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One of the most legendary moments of the competitions came in 2015 when Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson surpassed the historical 1,000 years old Viking ship mast (Ormrinn langi) feat of strength by carrying a 650 kg (1,433 lb), 10 metres (33 ft) long, 1.41 metres (4 ft 8 in) circumference Viking ship mast on his back for 5 steps in −20 ...
Keg toss – 15 kg (33 lb) over 7.77 metres (25 ft 6 in) (2024 Strongest Man on Earth) (World Record) [75] Hafþór also held the previous world record twice when he cleared 7.10 metres (23 ft 4 in), during 2015 Giants Live Sweden (Scandinavian Open) [96] [97] and 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in), during 2016 World's Strongest Man Group 3 [98] [31]
In 2015, the record which had stood for over 1,000 years, was beaten by fellow Icelander Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Vinstra, Norway. Hafthór carried a 10.06 metres (33.0 ft) long, 1.42 metres (4 ft 8 in) in circumference or 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in) in diameter, 650 kilograms (1,433 lb) log for ...
Archaeologists found 50 Viking-era skeletons in Åsum, Denmark.. Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these ...
His strongman victories include the 1989 Pure Strength team contest in Scotland with Hjalti Árnason, the 1991 and 1993 International Power Challenge, the 1992 Scandinavian Strongest Man (Finland), the 1992 Nordic Strongest Man (Denmark), the 1994 Europe's Strongest Man, the 1995 World Muscle Power Championship, and the 1995 and 1997 Viking ...
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In 1987, began Jón Páll's rivalry with Bill Kazmaier who returned to strength sports following his ban from World's Strongest Man after 1982. Kazmaier boasted some of the heaviest powerlifting lifts of that time and had made his reputation in the 1980s as "the strongest man who ever lived" by breaking numerous strongman world records.
When we recently wrote about the toughest math problems that have been solved, we mentioned one of the greatest achievements in 20th-century math: the solution to Fermat’s Last Theorem. Sir ...