Hafthor Bjornsson shined in the keg toss on his way to a second-place finish.
Hafthor Bjornsson had his sights set on the keg toss world record heading into the 2024 Strongest Man on Earth competition. The event took place over the weekend in Loveland, CO and saw Bjornsson take home second place. He highlighted the event by accomplishing his goal and setting a new keg toss world record of 7.77 meters (25ft, 6in) with a 15kg (33lb) keg.
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Bjornsson has accomplished many feats during his fitness career. This includes winning the 2018 World’s Strongest Man title and setting a world record with a 501 kg deadlift in the prime of his career. Bjornsson successfully made the transition to boxing and defeated Eddie Hall before returning to strength sports, where he has excelled once again.
Bjornsson shared a video in July where he set the unofficial world record with an insane keg toss of eight meters with a 15.5kg keg. He entered the competition looking to set a new mark and made it look easy.
Hafthor Bjornsson Sets New Keg Toss World Record
Hafthor Bjornsson took second place in the competition and highlighted his performance with this world record. The previous mark was set by Brian Shaw in 2021 when he tossed the keg 7.75 meters.
Check out the record-setting toss here:
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Hafthor Bjornsson went into full Strongman mode to prepare for this show. This includes sharing his full day of eating and it consisted of six meals. He was able to squeeze a total of 11,547 calories, 1,393 grams of carbs, 391 grams of fat, and 586 grams of protein within these meals.
Bjornsson is back in action and putting up massive performances once again. He is looking to build on what has been an illustrious career in strength sports already.
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