Strongman Klatovy 2023 | Results and reportage

Just before the beginning of the school year, or if you want the last holiday weekend, on Saturday, September 2, 2023, another amateur competition of strong men Strongman Klatovy took place. The race started at 13:00 at the shopping center Škodovka - OBI in Klatovy. Amateur strongmen presented themselves in 6 difficult disciplines, which were enhanced by sunny and very warm weather.

Disciplines at the competition:

• Log lift - 120 kg
• Atlas stones
• Car Deadlift
• Axle lift 100 kg + log lift 110 kg + axle 120 kg + dumbbell 82 kg
• Frame carry 280 kg + Super Yoke 300 kg
• Tire flip 400 kg and 450 kg

The regularity of the repetitions and the overall disciplines were supervised by the careful and strict eye of professional strongman Lukáš Kadlec, who was also the main organizer. The whole competition was accompanied by the well-known voice of strongman sport and seasoned moderator Leoš Kubeš.

Log Lift

The task in the first discipline was to get a log weighing 120 kg into a stable position above the head, time limit one minute. Most of the competitors had no problems with the execution, on the contrary, amazing performances fell. In total 4 strongmen managed 4 repetitions, they were Petr Toman, František Nový, Petr Leflík and Jakub Navrátil. Only one of them, Dominik Ponocný, managed to beat them with six reps. After this discipline unfortunately Matěj Svoboda had to withdraw, who started the competition in not quite 100% condition and after the log he was injured. Hopefully he will be fine soon.

Car Deadlift

Car deadlift. A spectator discipline, while the classic deadlift is spectacular and can be very heavy, the weight on the barbell is not as visible as when you lift the whole car. A brand new, red Peugeot 408 was shining in Klatovy. I don't think I can tell the weight conversion, but I know that most of the competitors managed the reps, but the best ones managed an amazing number of reps. Third place went to Petr Lefllik with 9 reps. Second place went to Jakub Navrátil with 11 reps and the second win in the discipline in a row went to Dominik Ponocný who set 13 reps.

Pressure Medley

The pressure medley, where the strongmen had to go through a variety of pressures and at the same time had to be as fast as possible. The time limit was 90 seconds. Axle lift 100 kg, log lift 110 kg, axle 120 kg, dumbbell 82 kg. The weights aren't exactly high, but you have to take into account that you're actually doing 4 pressing events. Axel was managed by all, log by most, axle also, but to manage the whole medley including the one-handed dumbbell was the privilege of only three competitors. The third place went to Dominik Ponocny with a time of 81,78 seconds. The second place was deserved by Tomas Zeman, who managed everything in 73.69 seconds, including his specialty, which he knows and which looks like from the times of Gustav Fristensky, where he gets the single-handed over his head with the bent-press method. Norbert Švarc took the gold in the racket cool down event with a time of 49.63 seconds.

Running Medley

The competitors also ran, but it was definitely not easy. The competitors ran with a 280kg fence at the end of the course they took a 300kg Super Yoke and ran back to the start, each course was 20m long. I should point out that the corral is worn without jerks, just grab it in your hand, so to speak, and run...
Jakub Navratil took third place with a time of 29.89 seconds. Second place went to Pavel Juricek, who completed the course in 28.73. Dominik Ponocný ran away from everyone with a time of 26.95 seconds and took the full number of points.

Tire flip

Tire flip, in Klatovy they had two pieces, 400 kg and 450 kg. The Klatovy organizers prepared a task for the competitors, which included 3 flips of the lighter tire - 400 kg and then 3 flips of the heavier tire - 450 kg, all within the total time limit of 90 seconds. The bronze in the discipline went to Dominik Ponocný, who competed very well, he managed all 6 repetitions in 64,87 seconds. The second place went to the tire rotation specialist Martin - Mário - Zimmermann, who managed all the repetitions in 50.35 seconds. And Norbert Švarc won only narrowly with a time of 50.12 seconds.

Alas Stone

Royal final discipline. The Strongmen had to throw a 150 kg Atlas stone over the bar, the goat, in a time limit of 60 seconds. The more the better. Jakub Navratil and Norbert Švarc, who managed 5 repetitions, had the most strength. One more and another gold from the discipline went to Dominik Ponocný.

The competitors are done. The results count, although the attentive spectator or even now the attentive reader knows that Dominik Ponocny won again almost start-finish style. But to get back to the race itself, everything went like water, smoothly and well. No major complications, Lukáš Kadlec and his team know exactly how the races should look like and prepare them accordingly. I am already looking forward to the next edition. I also want to thank Pep for the great photos.

First of all, congratulations to all the competitors, because the race was not very easy and considering the weather it was a sweat and blood race, just as it should be. Once again I wish Matej to get well soon and I hope his injury is not serious. Jakub Navratil took the third place in the race with 59,5 points. The silver went to the well prepared Norbert Švarc, who scored 64 points. The overall winner, as I already mentioned, was Dominik Ponocný, who took 73 points.