Tom Stoltman has simply missed out on a spot in the 2026 World’s Strongest Man last.
The Invergordon native tore a callous on his hand in the primary occasion of qualifying yesterday, which affected his end result in the carry and climb and turned out to be a distinction maker.
That meant Stoltman went into the second day of qualifying knowing he had to reel in New Zealand athlete Mathew Ragg or Mexico’s Austin Andrade to make it through to this weekend’s final.
His first probability to try this was in the truck pull, the place athletes needed to pull a 25,000 kilogram truck for 25 meters in the shortest time doable.
Stoltman’s time of 37.59 seconds put him in the center of the pack in his group, however crucially Ragg had the worst time of his direct competitors of 38.69 seconds.
Andrade was out in entrance, securing his place in the ultimate, however going into the ultimate qualifying occasion Stoltman was solely two factors behind Ragg, giving him each probability of making it via.
The last occasion, which additionally served as a tie-breaker if mandatory, was the pure stone medley.
That consists of 4 components: the 158kg Stone to Shoulder, the 177kg Stone Carry, the 136kg and 113kg Webster Stone Walk, and at last the 182kg Stone Load.
Stoltman managed to finish the primary three in a time of 50.16 seconds, which was over 32 seconds forward of Ragg.
However, the remaining of the group’s performances meant that Stoltman solely earned one extra level than the New Zealander, lacking out on the ultimate by only a single level as Ragg joined Andrade in the ultimate from the group.
It is the primary time since 2017 – his World’s Strongest Man debut – that Stoltman has not made it via qualifying, having completed inside the highest two in every of the final six years.
