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At the Giants Live World Tour finals in Glasgow, Scotland, in September, a new planetary record holder was born: Iron Biby lifted a log weighing 229 kilograms (504 pounds) and took this prestigious achievement away from Lithuanian power Žydrūnas Savickas of 46 years. .
Ž. Savickas, the 8-time winner of the Arnold Strongman Classic World Weightlifting Competition and author of over 50 records, has repeatedly said that he considers the trunk lift to be one of his most important records and has tried it multiple times. to improve this achievement.
In 2015 he repeated his record of 228 kg in Brazil, but did not lift more.
Until September of this year, Savicks was the only powerhouse in history to obey a log that weighed more than 500 pounds.
But Iron Biby now has a record.
Hundreds of fans greeted the new idol, a 29-year-old 180-kilogram powerhouse in Burkina Faso’s capital, waving signs: “You are the pride of the whole nation” and “Champion of Bravo.”
Iron Biby’s record-breaking video was viewed by Instagram by more than half a million internet users and received 130,000 positive reviews.
“This is one of the most important events of my life, as I have strived to be the owner of this world record since 2018,” said Iron Bibi with a wide smile at home, standing at the airport with the minister of Burkina Faso sports. Dominique Nana.
One of the greatest admirers of this powerful Kangamba Taliban assured the AFP news agency that Iron Biby is a true hero: “Thanks to him, people know Burkina Faso and our flag flies even in places where you would never expect to see it. Also, thanks to our hero, the name of Burkina Faso is inscribed in gold letters in the Guinness Book. “
The real name of the mighty Iron Biby is Cheick Ahmed Al-Hassan Sanou.
The athlete grew up in Canada and in 2009, at the age of 17, he became interested in weightlifting.
He became the world log lifting champion in 2018 and retained this title in 2019.
In addition to the log lifting record, he holds the Guinness World Record for lifting weights overhead in one minute. In July this year, he also reached the Apollo Axis record in the Strongman Classic battles at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Iron Biby says he will not stop at the log lifting record of 229 kg.
“I will take this record to the next level to make it impossible to beat,” assured Iron Biby.
