Ondřej Fojtů Wins 2026 Giants Live Strongman Classic
2026 Giants Live Strongman Classic Results: Ondřej Fojtů Wins in London.
Ondřej Fojtů finished his breakout 2026 season by winning the title of Giant in the Giants Live Strongman Classic held on July 4th in London, England. The 24-year-old Czech sensation executed one of the more flawless displays of the meet with the first two races and never came back down from fifth position that much in the rest. His 50.5-point total proved his overall win over Paddy Haynes, with 2025 World's Strongest Man Rayno Nel splitting the points for second place with 44.5.
Ondřej Fojtů just keeps proving to be one of the top emerging talents in the sport. Earlier this season, he also took the "Europe's Strongest Man" crown. One of the deepest fields he faced in 2026 included a host of three World's Strongest Man champions, plus other athletes who competed in five challenging events: Overhead Medley, Webster Stones, Axle Deadlift, Conan's Wheel, and Atlas Stones.
2026 Giants Live Strongman Classic Results
- Winner – Ondřej Fojtů — 50.5 points
- 2nd – Paddy Haynes — 44.5 points
- 2nd – Rayno Nel — 44.5 points
- 4th – Pavlo Kordiyaka — 40 points
- 5th – Martins Licis — 37.5 points
- 6th – Andrew Flynn — 30.5 points
- 7th – Josh Patacca — 27 points
- 8th – Mathew Ragg — 25.5 points
- 9th – Nick Guardione — 25 points
- 10th – Adam Bishop — 20.5 points
- 11th – Evan Singleton — 18 points
- 12th – Mitchell Hooper — 17.5 points
Event One: Overhead Medley
Fojtů got his feet on the ground right away by winning the Overhead Medley. He and Pavlo Kordiyaka were the only competitors to run all five implements, and Fojtů ran very close to 9 seconds before them to get full points.
- Winner – Ondřej Fojtů – 5 implements in 41.87 seconds
- 2nd – Pavlo Kordiyaka – 5 in 50.65 seconds
- 3rd – Evan Singleton – 4 in 33.50 seconds
- 4th – Andrew Flynn – 4 in 37.77 seconds
- 5th – Mitchell Hooper – 4 in 37.84 seconds
- 6th – Josh Patacca – 4 in 39.86 seconds
- 7th – Nick Guardione – 4 in 40.23 seconds
- 8th – Martins Licis – 4 in 45.63 seconds
- 9th – Paddy Haynes – 3 in 28.95 seconds
- 10th – Rayno Nel – 2 in 13.42 seconds
- 11th – Adam Bishop – 2 in 26.29 seconds
- 12th – Mathew Ragg – 2 in 49.65 seconds
Event Two: Webster Stones
In the other hunt, Fojtů's breakthrough win was followed by a strong showing in the Webster Stones carry, where he covered 43.4m to comfortably stay in front.
- Winner – Ondřej Fojtů – 43.4 meters
- 2nd – Rayno Nel – 40.4 meters
- 3rd – Pavlo Kordiyaka – 40 meters
- 3rd – Mitchell Hooper – 40 meters
- 5th – Evan Singleton – 37.8 meters
- 6th – Mathew Ragg – 31.54 meters
- 7th – Martins Licis – 30.65 meters
- 8th – Paddy Haynes – 30.55 meters
- 9th – Adam Bishop – 30.5 meters
- 10th – Josh Patacca – 24.18 meters
- 11th – Nick Guardione – 14.82 meters
- 12th – Andrew Flynn – 10 meters
Event Three: Axle Deadlift
The axle deadlift was determined by weight, with 360kg creating the first tie for victory in the event as both Rayno Nel and Paddy Haynes ground out nine reps. Fojtů continued in the race, sharing third place with Martins Licis. Evan Singleton and Mitchell Hooper didn't get a lift, but gave up the rest of the action.
- Winner – Rayno Nel – 9 reps
- Winner – Paddy Haynes – 9 reps
- 3rd – Ondřej Fojtů – 7 reps
- 3rd – Martins Licis – 7 reps
- 5th – Mathew Ragg – 6 reps
- 5th – Adam Bishop – 6 reps
- 7th – Pavlo Kordiyaka – 5 reps
- 7th – Andrew Flynn – 5 reps
- 9th – Josh Patacca – 4 reps
- 10th – Nick Guardione – 3 reps
- 11th – Evan Singleton – No Lift
- 11th – Mitchell Hooper – No Lift
Event Four: Conan’s Wheel
Another highlight of the day was Paddy Haynes' performance on the Giants Live Conan's Wheel setup, which set a record of 1,106 degrees.
- Winner – Paddy Haynes – 1,106 degrees
- 2nd – Pavlo Kordiyaka – 877 degrees
- 3rd – Andrew Flynn – 770 degrees
- 4th – Rayno Nel – 755 degrees
- 5th – Ondřej Fojtů – 722 degrees
- 6th – Nick Guardione – 630 degrees
- 7th – Martins Licis – 626 degrees
- 8th – Josh Patacca – 593 degrees
- 9th – Mathew Ragg – 517 degrees
- 10th – Adam Bishop – 486 degrees
- 11th – Evan Singleton – Withdrew
- 11th – Mitchell Hooper – Withdrew
Event Five: Atlas Stones
Haynes finished the event with a win in a close Atlas Stones race, holding Martins Licis off by a mere 0.08 seconds at the top. The overall title was officially secured, as Fojtů took fourth place.
- Winner – Paddy Haynes – 5 stones in 22.21 seconds
- 2nd – Martins Licis – 5 in 22.29 seconds
- 3rd – Rayno Nel – 5 in 24.23 seconds
- 4th – Ondřej Fojtů – 5 in 28.72 seconds
- 5th – Josh Patacca – 5 in 29.92 seconds
- 6th – Nick Guardione – 5 in 34.52 seconds
- 7th – Mathew Ragg – 5 in 35.45 seconds
- 8th – Andrew Flynn – 4 in 20.49 seconds
- 9th – Adam Bishop – 4 in 22.04 seconds
- 10th – Pavlo Kordiyaka – 4 in 23.96 seconds
- 11th – Evan Singleton – Withdrew
- 11th – Mitchell Hooper – Withdrew
Ondřej is one of the world's strongest men, and he is only 24 years old. To date, he has competed in 15 international competitions, winning 2. Besides, Ondřej continues to improve himself and thus has an extremely promising future in the sport.