Tom “the Albatross” Stoltman is attempting an improvement on his own atlas stone world record at 6PM GMT on the 23rd of May, just a week after his brother Luke had a go at breaking Žydrūnas Savickas’ 2015 log press world record.
The 2020 Britain’s Strongest Man runner-up looks more than capable of performing this lift, he’s going from strength to strength every year and has also been Scotland’s strongest man for the last 2 years. The previous record he set at the Arnold Classic in Ohio was for 273KG (602lbs) and there was absolutely no hesitation as he stepped up to a historic atlas stone lift and looked as if he was capable of a lot more.
That record was not only impressive in the way Tom dispatched of the stone, but it was also 22KG heavier than the previous record set by Brian Shaw in 2016. Tom Stoltman also holds the world record for 5 standard atlas stones at a ridiculous 16.01 seconds beating Mateusz Kieliszkowski who formerly held the record at 16.09.
The atlas stone event is considered the most iconic test of strength in the strongman world and is the event at the competitions finish, it originally was introduced in 1986 and the stones back then ranged from 100-160KG whereas now the competition standard is between 120-200KG; lifting the stones onto platforms descending in height, retrospective to the weight of the stone. The event tends to favour the taller, heavier athletes and at 6ft 8 and 155KG, Tom fits the bill.
This is the third record breaking event we’ve seen since the COVID-19 pandemic has been active, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson broke the deadlift world record, lifting 501KG (1104lbs) and Luke Stoltman came very close to breaking the log record. Tom is the third athlete to try and break a record and next week Oleksii Novikov is going to be having a crack at breaking the record for lifting a giant dumbbell for repetitions.
Tune in and watch Tom for this unbelievable feat of strength and manpower- 6PM UK TIME on chttps://coresports.world/
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