Mitchell Hooper is the winner of the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals (GLWTF). During the competition that took place on Oct. 8, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland, the Canadian strongman captured his first victory on the Giants Live circuit. He also made it two consecutive major strongman wins after recently taking first in the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic UK.
The two athletes who joined Hooper on the podium were Aivars Šmaukstelis of Latvia (second place) and the United States’ Kevin Faires (third). According to Strongman Archives, with his runner-up finish at the 2022 GLWTF, Šmaukstelis has now stood on a podium in his last four official competitive appearances. Meanwhile, Faires can now boast his first top-three placing since the 2019 Giants Live North American Open.
Here are the final standings from the 2022 GLWTF:
2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals Standings
- Mitchell Hooper (Canada) — 52 points
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia) — 47.5 points
- Kevin Faires (United States) — 46 points
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy (Ukraine) — 40 points
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine) — 38 points
- Rauno Heinla (Estonia) — 29 points
- Paul Smith (United Kingdom) — 28.5 points
- Pa O’Dwyer (Ireland) — 27 points
- Eddie Williams (Australia) — 23 points
- Mark Felix (United Kingdom) — 19 points
- Andy Black (United Kingdom) — 19 points
- Louis Jack (United Kingdom) — 18 points
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Event Breakdown
Here’s an event-by-event breakdown of the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals.
Nicol Stones
During the Nicol Stones segment, the athletes had to walk the two unevenly weighted stones of 114 kilograms (251.3 pounds) and 139 kilograms (306.4 pounds) for a max distance. Current Nicol Stones World Record holder Kevin Faires took the event victory with a distance of 24.61 meters.
- Kevin Faires — 24.61 meters
- Mitchell Hooper — 24.14 meters
- Andy Black — 24.08 meters
- Paul Smith — 23.1 meters
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 20 meters
- Louis Jack — 19.75 meters
- Eddie Williams — 16.58 meters
- Mark Felix — 16.37 meters
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 15.91 meters
- Rauno Heinla — 12.75 meters
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 9.4 meters
- Pa O’Dwyer — 8.58 meters
Carry & Drag
During the Carry & Drag, the competitors had the task of carrying a 125-kilogram anchor and dragging a 350-kilogram over a 40-meter course. They had a time limit of one minute. Using the athleticism that’s helped him blitz professional strongman lately, Hooper captured his first event win of the contest with a time of 22.16 seconds.
- Mitchell Hooper — 22.16 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 22.96 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 23.41 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — 25.35 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 26.45 seconds
- Paul Smith — 27.30 seconds
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 27.78 seconds
- Rauno Heinla — 28.57 seconds
- Louis Jack — 28.84 seconds
- Eddie Williams — 30.65 seconds
- Andy Black — 37.37 seconds
- Mark Felix — 40.40 seconds
Axle Deadlift
The 2022 GLWTF’s Axle Deadlift was about pulling 350 kilograms (771.6 pounds) for a max amount of reps with a one-minute time limit. Pavlo Nakonechnyy came out on top when he successfully finished 11 reps. Nakonechnyy was the only athlete to finish with double-digit reps.
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 11 reps
- Rauno Heinla — Nine reps
- Mitchell Hooper — Seven reps
- Kevin Faires — Six reps (Tied for fourth)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Six reps (Tied for fourth)
- Mark Felix — Six reps (Tied for fourth)
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Five reps (Tied for seventh)
- Pa O’Dwyer — Five reps (Tied for seventh)
- Paul Smith — Four reps (Tied for ninth)
- Eddie Williams — Four reps (Tied for ninth)
- Andy Black — Four reps (Tied for ninth)
- Louis Jack — Two reps
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Dumbbell Press
This contest’s iteration of the Dumbbell Press featured a 100-kilogram (220.5-pound) dumbbell. Whoever could clean and press said dumbbell as many times as possible within a minute would win. After a few solid results on earlier events, Šmaukstelis and Pavlo Kordiyaka tied for first in the event with seven reps.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Seven reps (Tied for first)
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — Seven reps (Tied for first)
- Mitchell Hooper — Six reps
- Pa O’Dwyer — Five reps (Tied for fourth)
- Paul Smith — Five reps (Tied for fourth)
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — Four reps
- Kevin Faires — Three reps
- Rauno Heinla — Two reps (Tied for eighth)
- Eddie Williams — Two reps (Tied for eighth)
- Louis Jack — Two reps (Tied for eighth)
- Mark Felix — No reps
- Andy Black — No reps
Power Stairs
To close the contest, the athletes had to load five implements with weights ranging from 200 to 250 kilograms (440.9 to 551.1 pounds) up three respective stairs. Their final scores were determined by how many of the total 15 steps they climbed within a minute. While he didn’t win the overall competition, Šmaukstelis closed with another event victory (15 steps in 33.02 seconds).
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 15 in 33.02 seconds
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 15 in 38.81 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 15 in 39.50 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — 15 in 42.08 seconds
- Pavlo Kordiyaka — 15 in 44.52 seconds
- Eddie Williams — 15 in 46.90 seconds
- Rauno Heinla — 15 in 51.28 seconds
- Mark Felix — 13 in 57.78 seconds
- Andy Black — 12 in 50.78 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer — 12 in 59.78 seconds
- Louis Jack — Nine in 26.64 seconds
- Paul Smith — Nine in 47.54 seconds
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For Hooper, his remarkable debut pro year continues with this victory at the 2022 GLWTF. In addition to his two straight victories and first Giants Live win, Hooper has now finished on the podium in five straight contests dating back to the 2022 Giants Live Strongman Classic in early July. The superstar kept his reaction short and sweet in a post on his Instagram.
“My first [Giants Live Strongman] win. Surreal. Let’s keep riding the wave.”
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