Sanou stepped out of the contest in advance of collaborating in even a person celebration.
In advance of the 2023 World’s Strongest Gentleman (WSM) even started, Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou withdrew the 1st morning of strongman’s biggest competitors. At the time of this producing, there is no formal rationalization for the athlete’s early withdrawal. Iceland’s Kristján Jón Haraldsson changed Sanou on the 2023 WSM roster, even although he was not previously counted as an formal reserve in situation of a competitor’s withdrawal or damage. It is the reigning Iceland’s Strongest Man (ISM) champion’s debut in the WSM.
Nevertheless the 2023 WSM would’ve been his initial visual appearance in the flagship strongman opposition, Sanou is not new to the strongman scene. Sanou was the third-place finisher at the 2021 Giants Live Strongman Traditional. Sanou has previously experienced to withdraw from the 2022 Giants Live Strongman Basic (due to journey-linked challenges).
The athlete from Burkina Faso has a very well-established track record for remaining proficient in overhead lifts. Sanou possesses both of those the recent Axle Press World Document of 217 kilograms (477.4 lbs .) and the Log Elevate Environment Record of 229 kilograms (504.8 lbs .).
Sanou formally joins Ukraine’s Pavlo Nakonechnyy and Canada’s Maxime Boudreault on the listing of 2023 WSM withdrawals in the early goings, with Sanou getting the initial withdrawal as of the contest’s get started time. Boudreault withdrew owing to a shin injuries in February, which also knocked him out of the 2023 Arnold Strongman Typical (ASC). In the meantime, Nakonechnyy most likely bowed out due to the fact of issues from a deadlift-similar ailment endured through the 2023 (ASC) in March. The Ukrainian competitor did not participate in the early-April 2023 Europe’s Strongest Guy (ESM) mainly because of claimed personal injury, hoping to recuperate in time to contend at the WSM.
Listed here are the up-to-date Qualifying Spherical teams for the 2023 WSM:
2023 World’s Strongest Male Qualifying Round Teams
There are five teams of 6 athletes in the 2023 WSM, which will be parsed down to 10 rivals for the weekend’s Closing.
Group 1
- Konstantine Janashia
- Pavlo Kordiyaka
- Pa O’Dwyer
- Tom Stoltman
- Bobby Thompson
- Eddie Williams
Group 2
- Kristján Jón Haraldsson
- Gavin Bilton
- Fadi El Masri
- Thomas Evans
- Oleksii Novikov
- Luke Stoltman
Group 3
- Graham Hicks
- Mitchell Hooper
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski
- Mathew Ragg
- Spenser Remick
- Aivars Smaukstelis
Group 4
- Adam Bishop
- Kevin Faires
- Rauno Heinla
- Gabriel Rhéaume
- Jaco Schoonwinkel
- Brian Shaw
Group 5
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf
- Mark Felix
- Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted
- Trey Mitchell
- Evan Singleton
- Paul Smith
Haraldsson will choose Sanou’s area in Team 2 of the Qualifying Spherical, signing up for former WSM champion (2020) Oleksii Novikov — the possible headliner of that mix.
At only 24 a long time aged, Haraldsson may even now be a relative unidentified in the intercontinental strongman scene. That is not the situation for the defending ISM champion in his native Iceland, who has began to dominate in various domestic contests. In Haraldsson’s only other worldwide strongman aggressive appearances, he finished in fourth position throughout the 2021 Magnus Magnús Ver Magnússon Vintage (MVMC). He followed that functionality with an 11th-put outcome at the 2022 MVMC.
The comparatively youthful Icelandic athlete will undoubtedly look to enhance that rap sheet at the 2023 WSM. Putting himself on the map now could portend Haraldsson turning out to be the following prospective fantastic Icelandic strongman, pursuing in the footsteps of the legendary Magnús Ver Magnússon and Hafthor Björnsson.
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