Ukrainian strongman Oleksiy Novikov won the title of the strongest man in Europe at the competitions held in British Leeds.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine..

Novikov became the first in two of the five exercises of the tournament. He scored 52 points and took the final first place. The second was the Scot Luke Stoltman, the third was the Georgian Konstantin Dzhanashia.

One step away from the prize-winning place in these competitions, there was one more Ukrainian Pavlo Kordiyaka. As a result, Kordiaka finished fourth..

During the award ceremony, Oleksiy asked those present to observe a minute of silence for all those who died in the war in Ukraine..

Recall that Novikov financially helped the Ukrainian army, heroically defending our country from the invasion of Russian invaders..