 38.37 seconds
4. Heikki Pohjonen — 37.05 seconds
5. Colten Sloan — 36.19 seconds
6. Jesse Pynnönen — 35.57 seconds
7. George Sulaiman — 34.28 seconds
8. Ervin Toots — 33.34 seconds
9. Kevin Hazeleger — 30.09 seconds
10. Sami Ahola — 28.59 seconds
11. Péter Juhász — 28 seconds
12. Kane Francis — 27.92 seconds

Bag Over Bar

Athletes had 60 seconds to toss five implements, ascending in weight from 22 to 28 kilograms, over a 4.3-meter bar in the fastest time possible:

1. Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 17.9 seconds
2. Colten Sloan — Three in 20.56 seconds
3. George Sulaiman — Two in 20.60 seconds
4. Kevin Hazeleger — Five in 20.66 seconds
5. Nick Wortham — Five in 22.57 seconds
6. Ervin Toots — Five in 26.36 seconds
7. Jesse Pynnönen — Five in 28.06 seconds
8. Mika Törrö — Five in 29.77 seconds
9. Kane Francis — Five in 32.53 seconds
10. Péter Juhász — Five in 33.41 seconds
11. Sami Ahola — Four in 21.25 seconds
12. Heikki Pohjonen — Three in 29.96 seconds

Truck Pull

Each strongman had 90 seconds to pull a 24,000-kilogram truck six meters as quickly as possible:

1. Mika Törrö — 53.59 seconds
2. Jesse Pynnönen — 58.42 seconds
3. Sami Ahola — 59.13 seconds
4. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 74.46 seconds
5. Kevin Hazeleger — 5.5 meters
6. Nick Wortham — 5.45 meters
7. Kane Francis — 4.57 meters
8. Ervin Toots — 4.51 meters
9. Péter Juhász — 3.28 meters
10. Colten Sloan — 3.02 meters
11. George Sulaiman — 2.5 meters
12. Heikki Pohjonen — 0.6 meters

Super Yoke

With one minute on the clock, athletes raced across the 25-meter course with a 420-kilogram yoke for time:

1. Kane Francis — 16.07 seconds
2. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 18.31 seconds
3. Péter Juhász — 20.97 seconds
4. Kevin Hazeleger — 21.48 seconds
5. Nick Wortham — 22.08 seconds
6. George Sulaiman — 22.90 seconds
7. Colten Sloan — 24.70 seconds
8. Sami Ahola — 27.22 seconds
9. Mika Törrö — 29.39 seconds
10. Ervin Toots — 32.44 seconds
11. Jesse Pynnönen — 14 meters
12. Heikki Pohjonen — 2.9 meters

Conan’s Wheel

Athletes had a 60-second time cap to establish their max distance with the 270-kilogram Conan’s Wheel:

1. George Sulaiman — 47.9 meters
2. Colten Sloan — 42.55 meters
3. Ervin Toots — 41 meters
4. Sami Ahola — 36.2 meters
5. Kane Francis — 33.65 meters
6. Nick Wortham — 32.9 meters
7. Jesse Pynnönen — 31.3 meters
8. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 30.05 meters
9. Heikki Pohjonen — 24.7 meters
10. Mika Törrö — 21.5 meters
11. Kevin Hazeleger — 15.4 meters
12. Péter Juhász — 15.25 meters

Loading Race

Each strongman raced to load four implements in the fastest time possible:

1. Kane Francis — Four in 17.3 seconds
2. Nick Wortham — Four in 17.81 seconds
3. Mika Törrö — Four in 18.6 seconds
4. Colten Sloan — Four in 18.62 seconds
5. Péter Juhász — Four in 18.69 seconds
6. Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 19.4 seconds
7. Ervin Toots — Four in 19.7 seconds
8. George Sulaiman — Four in 21.45 seconds
9. Jesse Pynnönen — Four in 22.03 seconds
10. Sami Ahola — Four in 23.21 seconds
11. Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 24.31 seconds
12. Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 25.44 seconds

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