'Physical: Asia' Final Quest - Who is the Winner of the All-Out Team Battle?

The Physical: Asia final quest heralds three extreme games as the strongest nations, Team Korea and Team Mongolia, remain. Only the one country that demonstrates exceptional mental fortitude, strategy, and teamwork to survive until the very end will be crowned the country that embodies the most perfect physique. The country that emerges as the champion of the final quest will claim glory along with one billion won. Which team will defend its national flag and become the ultimate winner?

'Physical: Asia' FINAL QUEST: Six-on-Six All-Out Team Match

The final quest, a Six-on-Six All-Out Team Match, consisted of three games: the wall-pushing match, the iron ball dragging match, and the infinite tail tag match. The first country to win two out of the three games will be crowned the final winner of Physical: Asia.

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The first game of the three is the wall-pushing match, and the second game will be chosen by the loser of the first game.

FINAL QUEST GAME 1: WALL-PUSHING MATCH RULES

In this match, the country that pushes the walls of varying weight in the center of the three tracks further into the opponent's zone wins. Each team may distribute their six players across the three tracks, and move freely between them. The duration of the game is five minutes. The country that wins over more tracks out of the three will be the winner of the round. And the first country to win two out of the three rounds will be the final winner.

WALL-PUSHING MATCH FINAL RESULTS

This game is a face-off of brute force along with strategic distribution of players. In Round 1, both teams split their players to focus on the same two walls, as if they had agreed on it. Team Mongolia took an early edge, while Team Korea tried to pivot around to no avail. The winner of the first round was Mongolia with the help of Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan who led the charge.

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Although Korea lost the first round, they were able to learn and adapt their strategy. Their plan for Round 2 is to use Yun Sung Bin's mobility between tracks to their advantage and to follow Kim Min Jae as their powerhouse. It proved to be effective as Korea won the second round to tie the match at 1:1.

In the final round, Mongolia's tactic was to try to weaken Korea as much as possible by spreading out. While Korea focused on defense and on reading the situation. Right away, Mongolia takes track 2 and Korea takes track 1. The main battle is once again for the center track containing the heaviest wall at 300kg. Korea managed to gain an early edge, so all they had to do was hold their positions. For every step forward Mongolia took, Korea took two. With time running out, Mongolia jumped ship to try to take track 1, but ultimately failed. The final winner of Game 1 is Team Korea.

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FINAL QUEST GAME 2: IRON BALL DRAGGING MATCH RULES

As the loser of the first game, Team Mongolia gets to choose the second game, and goes with the iron ball dragging match. In this game, all six members must drag the iron balls harnessed to their bodies to reach the flag at the finish point. The time limit is three minutes, and consists of a total of five rounds. In each round, the weight of the iron balls increases proportionally to each team's total body weight. The game will end immediately if either country fails. If there is no winner after five rounds, the two teams will compete simultaneously, and whoever knocks down their flag first will be the winner.

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IRON BALL DRAGGING MATCH R1 TO R5 RESULTS

The two countries took turns in each round, and the order of play was determined by drawing lots. First up is Team Mongolia, and their strategy was to put their tallest player, Dulguun Enkhbat, in the center who has the longest reach to knock down the flag. Team Korea went second, and strategically placed their heaviest and strongest player, Kim Min Jae, in the center as their anchor point.

Teams Mongolia and Korea started slow and steady for Rounds 1 and 2 to get a feel for the game, and succeeded easily. Round 3 was when they started to feel the weight a bit. Both teams used a similar strategy to lean forward and lower their center of gravity for leverage to succeed. In Round 4, the weight got heavier, and both teams needed to dig in and use the footholds for leverage to succeed. With the weight increased further in Round 5, the key was to keep their movements in sync to pull forward with equal force. Both teams succeeded with 35 seconds to spare, which is the exact same time. The battle is neck and neck with the game tied. It will come down to who is the fastest in the playoff.

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IRON BALL DRAGGING MATCH FINAL ROUND RESULTS

In the decisive playoff round, both countries will start simultaneously and the country that claims the flag first will win. Each country will pull the same weight as in the previous round. Team Korea does not want it to come down to the third game, and wants to end it here. While Team Mongolia needs to win the playoff to survive, and goes into it with a do-or-die mindset.

Both teams ran as hard as they could to get to the first foothold. Mongolia's Khandsuren Gantogtokh fumbled and fell backwards, as if some superhuman force had yanked her. But for Korea, it was like they had become one. In the previous round, Kim Min Jae could not brace his leg and slipped, lying flat on the ground. After receiving pointers from Yun Sung Bin, he learned how to dig in and brace by taking small steps, and could finally exert his full strength to push forward easily. Mongolia tried to squeeze out every last bit of strength to win this, but the flag was just a foothold away from reach for Korea. Ultimately, Korea grabbed the flag first, finishing the game in just one minute.

TEAM	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	FINAL
MONGOLIA 518kg	100kg [O]	180kg [O]	260kg [O]	360kg [O]	410kg [O]	410kg [X]
KOREA 537kg	110kg [O]	190kg [O]	270kg [O]	380kg [O]	430kg [O]	430kg [O]

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'PHYSICAL: ASIA' FINAL WINNER

All the quests are now complete. Team Republic of Korea defeated Team Mongolia to become the final champion of Physical: Asia. Even though Team Mongolia lost, their national flag remained standing. The Mongolian warriors put up a brave fight throughout the competition until the very end, leaving behind no regrets. They brought honor to their country, and won the hearts of the viewers.

Team Korea's strong bond and coming together as a team is what propelled them this far to become the final winner of Physical: Asia. Team leader, Kim Dong Hyun, shared his final thoughts, "This torso is worth more to me than any belt or medal... We, Team Republic of Korea, protected our torsos and did our flag proud." Team Korea, proud and strong! Congratulations on the victory!

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Thank you to the athletes of Teams Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Türkiye, Australia, Japan, Mongolia, and Korea for their incredible display of sportsmanship, and for their unwavering tenacity and perseverance in enduring the extreme quests throughout the competition. Looking forward to the next season of the Physical: 100 series! 👊

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