Sports Ukraine’s Oleksii Novikov wins 2020 World’s Strongest Man after 1,188-pound partial deadlift November 15, 2020 Tom Schad, USA TODAY Comments Off on Ukraine’s Oleksii Novikov wins 2020 World’s Strongest Man after 1,188-pound partial deadlift Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine has been crowned the 2020 World's Strongest Man after the annual strongman competition was postponed due to COVID-19.