Oleksii Novikov Withdraws From 2024 World’s Strongest Man

The 2020 WSM suffered an injury on the 2024 Europe’s Strongest Man.

2020 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Oleksii Novikov is officially out of the 2024 edition of the competitionscheduled for May 1-5, 2024, in Myrtle Beach, SC, WSM promoters have announced. The announcement was made on Instagram on April 17, 2024, within the post will be seen below:

The Ukrainian strongman withdrew resulting from a biceps injury he suffered during his bronze-medal performance on the 2024 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) competition on April 13, 2024, in Leeds, England. There was no official word on the severity or details of Novikov’s injury on the time of this text’s publication.

Novikov joins 2019 WSM champion Martins Licis and two-time WSM runner-up Mateusz Kieliszkowski on the list of athletes who’ve bowed out of the 2024 WSM contest. Kieliszkowski was still recovering from an Achilles tendon injury suffered while training for the 2024 ESM. Licis’ withdrawal got here after ending eighth on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, OH.

This leaves three vacancies on the 2024 WSM roster a fortnight before the competition kicks off in South Carolina. Those announcements are expected to be made with enough time for those competitors to arrange and travel.

With Novikov now out, defending champion Mitchell Hooper and two-time champion Tom Stoltman (2021-22) are the one past WSM winners on the 2024 WSM roster. The athletes currently scheduled to compete are listed below in alphabetical order:

2024 World’s Strongest Man Roster

• Austin Andrade
• Gavin Bilton
• Adam Bishop
• Marcus Crowder
• Wes Derwinsky
• Thomas Evans
• Shane Flowers
• Kane Francis
• Nathan Goltry
• Rauno Heinla
• Mitchell Hooper — Reigning Champion
• Christian Jon Haraldsson
• Rob Kearney
• Pavlo Kordiyaka
• Trey Mitchell
• Evans Nana
• Mathew Ragg
• Jaco Schoonwinkel
• Evan Singleton
• Aivars Smaukstelis
• Luke Stoltman
• Tom Stoltman
• Bobby Thompson
• Eddie Williams
• Oskar Ziolkowski

Stay tuned to for continued updates in regards to the 2024 World’s Strongest Man and coverage of the competition when it kicks off in Myrtle Beach on May 1, 2024.