Stoltman’s brother accidentally surprises the strongest man in the world with 0.48 seconds

The dreams of Tom Stoltman about winning a strongest man trophy of a fourth world were painfully stabbed by his brother.

The 30-year-old Scot the trophy missed by one Half -pointedwith the South AfricaRayno Nel takes the victory in Sacramento, California.

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Stoltman Set a Herculean attempt to reduce the last daily shortage between itself and Nel.

But ironically it was the Hercules that cost him the competition.

Tom received three points for holding the Mammoet 160 kg pillars for 31.82 seconds.

The older brother of Stoltman, Luke, performed better in the debilitating task and received the four points for a 32: 30 seconds hold.

So that meant that Tom’s dreams of a fourth title were unintentionally deposited by his older brother or sister, who kept the pillars for 0.48 seconds longer than he was.

Tom ended the last day with a scoring of 46.5.

Winner of the Nel competition, who won the tournament in his DEBUTReady with 47 points.

In the meantime, Luke finished with 21.5 points to his name.

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Tom’s Hartzeer was somewhat calmed by the fact that he came a step closer to making even more stronger history.

His second placed finish was his sixth stage performance in the competition.

It saw him move a level with Brit Icon Geoff Capes and Icelandic giant Magnus Ver Magnusson.

Tom won the strongest man in the world in 2021, 2022 and 2024.

He got the title back last year from the winner Mitchell Hooper from 2023 tournament.

Five -time finalist Luke, who participated in the tournament for the tenth time in his career, finished in ninth place.