The 2024 Official Strongman Games occurred in Madison, WI, on Dec. 6-8, 2024. The competition featured weight class contests for male and female athletes, including the 2024 Under 82 Kilograms (U82) World Strongest Woman (WSW) comprising seven events: Log Lift, Car Walk, Deadlift, Carry & Push Medley, Sandbag Toss, Wrecking Ball Hold, and Atlas Stones.
The 2024 U82 WSW featured 10 competitors representing five countries. Nadia Stowers reclaimed the title she’d previously won twice (2021-22) to become a three-time U82 WSW champion by scoring 56 of a possible 70 points.
2024 U82 World’s Strongest Woman Results
- Nadia Stowers (USA) — 56 points
- Sabrina Retzer (GER) — 54.5 points
- Claire Myler (UK) — 46 points
- Angéline Berva (FRA) — 44 points
- Chelsea Held (USA) — 39 points
- Josée De Lachevrotière (CAN) — 33.5 points
- Nichole Wight (AUS) — 32.5 points
- Lydia Wallace (USA) — 28.5 points
- Donna Mecoli (USA) — 27 points
- Sarah Hallifax (AUS) — 24 points
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2024 U82 World’s Strongest Woman Event Results
Below are the results for each of the seven contested events in Madison:
Log Lift
With one minute on the clock, athletes could lift 84 or 95 kilograms for reps. A single rep at the heavier weight outranked any number of reps at the lower weight.
- Nadia Stowers — Five reps, 95 kilograms
- Angéline Berva — Two reps, 95 kilograms (T-second)
- Chelsea Held — Two reps, 95 kilograms (T-second)
- Sabrina Retzer — One rep, 95 kilograms
- Josée De Lachevrotière — Three reps, 84 kilograms
- Claire Myler — Two reps, 84 kilograms (T-sixth)
- Nichole Wight — Two reps, 84 kilograms (T-sixth)
- Donna Mecoli — Two reps, 84 kilograms (T-sixth)
- Lydia Wallace — One rep, 84 kilograms (T-ninth)
- Sarah Hallifax — One rep, 84 kilograms (T-ninth)
Car Walk
Each strongwoman had one minute to traverse the 295-kilogram apparatus down the 15-meter course as fast as possible.
- Lydia Wallace — 17.87 seconds
- Claire Myler — 21.99 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 25.5 seconds
- Chelsea Held — 32.9 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 34.21 seconds
- Sabrina Retzer — 47.66 seconds
- Donna Mecoli — 10.67 meters
- Sarah Hallifax — 9.5 meters
- Josée De Lachevrotière — 9.17 meters
- Angéline Berva — 8.31 meters
Deadlift
With one minute on the clock, athletes could lift 197 or 237 kilograms on an axle bar for reps. A single rep at the heavier weight outranked any number of reps at the lower weight.
- Nadia Stowers — Seven reps, 231 kilograms
- Claire Myler — Five reps, 231 kilograms
- Sabrina Retzer — Three reps, 231 kilograms (T-third)
- Josée De Lachevrotière — Three reps, 231 kilograms (T-third)
- Angéline Berva — Two reps, 231 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Nichole Wight — Two reps, 231 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Chelsea Held — One rep, 231 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Sarah Hallifax — One rep, 231 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Lydia Wallace — Three reps, 197 kilograms
- Donna Mecoli — One rep, 197 kilograms
Carry & Push Medley
Athletes were allotted one minute to carry a 90-kilogram sandbag and a 102-kilogram sandbag and push a sled 15 meters each, totaling the 45-meter course as quickly as possible.
- Sabrina Retzer — 41.03 seconds
- Claire Myler — 41.56 seconds
- Donna Mecoli — 42.15 seconds
- Angéline Berva — 42.34 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 46.79 seconds
- Lydia Wallace — 49.13 seconds
- Josée De Lachevrotière — 49.81 seconds
- Chelsea Held — 58.88 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 31.29 meters
- Nichole Wight — 15.24 meters
Sandbag Toss
With only 45 seconds each, athletes tossed six implements weighing 11 to 18 kilograms over a four-meter bar as fast as possible.
- Nadia Stowers — Six in 31.18 seconds
- Chelsea Held — Five in 24.1 seconds
- Josée De Lachevrotière — Five in 28.65 seconds
- Sabrina Retzer — Five in 30.59 seconds
- Angéline Berva — Five in 31.17 seconds
- Claire Myler — Five in 33.47 seconds
- Lydia Wallace — Three in 16.27 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — Three in 22.3 seconds
- Nichole Wight — Three in 29.36 seconds
- Donna Mecoli — Two in 31.44 seconds
Wrecking Ball Hold
Athletes held a 227-kilogram wrecking ball in a sumo hold for as long as possible.
- Sabrina Retzer — 138.45 seconds
- Angéline Berva — 130.07 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 118.25 seconds
- Nichole Wight — 86.53 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — 85.4 seconds
- Donna Mecoli — 77.17 seconds
- Lydia Wallace — 71.61 seconds
- Josée De Lachevrotière — 62.94 seconds
- Chelsea Held — 57.97 seconds
- Claire Myler — 38.77 seconds
Atlas Stones
Athletes had one minute to load the six stones weighing 79 to 136 kilograms as fast as possible.
- Nadia Stowers — Six in 40.56 seconds
- Claire Myler — Six in 42.95 seconds
- Sabrina Retzer — Six in 43.65 seconds
- Angéline Berva — Five in 36.54 seconds
- Chelsea Held — Five in 46.31 seconds
- Nichole Wight — Five in 53.33 seconds
- Donna Mecoli — Five in 57.6 seconds
- Josée De Lachevrotière — Five in 58.1 seconds
- Lydia Wallace — Three in 22.25 seconds
- Sarah Hallifax — Three in 28.71 seconds
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