Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Peterson-Griffith deadlifted a car for 20 reps, part of his show stopping performance at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday night which earned him the top honours in the Guyana’s Strongest Man competition.
Petterson-Griffith upstaged his Space Gym teammate and last year’s winner, Julio ‘The Beast’ Sinclair to become the second local to take home the prestigious title in the third staging of the event.
‘The Showstopper’ turned out to be mightier than ‘The Beast’ and third place finisher Wilson Balansi of Suriname during the competition which included a 250-pound Bag Throw over a 4ft high bar, walking with 600+ pounds on their backs and dead lifting a Nissan Sylphy.
During the course of the event which was held under floodlights in the parking lot of the venue, the line-up of nine behemoths went back and forth swapping incredible feats of strength, but Peterson-Griffith and Sinclair were so equally strong that the deciding factor turned out to be the amount of reps the former deadlifted. Twice the amount of Sinclair.
During his attempt, Sinclair seemed a bit stuck in neutral but eventually gained his footing to complete 10 reps. When it was Peterson-Griffith’s turn, it seemed like the his batteries were fully charged. Running on an adrenaline high and encouraged by the large and vocal crowd, the ‘Showstopper’ seemed unstoppable and he dead lifted rep after rep, having to stop as his time cap expired.
Anis Ade-Thomas who also competed with the team that finished second in the CrossFit competition minutes earlier, showed he is a true strong man, finishing just off the podium in the nine-man line-up.
Peterson-Griffith who had a large entourage cheering him on on the sidelines, now has a year’s worth of bragging rights, $150,000 and the title of ‘Guyana’s Strongest Man’.
During last year’s inaugural staging, Suriname’s Dononvan Dongo earned the winner’s spoils.
