The National Weightlifting Captain, William Gallex Sesay was crowned
champion of the maiden edition of “Salone Strongest Man” staged by Salone Got Talent
Organization at the Main Bowl of the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown on
Friday 29th April 2016.
Gallex,
who was one of the competition’s favourite, comfortably won the one hundred
million Leones (Le 100m) prize money with a classic closing performance against
his close contender, Amin Hudrodge who pulled out of the last event due to arm
injury.
Amongst the 31 competitors, the
night began to bright on Gallex during the opening event which was the 50×2 Don
Bell 100metre race. It was a clean sweep for him as he qualified with best time
to the next stage.
Having gone through the 50
meters caterpillar tyre rolling and the 30 meters 250 kg weight run, he was
placed first position above 15 other competitors who made it to the second
stage at the end of round one.
In Round Two, Gallex moved the
Range Rover Sport Jeep in 2 minutes 21 seconds whiles Amin finished in 2munites
17 seconds.
This result took both Gallex
and Amin to the last 8. Amongst the last 8 competitors Gallex and Amin were the
two best that made it to the final after dead lifting the 250 kg.
All the other six competitors
failed to lift the weight and, according to the organisers, only the best two
qualify to the grand final.
In the final event, Gallex
lifted all the balls in the different weight category, ranging from 60kg-130kg.
This was a disappointing moment
for fans of Amin as he officially pulled out of the race claiming he picked up
an arm injury during the process. Competitors came from different parts of the
country to contend for the money.
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