This exercise was the final event of the first day of the competition to determine the strongest man in the world in Sacramento, USA..

The Flintstone bar is a special slab that looks like it was made of stone.. The members tried to lift as much as they could. The initial weight of the bar was 175 kilograms.

Novikov went through 8 rounds, in the last of which he lifted 246 kilograms. This is a new world record. After the first day of the competition, Novikov leads the overall standings.

Recall that Novikov has already won the World's Strongest Man in 2020. To him, the only Ukrainian who won this title was Vasily Virastyuk in 2004.

In April, the Ukrainian received the title of the strongest man in Europe at the competitions held in British Leeds..