World's Ultimate Strongman
World's Ultimate Strongman is an annual strength athletics competition which began on October 26, 2018. The event has a number of rival and parallel competitions, including the World's Strongest Man, the Arnold Strongman Classic and the Giants Live Tour. History. The inaugural edition of the competition was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with the winner being Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. The 2019 edition was also held in Dubai and was won by Mateusz Kieliszkowski. Defending champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and recently crowned World's Strongest Man Martins Licis did not take part. On February  22, 2020, it was announced the competition would be expanding and would hold an event in Bahrain at the Bahrain International Circuit with a purse of $350,000 which is the largest for any strongman competition. Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. On March 13, 2020, World's Ultimate Strongman released a statement entailing that the recently announced event due to take place on April 11, 2020, in Bahrain was postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, to which they said that a new date would be found and announced when it is logistically and feasibly possible. The 2020  competition was finally held in March 2021 under the name '2021 WUS Strength Island' and in September they hosted the 2021 competition. Championships. 2018 World's Ultimate Strongman. Events: Truck pull, Arm over arm pull, Silver Dollar Deadlift, Overhead Medley, Super Yoke, Atlas stones 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman. Events: Deadlift, Truck pull, Log lift, Medley, Atlas stones 2020 World's Ultimate Strongman (a.k.a. 2021 WUS Strength Island). Events: Axel Deadlift, Flag Hoist, Circus Dumbbell press, Loading race, Atlas stones 2021 World's Ultimate Strongman. Events: Log lift, Super yoke, Farmer's walk, Chain Railway carriage, Atlas stones Feats of  Strength series. Due to the postponement of worldwide sporting events and travel restrictions being in place for many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World's Ultimate Strongman announced an at home/private gym Feats of Strength series with differing strongman record attempts to be live streamed for free. Below are the record attempts (Men's World Record unless otherwise stated): Season 1. It was found during the event that Maddox's bar had been misloaded with one side being 25kg heavier than the other.