On July 22, 2023, the Giants Live organization — which organizes the WSN and promotes the competition — revealed the full rosters for Team UK and Team USA over its Instagram page. Both lineups are star-studded with some of the biggest active names in strongman and strongwoman. The contest is scheduled to take place across the pond on November 18, 2023.

Here’s an overview of the Team UK roster at the 2023 WSN:

2023 World’s Strongest Nation Roster | Team UK

• Eddie Hall | Captain
• Donna Moore
• Andrea Thompson
• Rebecca Roberts
• Lucy Underdown
• Tom Stoltman
• Luke Stoltman
• Mark Felix
• Gavin Bilton

Team UK has a few unique qualities. They are as follows:

Team UK By The Numbers

• Two former WSM champions (Hall in 2017, Tom Stoltman from 2021-2022)
• Three former World’s Strongest Woman champions (Moore in 2016-2017, 2019, Thompson in 2018, Roberts in 2021)
• The current strongwoman deadlift World Record holder (Underdown, 300 kilograms/661.4 pounds from 2021)
• The current Wrecking Ball Hold World Record holder (Felix, time of 2:20.49 from 2022)

Here’s a rundown of the Team USA roster at the 2023 WSN:

2023 World’s Strongest Nation Roster | Team USA

• Martins Licis | Captain
• Gabi Dixson
• Inez Carrasquillo
• Nadia Stowers
• Victoria Long
• Trey Mitchell
• Evan Singleton
• Kevin Faires
• Spenser Remick

Team USA also has a few distinctive attributes. They are:

Team USA By The Numbers

• One former WSM champion (Licis in 2019)
• The two-time reigning Shaw Classic (SC) champion (Mitchell from 2021-2022)
• The 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic (GLSC) champion (Singleton)
• The 2023 Arnold Strongwoman Classic (ASWC) champion (Long)
• The Dinnie Stones World Record holder (Faires, 31 feet and seven inches from 2023)
• The strongwoman Log Lift World Record holder (Carrasquillo, 145.9 kilograms/321.6 pounds from 2023)

With such a diverse catalog of achievements and repertoire of skill sets, the 2023 WSN seems like a balanced duel of strength on paper between both teams.

There aren’t many team-oriented contests in strongman and strongwoman, let alone any like the WSN, that feature so many accomplished athletes. One thing’s for sure — these two squads should put on a unique show in Liverpool this fall.

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On May 12, 2023, Giants Live announced the captains for Team UK and Team USA, and they are the same captains as the 2022 contest — 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) winner Eddie Hall will lead Team UK and the 2019 WSM champion Martins Licis will be at the head of Team USA.

At the time of this article’s publication, neither Hall nor Licis made any statements or shared their thoughts about the announcement. It will be the second time that Hall and Licis face off as captains for their respective nations.

Licis was a replacement captain after Robert Oberst bowed out for undisclosed reasons. Neither man has competed in strongman since the first matchup in the inaugural World’s Strongest Nation event, which was held on Nov. 26, 2022 in Liverpool. The UK team won that contest, but Hall suffered a torn teres minor when competing in the Viking Press.

One of the main highlights of that show came from neither of the WSM champions. Gabi Dixson of Team USA dominated the Hercules Hold event by holding on to the pillars for a time of one minute, 8.61 seconds, which was the longest of any woman and only behind Team UK’s Mark Felix, who managed to maintain his grip for nearly 20 more seconds.

Hall’s and Licis’ teammates — four men and four women on each team — have not been announced as of this writing, but their own accolades make this contest a must-see. Hall was the first man to deadlift 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds) in 2016, and he followed that up by winning the 2017 WSM title.

After winning the 2018 Britain’s Strongest Man contest, he retired from competition. His appearance in the World’s Strongest Nation was his first sanctioned strongman event since. He stayed involved with the sport in a media-based role, rather than directly competing, as well as being one of the stars of the History Channel’s series, Strongest Men in History.

Licis made one of his earliest big impacts on the sport when he won the 2019 Arnold Strongman USA contest, and he finished second in the Arnold Strongman Classic to Hafthor Björnsson. That same year, he won the WSM title. After taking over a year off to recover from injuries, he won the 2021 Rogue Invitational Strongman contest, and he claimed the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic six months later. Licis finished as the runner-up in that year’s WSM to Tom Stoltman.

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