World's Strongest Man 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Latest updates and standings as British star Tom Stoltman eyes FOURTH title
British athlete Tom Stoltman is eyeing a FOURTH title in five years as he looks to go within one of equalling Mariusz Pudzianowski 's astonishing record.
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2023 Strongman winner Mitchell Hooper is one of the main contenders looking to take Stoltman's crown.
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