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Oct 2023
Harrogate's Luke Richardson wins England's Strongest Man
Harrogate strongman Luke Richardson won England's Strongest Man yesterday to end his two-year injury nightmare.
Luke, 26, took the sport by storm when he won Europe's Strongest Man at Allerton Castle near Knaresborough in 2020 and then finished ninth in the World’s Strongest Man in his first full season.
But at the 2021 World's Strongest Man he suffered the first of what was to be a series of serious injuries to his biceps, knee and back that sidelined him and forced him to re-evaluate his approach.
Luke takes the England's Strongest Man title. Pic: Giants Live
Talking about his career in a video with Giants Live, the company that runs the tour that qualifies strongmen for the World's Strongest Man, he said:
Luke Richardson reflecting on the last two years. Pic: Giants Live
Luke went to Starbeck Community Primary School and Harrogate High School, said he had learned to live in the present and enjoy his success rather than constantly strive to be one of the greatest strongmen of all time.
He said he "felt no joy in winning those things which is ultimate failure because I was constantly looking at the next thing".
His new mindset doesn't appear to have hampered him as he proved at Doncaster yesterday by defeating Kane Francis and Paddy Haynes for the title of England's Strongest Man, which qualifies him for Britain's Strongest Man.
Luke trains at Absolute Fitness in Boroughbridge, which is owned by Giants Live owner and former top strongman Darren Sadler.
Doing the log lift at Absolute Fitness in Boroughbridge. Pic: Giants Live
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