Elbrus Nigmatullin won the World Strongman Federation competition in Belarus, with Jason Bergmann finishing second and Brian Shaw taking third place.

"The USA team arrived on July 3rd, which is Independence Day for Belarus," Brian Shaw told IronMind®. "We got to enjoy the celebration with a great display of fireworks.

"The contest was on Friday and was very well organized.  Everything ran great and team USA got a lot of support on our Independence Day!

"In the end, the Union (Russia plus Belarus) Team edged out Team USA in the overall point total for the team win."