The Mountain is the strongest man on “Game of Thrones.” Now he’s the strongest man in the real world as well. Hafthor Julius Bjornsson took a break from playing Gregor Clegane, the brutal warrior known as the Mountain, and won the long-running World’s Strongest Man competition on Sunday in the Philippines. Bjornsson, 29, has been a regular in the competition and had three second- and three third-place finishes over the years, but had never previously won. “It’s my passion and my dream to become the world’s strongest man,” he said in a 2016 profile in which he shared his workout secrets with The New York Times. “I would like to win the World’s Strongest Man competition, as you would win best writer in the world.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2018 14:59 UTC