Hafthor Bjornsson Suffers Injury During 2019 World’s Strongest Man Event

June 14, 2019

The 2018 World’s Strongest Man is facing a bit of adversity at this year’s competition.

Hafthor Bjornsson dominated the competition at the 2018 World’s Strongest Man and is looking to repeat his success at the 2019 show. But from the looks of things it could be an uphill battle for the strongman and Game of Thrones actor.

Hafthor Bjornsson suffered a foot injury on the first day of competition and it’s a bad one. According to the defending champion, he tore his plantar fascia, a very painful and nasty injury to say the least.

Despite that fact, Hafthor Bjornsson appears to be in good spirits and is still fired up to defend his title of World’s Strongest Man!

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Quick update guys. I had an MRI yesterday evening and was informed that I have torn my plantar fascia during the Farmers and Yoke medley. This injury will bring me a lot of pain and discomfort but the good news is I’m able to keep going with some pain management. Let’s do this!! ? #BackToBackChamp Thanks for all the support guys I love you all. – ? @jacobhuizar

A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on Jun 14, 2019 at 6:17am PDT

Will Hafthor Bjornsson overcome the odds to win two consecutive World’s Strongest Man competitions? We’ll have to wait and see.

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