Hooper defended his crown in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Mitchell Hooper is the two-time Rogue Invitational champion. Hooper’s lack of weaknesses led to an exquisitely constant efficiency, which included a win, 4 runner-up finishes, and a bronze end within the six occasions contested in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Hooper took dwelling the grand prize of $121,938.92 for scoring 54 of a potential 60 factors. Hooper fended off 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson and reigning three-time WSM champion Tom Stoltman, who crammed out the rostrum with 44 factors every — Björnsson ranked because the runner-up for securing two occasion wins to Stoltman’s one.
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Hooper did what he aimed to do in occasion one — the max deadlift. He secured second-place factors behind Björnsson, who stays arguably the perfect heavy deadlifter on the planet.
Within the second occasion, Hooper separated himself from Björnsson by claiming his second runner-up end whereas Björnsson ranked final. This was essentially the most important blunder of Björnsson’s competitors, which gave Hooper the runway wanted to keep up the highest place on the leaderboard.
Hooper and Björnsson leveraged having the chief’s benefit in occasion three, realizing the time to beat by competing final within the occasion. Tom Stoltman is called the “King of the Stones,” however since Hooper and Björnsson knew Stoltman’s time was the one to beat, they went for broke and completed as the highest two within the occasion.
Stoltman was not keen on being silenced on his dwelling turf and received occasion 4. Björnsson and Hooper completed second and third, respectively — Hooper’s worst end of the weekend.
Hooper scored his lone occasion win within the Yoke Escalator occasion, which was anticipated. If Stoltman is the “King of the Stones,” then it could be time for Hooper to be donned the “Monarch of the Yoke.”
Heading into the ultimate occasion of the weekend, Hooper’s lead was such that solely a cataclysmic blunder might dethrone him. The other occurred as he was considered one of solely two athletes to raise all 4 implements overhead — the opposite was occasion winner Luke Stoltman.
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