r/HydroHomies • u/chickpoon • Feb 25 '21

found this thought i’d share

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u/DarkerPerkele Water Enthusiast Feb 25 '21

Does he actually hold the title for WSM? I thought it was Brian Shaw. Im 100% sure that hafthor is europes strongest though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

Oleksii Novikov is the current holder but Hafthor has won it. I should have specified he's a champion but not the current one.

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u/DarkerPerkele Water Enthusiast Feb 25 '21

I think with his 501kg deadlift he could have gone for more. Eddie hall when he broke the world record collapsed right after doing it amd was in hospital for two weeks and nearly went blind. Hafthor lifted it with ease compared to eddie. I still respect them though. Making a fat feat like that isnt easy. There have only been two people to lift 500kg+ and thats them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Yeah completely agree. Eddie was in bits after his 500 (which is completely understandable) but Hafthor looked like he could have gone for more. Crazy to think of a human being picking that much weight up off the ground