Eddie Hall calls out Hafthor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson for World’s Strongest Man cheating, saying he is ‘sick and tired of your lies’

Eddie Hall, winner of the 2017 World’s Strongest Man, has released an explosive video aimed at Hafthor Bjornsson, which he hopes will bring an end to a years-old controversy.

During the Viking Press, when athletes had to push a load above their heads, at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man, Bjornsson was deemed to have doubled dipped. As he lifted, he bent his legs in the midst of the movement to add power as he pushed. Bjornsson was penalised and the mistake cost him the title. He refused to shake Hall’s hand, believing he had been wrongly penalised.

But Hall has found a new video angle that he believes definitively shows Bjornsson did bend his knees. The two have feuded for years since the incident. The unseen footage is of a referee debating Bjornsoon right after the Viking Press. Then later of the referee post-competition review when the referee said: “I give him a last warning quite clearly. Too many infringements, far too many so far.”

Hall said: “I’ve had enough of the doubters saying that Bjornsson was robbed.” Hall added that people believed Bjornsson simply because he was famous for his role in Game of Thrones as The Mountain.

“Bjornsson, you and your yes men should be ashamed of yourselves,” Hall said. “Words are cheap, and I’m sick and tired of hearing the lies and excuses coming out of your mouths.