Sondre Lernes won Norway’s toughest

After a few weeks of blood-curdling competition and several liters of lactic acid, it’s finally time to decide who is “Norway’s toughest”.

It was a very nerve-wracking and delicate semi-final between the two friends Eline de Leeuw (26) and Hanna Martinsson (22), but was ultimately first to walk away with victory and secure a final ticket.

In the final, the fish farmer was waiting Sondre Lernes (28).

In this year’s final, participants first had to pull up each water-filled bladder to grab hold of a hammer, so they could punch a hole in the plaster wall that they had to climb up. When they reached the top of the plaster wall, a 185-pound ball of concrete was waiting to be smashed with a sledgehammer. The first participant to lift the ball off the ground would be declared the winner.

The two finalists were close to each other throughout, but in the end it was Lernes who smashed the concrete ball faster and can therefore bear the title of ‘Norway’s toughest’.

– Amazing good

– It’s a bit surreal, it hasn’t occurred to me yet, the 28-year-old was able to tell Dagbladet immediately afterwards that the victory was a given.

– It went well from the start, actually. It was heavy and challenging, but I got a good technique on the chalk wall and even hit with a sledgehammer a few times before. I was able to hit the ball again after some back and forth, and was able to take home the win. It was incredibly good,

Winner Sylferian also made no secret that he would be sensitive when it later occurred to him that he had indeed won.

– I’m very proud. I entered to win, but I still don’t get it right. It’s a bit of a strange feeling, but I imagine that in a few hours the winning feeling will set in. Then there will probably be both emotions and maybe some tears in the late hours of the night.

– Did you always think you’d win?

– I enter with the mentality that I will win. I don’t sign up for something like this to get fourth, so victory is the goal and nothing else is good enough. Also, many good relationships and friendships have been born here. It was incredibly nice to finally be able to stand on my feet after so much hard work.

The father fell ill with cancer: – It was hard

Besides the fact that winning tasted good, there’s one thing about winning that Lernes is particularly happy about:

– At least I don’t have to stand and swallow my words when I went so hard and said I’d “take the bucket home.”

Fish = winner?

Working with fish seems to be an asset in the NRK program. Last season he was a fisherman Isak Dreyer (27) who got away with the trophy. After the win, Dreyer watched TV and listened to the radio.

Fish farmer Lernes does not ignore the fact that there may be more TV about him and.

– You can see what comes out of any offer, but I need to see what appeals to me. If the right opportunity presents itself, I certainly won’t say no.