Who walked away victorious at the 2023 Strongman Champions League Team World Championships?
The results are in for the 2023 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Team World Championships and one team in particular dominated the competition. Oskar Ziółkowski and Adam Roszkowski earned big wins representing Poland at the competition which took place in Kalajoki, Finland on June 10th, 2023. The team of Ziolkowski and Roszkowski earned 47.5 points out of a possible 64.
Sixteen strongman competitors from eight different countries took part in the show. The final standings were as follows:
2023 Strongman Champions League Team World Championships Results
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski (Poland) — 47.5 points
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis (Latvia) — 44.5 points
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas (Estonia) — 36 points
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter (UK/Netherlands) — 34 points
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes (Canada) — 28 points
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä (Finland) — 25.5 points
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm (Australia) — 20.5 points
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen (Finland) — 16 points
Event Results
There were seven events at the show consisting of the Truck Pull, Forward Hold, Deadlift for Reps, Frame Walk, Bag Toss Medley, Two-Man Log Lift for Reps, and a Loading Race. Oskar Ziolkowski and Adam Roszkowski finished first in all but one of the events. The two Polish strongman athletes finished in sixth place in the Forward Hold event.
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Truck Pull
The event featured an 18,000 KG vehicle to be pulled down a 25-meter course for the fastest time possible within the 60-seconds:
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — 19.57 meters
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — 19.38 meters
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — 19.25 meters
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — 19.21 meters
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — 19.2 meters
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — 19.1 meters
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — 18.31 meters
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — 17.8 meters
Forward Hold
Each team had to sustain a front hold for as long as possible with an implement weighing 28 KG.
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — 78.5 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — 78.35 seconds
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — 77.36 seconds
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — 76.21 seconds
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — 71.18 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — 68.98 seconds
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — 58.61 seconds
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — 56.66 seconds
Deadlift for Reps
Within a two-minute time limit, teams had to perform as many deadlift reps as possible of 330 KG.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — 21 reps
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — 20 reps (T-second)
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — 20 reps (T-second)
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — 17 reps
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — 15 reps
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — 14 reps
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — 9 reps
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — 5 reps
Frame Walk
Each strongman competitor walked a 320 KG frame back and forth along a 15-meter course for the fastest four-lap time within 75 seconds.
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — 60 meters, 35.41 seconds
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — 60 meters, 38.23 seconds
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — 60 meters, 41.06 seconds
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — 60 meters, 46.56 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — 60 meters, 52.58 seconds
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — 60 meters, 62.02 seconds
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — 42.43 meters
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — 49.75 meters
Bag Toss Medley
With a 60-second time limit, the Bag Toss Medley had eight bags weighing 22, 22, 24, 24, 26, 26, 30, and 30 KG.
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — Eight Bags, 26.66 seconds
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — Eight Bags, 37.44 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — Eight Bags, 44.22 seconds
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — Eight Bags, 46.16 seconds
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — Six Bags, 29.77 seconds
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — Six Bags, 45.03 seconds
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — Six Bags, 35.08 seconds
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — Five Bags, 58.7 seconds
Two-Man Log Lift for Reps
Teams lifted 250 KG log in pairs for max reps within a 60-second time limit.
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — 11 reps
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — Nine reps (T-second)
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — Nine reps (T-second)
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — Eight reps
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — Six reps
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — Five reps (T-sixth)
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — Five reps (T-sixth)
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — Two reps
Loading Race
The Loading Race comprised four implements weighing 90, 100, 110, and 120 KG. Teams had to load the implements onto a 10-meter platform for the fastest time.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis / Maris Krievelis — Four implements, 35.04 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski / Adam Roszkowski — Four implements, 36.77 seconds
- Kane Francis / Kelvin de Ruiter — Four implements, 37.81 seconds
- Ervin Toots / Gunnar Gimbutas — Four implements, 43.2 seconds
- Mika Törrö / Jarkko Mehtälä — Four implements, 48.28 seconds
- Colten Sloan / Sean Hayes — Four implements, 51.71 seconds
- Jordan Osborne / Tyler Helm — Four implements, 54.51 seconds
- Veli-Pekka Kauhanen / Heikki Pohjonen — Four implements, 56.22 seconds
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Their impressive performance is certainly one to be commended. The two Polish strongman champions set themselves apart and showed dominance in nearly every event at the show. An impressive feat to say the least.
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