The 2023 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Poland contest has ended, and Kevin Hazeleger of the Netherlands stood atop the podium. The single-day battle occurred on Aug. 26, 2023, in Sopot, Poland, and featured 12 strongmen representing eight countries.
Hazeleger scored 45 of a possible 60 points to score the gold through five events: Truck Push, Frame Carry, Bag Over Bar, Log Lift, and Power Stairs. The contest was extremely tight at the top of the leaderboard, as runner-up Oskar Ziółkowski finished just a half-point behind Hazeleger, and Adam Roszkowski scored bronze with 42 points. Check out the full standings below:
2023 Strongman Champions League Poland Results
- Kevin Hazeleger (Netherlands) — 45 points
- Oskar Ziółkowski (Poland) — 44.5 points
- Adam Roszkowski (Poland) — 42 points
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia) — 36.5 points
- Mika Törrö (Finland) — 35.5 points
- Evans Aryee (Ghana) — 34.5 points
- Grzegorz Szymański (Poland) — 31.5 points
- Péter Juhász (Hungary) — 31 points
- Dawid Pakulski (Poland) — 30.5 points
- Kane Francis (UK) — 26.5 points
- Lucas Rogerio (Brazil) — 17.5 points
- Louis Jack (UK) — 14 points
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2023 Strongman Champions League Poland Event Results
Below are the results for each of the five events that comprised the 2023 SCL Poland contest:
Truck Push
The truck for this event weighed 15,000 kilograms. Each strongman had one minute to push the truck down a 20-meter course as fast as possible.
- Dawid Pakulski — 19.34 seconds
- Kane Francis — 21.25 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 21.78 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 21.91 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 22.15 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 23.40 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 23.81 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 23.91 seconds
- Lucas Rogerio — 25.13 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 25.37 seconds
- Louis Jack — 25.72 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — 27.04 seconds
Frame Carry
The frame weighed 340 kilograms, and the course was 40 meters long. The strongman who traversed the course the quickest won. Those who did not complete the course in the 60-second time cap were scored by distance.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 19.06 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 21.38 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — 24.28 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 37.38 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 20.2 meters
- Kane Francis — 16.5 meters
- Dawid Pakulski — 15.7 meters
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 12.3 meters
- Lucas Rogerio — 12.2 meters
- Péter Juhász — 11 meters
- Adam Roszkowski — 10.9 meters
- Louis Jack — 7.8 meters
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Bag Over Bar
The five implements used for this event weighed from 20 to 28 kilograms. The height of the bar was 4.7 meters.
- Adam Roszkowski — Five in 15.05 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski — Five in 16.26 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 34.22 seconds
- Louis Jack — Four in 12.75 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Four in 14.30 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 16.32 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Four in 30.35 seconds
- Dawid Pakulski — Four in 32.95 seconds
- Evans Aryee — Three in 11.01 seconds
- Kane Francis — Three in 17.36 seconds
- Grzegorz Szymański — Two in 15.14 seconds
- Lucas Rogerio — One in 7.02 seconds
Log Lift
The log weighed 150 kilograms. Athletes were tasked to lock out as many reps as possible in the 60-second time cap.
- Oskar Ziółkowski — Seven reps (T-first)
- Adam Roszkowski — Seven reps (T-first)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Six reps
- Evans Aryee — Five reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Grzegorz Szymański — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Péter Juhász — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Lucas Rogerio — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Dawid Pakulski — Two reps
- Mika Törrö — One rep (T-10th)
- Kane Francis — One rep (T-10th)
- Louis Jack — One rep (T-10th)
Power Stairs
The final event featured three implements weighing 225, 250, and 275 kilograms. There were a total of 15 steps to scale with each implement. Athletes were given 90 seconds for their run.
- Grzegorz Szymański — 54 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 82 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 12 stairs (T-third)
- Adam Roszkowski — 12 stairs (T-third)
- Mika Törrö — 10 stairs (T-fifth)
- Péter Juhász — 10 stairs (T-fifth)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five stairs (T-seventh)
- Evans Aryee — Five stairs (T-seventh)
- Dawid Pakulski — Four stairs (T-ninth)
- Kane Francis — Four stairs (T-ninth)
- Lucas Rogerio — One stair
- Louis Jack — no lift
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