Eddie Hall Beats Shaw and Thor to become The World’s Strongest Man 2017!

The Beast, from Clayton, made history after becoming the first Briton to win the competition since Gary Taylor in 1993!

@eddie_hall_strong is the 2017 @theworldsstrongestman ! @thorbjornsson 2nd @shawstrength third #startingstrongman #wsm2017 #worldsstrongestman

A post shared by StartingStrongman.com (@startingstrongman) on May 28, 2017 at 7:40am PDT

Eddie won the squat lift, viking press and deadlift events, and the final scoring went as following:

1. Eddie Hall
2. Hafthor Bjornsson
3. Brian Shaw

Eddie Hall has also officially retired from competition. 

@eddie_hall_strong vs @martinslicis on the Viking press at Worlds Strongest Man More videos and full results after day one of the finals on StartingStrongman.com #wsm2017 #worldsstrongestman #startingstrongman

A post shared by StartingStrongman.com (@startingstrongman) on May 27, 2017 at 10:08am PDT

My most valued trophies 4 x British strongest man 1st places, 2 x deadlift world record trophies and a 3rd place wsm trophy. I start my journey to Africa in a few hours and I’m feeling the most confident iv ever been… Worlds strongest man 2017 is mine!!!! “I KNOW IM THE STRONGEST PERSON ON THE PLANET IV JUST GOT TO PROVE IT” It’s been a tough tough year but it’s going to be worth it and look forward to adding a 1st place wsm trophy to my collection. I’d like to thank all my sponsors that allow me to train full time and let me be the Beast that Iam today:- Protein Dynamix Xplosiveape SBD Alpha Designs Wrights Pies The Pulse Group New Age Performance Houseman Environmental Ltd Blakemans,newcastle under lyme. Strength Asylum Going to swap that 3rd place for 1st this time thanks to all my fans for the support. Big Love The Beast @proteindynamix @xploape @strengthasylum @alphadesignsuk @bobosbeard @blakemans @wrightspies @pulseworldwide @getnewage @sbdapparel @giantslive #alphadesign #wrightspies #strengthasylum #giants #giantslive #proteindynamix #bobosbeardoil #beast #beard #deadlift #deadlifts #boss #bosslife #hulk #strong #strongman #strongmantraining #pulse #getnewage #performance #mouthguard #SBD #supports #SBDapparel

A post shared by Eddie hall (@eddie_hall_strong) on May 16, 2017 at 7:21am PDT

HERE HE IS DEADLIFTING 500kg!

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