Check out the complete list of all the athletes that qualified for Madison this year.
BEN SMITH SECURES HIS TENTH TRIP TO THE CROSSFIT GAMES
Ben Smith is quiet and reserved, instead letting his results do the talking. Not only has he shown that he is an athlete capable of making it to the CrossFit Games with consistency, he is also a former champion, taking the top spot on the podium in 2015. Last year at Regionals he was ill on the first day and had to fight back to secure his spot at Madison. This year he spent time out of the qualifying positions, yet a series of solid performances brought him back up the leaderboard and helped him punch his ticket to Madison.
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Ben Smith fought his way back up the leaderboard to 3rd place overall.
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THE RISE OF THE RUSSIANS
Roman Khrennikov and Andrey Ganin will both be representing Russia in Madison this summer. Roman Khrennikov, a relatively unknown athlete is 23, 6 foot and weighs in at 97kg. He destroyed every event and earned himself 500 points from six events! He also won the final event and he is quite clearly an all round athlete. He finished in second place in Triple 3 (endurance) and in third on Linda (testing strength and muscular endurance). It is going to be exciting to see his savage and unrelenting style on show in the USA this summer.
Andrey Ganin set the best time in the world for Linda. He beat Fraser, Vellner, Mundwiler, Esslinger and he excells when things get tough. When you watch him on the competition floor, he is able to flick the switch and hurt when he needs to. this was also demonstrated in Berlin as he won Event 5, one of the most brutal events of the 2018 Regionals. His is tall and strong and a dangerous athlete, who may be able to win events when it comes to The Games (if his Linda score is anything to go by).
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With the changes to the 2018 CrossFit Regionals, it is great that we will see a more diversified collection of athletes competing in Madison.
ZEKE GROVE’S COMEBACK
CrossFit Games athlete Zeke Grove was 50 points out of 5th place going into Event 5. He finished 7th in the penultimate event then 2nd in event 6.
Zeke wasn’t even competing in the final heat of Event 6, yet he still managed to battle his way into a qualifying position. He made it by 4 points!
Great final day comebacks
Watch his moving interview here:
This is post he published before the final day.
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KATRIN DAVIDSDOTTIR DESTROYS HER REGIONAL WITH 5 EVENT WINS
Davidsdottir took 1st place in 5 out of 6 events at the CrossFit East Regionals. Her lowest place finish was 3rd, and she admits that she has once again found her fire. For the other top female Games competitors, this is more than simply a great performance, it is a statement that the 2x former CrossFit Games champion wants her crown back. Check out the top 10 placings below.
East Regionals top 10 women
Katrin almost seemed shocked by her own performance in the post that she created to talk about her victory!
Katrin Davidsdottir: “A little lost for words right now .. just very happy with the weekend ????✨ THANK YOU for cheering me on all weekend – you guys are what makes competing so magical.”
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The icelandic athlete posted this message on her instagram prior to the competition.
“We have put in more work & worked harder than we ever have before. Now: it’s time to COMPETE ????? So PROUD to be #BuiltByBergeron & so excited for this season that is juuuuuust getting started! See you on the comp floor in TWO days.”
The work has clearly paid off.
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RAYMOND ROMANICK MAKES A DRAMATIC ROMANTIC PLAY FOR SARA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR
Raymond Romanick is a man on a mission at Regionals. Whilst most athletes are proudly representing their sponsors, Raymond has a different aim.
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But the best part was Sara’s response on instagram!
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Raymond was in 6th place after day 1 in the Atlantic Regionals. Unfortunately, he ended up in 17th position overall. Better luck next year Raymond!
FULL STORY BEHIND HILARIOUS VIRAL VIDEO OF FEMALE KICKING HER MALE TEAM MATE TO MAKE HIM WORK HARDER
This is how they roll at CrossFit Krypton 🙂 Here is the video in case you haven’t seen it.
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In what might have been the video of the weekend, @lindsey_jacoby of @crossfitkrypton kicked and yelled @claytondoes through a set of partner deadlifts. Swipe up in our story to see it.
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“I got so much hate for that. … People said I was being super disrespectful to him,” Jacoby, smiling, said after Event 5.
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So here’s the full story. Kennedy, an alternate on the team, was pressed into service shortly before the competition, and the team had almost no time to practice. In fact, the pair had only done 10 reps total at that deadlift weight before the event.
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Kennedy knows the deadlift isn’t his best lift, and before the event he told Jacoby to push him.
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“She was 100 percent right to do that,” he said.
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Jacoby, a mom of 3, said she reminded Clayton that “this is your moment,” and she employed a well-used “mom finger” to indicate she was serious. As for the gentle kick?
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“First of all, it was a toe tap, … and as soon as I did it, he stood up.”
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So enjoy the video guilt-free. It’s just two teammates sticking to a plan and helping each other out.
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It’s also funny as hell.
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Here’s Kennedy motivating Jacoby. Now they’re even. And they’re good buddies.
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#fitnessmotivation
MAT FRASER DESTROYS THE CENTRAL REGIONALS WITH 5 EVENT WINS
Mat Fraser was completely unstoppable at The Central Regionals!
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BECCA VOIGT QUALIFIES FOR HER TENTH CROSSFIT GAMES INDIVIDUAL APPEARANCE
Becca Voigt qualifies for her 10th CrossFit Games as an individual!
The 38 year old athlete began day 3 sitting in 10th place and 44 points outside of a qualifying spot.
In Event 5 she finished in 3rd which brought her up the leaderboard to 6th position. She then fought her way up into the 5th qualifying position! She even had a broken thumb to contend with throughout the entire competition! What a legend.
Becca Voigt: “I think it’s just really impressive to see the evolution. … We get to push all these youngsters. There’s a girl who is literally 20 years younger than me.”
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JOSH BRIDGES DECLINES HIS MASTERS INVITATION IN STYLE
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Josh posted his response in relation to being accepted into Masters competition.
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JESS TOWL SMASHES THE EVENT 1 RECORD
Jess Towl started CrossFit two years ago. The former pro triathlete now holds the event record in Triple 3, which involved, in her own words, suffering for a long period of time—a thing she likes a lot. Towl says her triathlon background was a big advantage for Triple 3: “I knew how to manage pain from the beginning. I knew it was going to hurt, so I didn’t pace it,” she explains.
She is also the training parter of @stephchung2 and @eikgylfadottir. The sports journalist moved to Abu Dhabi a few years ago, and discovered CrossFit by entering to a local competition.
“I learned how to snatch during the warm-up with a PVC pipe. I didn’t even know what CrossFit was, but after that I fell in love with it,” she says.
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Read more about the exciting stories that went down:
BK Gudmundsson Explains His Epic Comeback at The Europe CrossFit Regionals
Tia-Clair Toomey Wins the CrossFit Pacific Regional, Sets New WR in Final Event!
