Ukrainian strongman Oleksiy Novikov won the Strongman Classic-2022 tournament, which took place in London.

The 26-year-old athlete managed to score 54 points in the overall standings and was 12 points ahead of the nearest pursuer. The top 3 included Canadian Mitchell Hooper and American Evan Singleton.

Novikov managed to defend the title - last year he also became the champion of the tournament. After his victory, the strongman in social networks called for help to the Ukrainian army: "

(photo - twitter. com/GiantsLiveWSM).

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Alexey Novikov also became the winner of the World’s Strongest Man-2020, and in April the Ukrainian won the title of the strongest man in Europe.