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CrossFit's changed my life.
And...

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it's created a platform
and a career for me.

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It's created that
for so many people.

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And it's like...

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It's like...

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It's this family that, yeah,

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you might not
know everyone, but...

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like, CrossFit changes lives.

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And it's like...

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I guess I'm having
a really hard time

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breaking up with CrossFit.

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The 2025 CrossFit Games have
descended upon Albany, New York.

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The CrossFit Games
are the ultimate test

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to find the Fittest on Earth.

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That's when things
start to get nerve-wracking.

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And the crowd just went nuts.

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Let's go, let's go!

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Takes the win by one second.

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And it really did feel
like there was a shift.
Like, this is it.

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Disaster!

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Unbelievable!

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It is the closest race
we've seen in Games history.

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It makes me sad
because, like, I...

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Like, I think,
like, this is the end.

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Good morning
and welcome to
the 2025 CrossFit Games

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in Albany, New York.

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The CrossFit Games
are the breeding ground

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for finding the fittest
individuals in the world.

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And they have
every right to say that

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because fitness to me is being
well-rounded in every area.

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Fitness isn't just
having a good VO2 max

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or being able to lift
a really good weight.

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It's doing everything.
It's being Superman.

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And the CrossFit Games
find Superman and Superwoman.

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The Fittest on Earth,
what that means is

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basically these athletes have
gone through a number of tests

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through a number of months.

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It starts off with
several hundred thousand people,

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whittles down to
one man and one woman,

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and they've come out on the top

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as the most well-rounded and
fittest athlete in the world.

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Fundamentally,
a good test of fitness

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has to have range.

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You have to test a lot of
different time domains,

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from really
short sprint-style events

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to really longer
endurance-style events.

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You have to have
a range of skills represented.

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And then a combination
of things that the athlete

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could not have trained for.

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So who's got that
adaptability in
the moment to say,

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"Hey, I've never done
this exactly in this way,

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but I know that
I'm prepared enough
across all my bases

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to get it done
and to get it done better
than the person next to me."

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This is our 19th CrossFit Games.

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CrossFit Games started in 2007
at Dave Castro's ranch,

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and at that point it was
really a thought experiment

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from maybe we could
have a competition

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and actually see
who is the fittest.

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The past 19 years
have been incredibly wild

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and an unknown journey
that has taken us

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in a lot of
different directions.

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When it started here in 2007,

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had idea it was going to grow
to what it is

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or go in the direction
that it went.

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The Games
is not just 10 workouts

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that we're doing for fun.

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The Games is a grueling test

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that is not just physical,

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it's not just mental,
it's not just emotional,

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It is everything you can
imagine underneath the sun.

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To become the Fittest on Earth

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or even to get to a point
where you're fighting for it,

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it takes...
it takes just about everything.

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You're constantly thinking about

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What can I get better at?

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What do I need to be eating?
Is my sleep enough?

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Am I recovering well?

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Am I missing
something in my training?

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It's not just
who's putting in the work.

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It's not as simple as that,

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because we
all put in the work, truly.

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Everybody eats, everybody...
everybody goes to the gym.

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We all do that. It's who's
willing to hurt even more.

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I need to make sure
that I'm the best version
of myself,

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and I need to make sure
I'm training

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so much harder, smarter,

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and leaving no stone unturned,

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and leaving no doubt

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every day I go into the gym.

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Two big storylines.

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Women's side, Tia-Clair
Toomey's going for eight.

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The other question we have is,
is this the last time

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we'll see her on
the competition floor?

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On the men's side,
we have the deepest,

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most competitive men's field

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we have ever had
at the CrossFit Games.

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So you got Jeff Adler,
James Sprague,

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Justin Medeiros, Dallin Pepper,

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Ricky Garard, Roman Khrennikov.

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All six have
stood on the podium.

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So the biggest thought was,

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who's to win the CrossFit Games?

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There's eight to nine guys
that have a chance,

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not just to stand on the podium,

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but to win the whole thing.

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- I already called this.
- You know <i>Step Brothers?</i>

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Yeah, you guys see
<i>Step Brothers</i> before?

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Yeah, we're
going to do that one.

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Just real quick.

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Ready? You know how to do it?

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Yeah, so it's like that.

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One, two, three.

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Wait, do they smile?

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- One more. No.
- No?

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So picture this.
You're in high school,

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and you see <i>the</i> jock.

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You know, maybe
gives an elbow to
someone in the hallway.

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Don't know if
it's friendly or not.

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You can't tell yet.

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Big guy, loud,

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loudest laugh you've ever heard.

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That's Jayson Hopper.

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He grows on you, painfully,

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but he grows on you.

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- The next station's over there.
- What's happening?

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I'm trying to figure out
if I'm going to do medium
or a large weight vest,

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and it's not that big of a deal.

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To him it is. To his...

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In this moment,
it is such a big deal.

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What if I gain weight
and I want to use
this vest in like three years?

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- You're not going to
get any bigger than you are.
- Bullshit.

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He gets so stressed. Like, dude.

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Just go out there and win, man.
If you like that, bro.

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Why does it matter?

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The whole men's field
is obviously stacked,

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and I knew coming in

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that anybody could win.
It was going to be a toss-up.

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I wasn't oblivious
to how tough and challenging
it was going to be,

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but I knew that
if I wanted to get it done,

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it was going to require
nearly perfection,

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and that was the mindset.

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It wasn't going
to be given to me.

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I was going to
have to go get it.

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Man, I've grown really close

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to those dudes over
the past handful of years,

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and they've become
some of my best friends.

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It's just a really fun dynamic.

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We make each other
better in every way.

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We're very competitive,

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and we hate
losing to each other.

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Hey, that wrecks my ego, dude.

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Call me the champ.

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Come on.

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Dice me up.

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"The champ."

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It's funny around here.

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We throw
that word around loosely.

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- What word?
- Champ.

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Paper champion.

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- You are though.
- Thank you.

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I'm James Sprague.
I'm from
Liberty Lake, Washington,

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and I'm currently
the Fittest Man on Earth.

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The title and
winning the Games in 2024

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absolutely was
mind-boggling for me.

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He was supposed to
come to my wedding

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if I won the Games last year,
and then I won.

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And he didn't come!

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It really hurt my heart.

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Guy wins
the 2024 CrossFit Games.

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What else is he supposed to do?
He wins it outright.

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The test was laid
out in front of him.
He came out on top.

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he did not get the respect

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that other past champions
have gotten.

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People like to
say my win in 2024

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was invalid for
many reasons. Um...

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The main one
people like to say is that

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not everyone signed up
or people pulled out

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or the right people
weren't there to challenge me.

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Another one is that I wasn't
emotionally affected
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and that I just
brushed past the tragedy.

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And to both of those claims

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neither of which are true,

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um, everyone there that competed

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gave their absolute best,

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and everyone
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and grieving together.

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Yeah, in 2024
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outcome of the CrossFit Games.

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We had a young
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universally loved in
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He had a bright
future ahead of him.

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He tragically drowned
during the first event

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of the 2024 CrossFit Games.

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And so I really do think we
started 2025 on the back foot

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for good reason.

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So much preparation
and so much time

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and so much mind time
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going to these
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And, like, it is very rewarding.

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It is also very,
especially this year,

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especially
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stressful and,
like, nerve-wracking.

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I think this Games, this event,
this whole weekend,

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we're more prepared than
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Slept really good.

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Yeah, I think I...
I don't even know

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I think I had
like 10 hours sleep, so.

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Willow was just sleeping with
her grandparents last night.

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Terrorizing us.

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We had about half hour of sleep.

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I'm Tia-Clair Toomey.

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I'm from Queensland, Australia

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and I live in
Nashville, Tennessee

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and I'm the seven-time
Fittest Woman on Earth.

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What can't you say
about Tia-Clair Toomey?

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She's won the Games seven times.

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Every time she's
stepped on the floor

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since getting
second twice, she's won.

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She took one year off
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and then comes back last year

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and wins in dominant fashion.

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We'll see you soon, okay?
Give me a big cuddle.

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Yeah, we're going to go.

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We're going to go soon, okay?

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Then they're gonna
come back and get us.

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Give me a kiss?

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Hey, hey, give me a kiss.

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I love you.

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I'd say this year

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my expectation is to win.

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But I think that
there's more to it

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than just winning another title.

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To secure another
title with, you know,

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my family in the crowd,

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with Willow another year older,

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being able to
embrace this and just

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embrace the journey
that we've been on,

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because I definitely
didn't think that

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I would be going
to my tenth CrossFit Games.

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So here we go again.

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Yeah.

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Tenth year.

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You'd think I'd be
used to all this,

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and I could just,
you know, relax, lay back.

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Nope.

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That level
of uncertainty where Tia

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thought she was just this
dominant CrossFit athlete,

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and now she's a mom

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and we're unsure if
she can still be

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that dominant CrossFit athlete.

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And there's
an identity crisis there.

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First, you've got to figure out
who you are in this world.

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You've got to figure out what
you want to do in this world

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and what your passion is.

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You can figure that out
until you have kids.

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And then once you have kids,

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that all changes.

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Tia's trying to balance,

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"Am I still the competitor
that I used to be?"

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"Is that still what I want
my identity to be focused on?"

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I'm a new mom.

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I don't even know
what it is to be a mom,

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so I've got to figure out that.

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It starts with
that four-mile run

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that is two miles out
and two miles back.

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Then the 3K row,
you'll go back out for

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one more mile out
before you finish

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for your first event
at the Games.

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The lead-up
to that first event

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was really stressful
for the team.

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The amount of time and attention
that went into making sure

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that was as safe
and straightforward as possible.

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So, event one at
the 2025 CrossFit Games.

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I mean, the nerves are insane.

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Lining up, yeah,
it was quite crowded.

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We were behind the boys,
so whenever you have

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a mass start that is
also with the men,

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you just feel
everyone's energy, right?

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Like, nerves,
this intense competitiveness.

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The 2025 CrossFit Games

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will begin in ten seconds.

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And the 2025
CrossFit Games are underway.

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Event one.

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First moment, Tia

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gets thrown into
the back of the pack.

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Tia Toomey's arguably
the best endurance athlete
we have in this field,

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but she finds herself in
an unfamiliar position.

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Tia was not too thrilled

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about being in
the back of the pack.

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There was like
a few jokes thrown around
with the athletes, like,

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"Hey, we're just going
to like band together

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and like not let you pass."

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And I was like,
"Ladies, I just want to
apologize in advance.

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Like, if I come through
like a bullet out of a gate

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like, I'm not trying to be mean

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but I'm coming through."

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So step aside or get pushed.

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Did I just see Tia Toomey
right at the front of the pack?

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You know you did.
- Yeah,

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of course you did.
She's right there at
the front with the guys.

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And I'm not even going
to apologize to the guys.

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No way.

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Jeff Adler,
Ricky Garard, Roman Khrennikov.

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Three athletes that all
have stood on the podium.

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Jeff has stood
on top of the podium.

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Roman's finished second.
Ricky's finished third.

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I love running.
It kind of comes natural to me.

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I was confident I could win
this event and get 100 points.

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The advantage
a lot of times in foot races,

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especially
on a course like this,

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is to get out of eyesight

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of the person
trying to chase you.

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You can create such
a distance from other girls

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where they sort
of forget about you.

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It's an advantage in that field,
especially if you know

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that you've got
decent runners behind you

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who could potentially
rein you in.

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If they're not
aware that you're there,

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that's a good thing to have.

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Your top three athletes

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coming into the rows.

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And it's first come,
first serve.

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We hopped on the rower,

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and now my heart rate got
down to, you know, under 100.

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You come into the rowers
based on where you're finishing
the four-mile run,

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and I'm watching everyone.

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I'm like, "Oh, I'm rowing
faster than a lot of
the guys around me."

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I'm listening to the announcer.
He's calling paces and distances
from four or five lanes down.

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And I'm like,
"I think I can make some
pretty good moves here."

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00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,435
And I was able to pass three
or four people on that one.

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00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:10,837
I could see the two people
next to me on the rower,

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their paces, and we were
all rowing like sub-150s.

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And, you know,
I was fully recovered

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to really just send it
on the last two miles.

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And I think
this is the key with the row
for all these athletes,

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is that they want to exit
the rower fast enough

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just to propose a threat
on those athletes ahead of them

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for the final two miles.

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Not a lot remains
distance-wise
for these athletes.

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We're just past
the 45-minute mark.

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Roman Khrennikov,
left side of your screen.

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Jeff Adler
trying to chase him down.

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Jeff Adler has closed
the gap significantly.

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00:16:47,974 --> 00:16:49,142
Oh, here we go!

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2023 CrossFit Games Champ
takes event one

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of the 2025 CrossFit Games.

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Roman Khrennikov takes second

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Ricky Garard will
round out your top three.

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Tia-Clair Toomey

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00:17:08,195 --> 00:17:10,697
your seven-time
CrossFit Games champion

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00:17:11,598 --> 00:17:13,066
on the path to eight,

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00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:14,967
takes event number one.

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00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:24,644
How was that?

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00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:25,745
Hard.

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00:17:27,013 --> 00:17:29,015
I thought I'd have it
easier than that.

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00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:32,119
But I sprinted the end.

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00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:33,753
I'm going to pay for it.

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00:17:34,521 --> 00:17:35,822
This is going
to ruin my weekend.

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00:17:38,158 --> 00:17:39,192
You think?

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00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,162
Yeah, I did the rookie mistake.

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00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:45,832
Went for the win.

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00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:50,503
Hard. Mental.

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00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:52,605
See where Dallin comes in.

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00:17:54,241 --> 00:17:55,342
And Justin.

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00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,377
And all my other friends.

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00:17:58,145 --> 00:18:00,947
Gotta wait at the finish line
for them all.

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00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:04,417
Good job. Good work.

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00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:06,519
I'm actually really,
really, really proud of that.

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00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:09,055
Um, I don't know where I placed.

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00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,358
Wasn't as high
as I wanted to be.

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00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:12,925
If I were to look at places.

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00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,361
- Good job.
- Thank you, thank you, guys.

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00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:17,430
But my only goal
for that whole workout

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00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:20,767
was just to run the paces
I want to.

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00:18:21,168 --> 00:18:23,203
- I actually think I went faster.
- Great job.

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00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:25,205
- Thank you, guys.
- Amazing.

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00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:28,074
I think when I started
to realize I was
solidly in third,

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I was like, okay,

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00:18:29,576 --> 00:18:31,311
unless I absolutely end myself,

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00:18:31,511 --> 00:18:33,146
there's no way I'm catching Amy.

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00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:36,749
So I was like, just stay there
and make sure that Amy,

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00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:38,918
make sure that Amy
doesn't catch me.

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00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,588
So that was nice.
Like, I was very pleased

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00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:44,257
not to end in a foot race.

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00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,626
Well done. You're a star.

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00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:48,161
Good job.

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00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:49,929
Man, that row was savage.

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00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:51,464
Yeah. You're just...

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00:18:52,098 --> 00:18:52,965
so fast.

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00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,468
You're fast on the row.

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00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:59,972
It was actually like, it
was just more my bum,
getting on.

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00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,275
- Whoo.
- Yeah, for sure.

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00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,577
- Fun to
get things going?
- Yeah.

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00:19:05,545 --> 00:19:07,680
Nerves can settle now.

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00:19:08,315 --> 00:19:09,249
I haven't lost it.

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00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,518
Is that what you think?

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00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:13,152
You just never really know.

401
00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:17,924
There could be another
little young Tia
that no one knows about.

402
00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:20,760
It's happened before.

403
00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:22,962
Thanks.

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00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:27,467
Welcome back
to the 2025 CrossFit Games

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00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:28,768
in Albany, New York.

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00:19:28,935 --> 00:19:31,871
We are inside MVP Arena.

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00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:37,777
Adrian, we've got individual
event number two,
All Crossed Up.

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00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:41,113
It's 20 wall walk buy-in,
and then we're going to get
through a chipper-style format

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of 30 total shoulder-to-overhead
with a 70-pound weight,

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00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,952
and 80 crossover double-unders,

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00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:48,020
and that also includes
60 toes-to-bar.

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00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:51,824
So the twist
with the double-under crossover

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is not only is the rope passing
around your body twice,

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but during one of those,
the rope has to
cross or uncross.

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00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:02,235
So now you've got this
added element of coordination.

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00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,571
This event, I was
extremely excited about

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00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:08,808
because it brought back
a movement in
the crossover double-unders

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that we saw a lot
of athletes fail at
in previous CrossFit Games.

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00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:16,583
In fact, we had
the community in an uproar

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saying, "Why would you
program a movement
that these athletes can't do?"

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00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,390
Now the question for everyone.

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00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:26,192
Have you learned how to do

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double-under crossovers
since they debuted in 2022?

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00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,998
You know, the CrossFit Games
is an interesting thing

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00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,033
in that the expectation
is that you've got

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00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,935
to be broad and adaptable,

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00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:38,271
and your skill set
has to be able
to lend itself

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to things
that you've never done before.

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00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,909
And the ones that can adapt
are going to do really well,

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00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,211
and a lot of them are going
to be frustrated and upset

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00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:48,214
if they can't do that
because they expect that
the Games are, quote,

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00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:51,451
"supposed to be one way,"
when sometimes they're not.

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00:20:51,651 --> 00:20:53,520
And honestly,
it's not that hard.

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00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:57,223
Event two
we've done in training

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00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:59,392
because
it was announced early on.

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00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:02,562
And we've done this
at the PRVN Gym

437
00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,697
like a couple of times now.

438
00:21:05,231 --> 00:21:08,100
Yeah, in training,
I could not get this workout.

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00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,236
I did not get
this right in training

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00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:13,773
and it was a really solid one
for Ricky and Tia,

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00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:15,207
which I had the luxury to see.

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00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,410
Event two was frustrating.

443
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,446
Initially, just trying
to learn the skill

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00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,881
and then you're trying
to learn the skill

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00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:24,484
under fatigue and
under quite a lot of
shoulder fatigue as well.

446
00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:28,287
This was one that
I was probably the most
anxious about for day one.

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00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:31,758
I wanted to come
out very aggressive.

448
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:35,562
Jayson Hopper leading early.

449
00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:39,999
And allow the pressure
of other people coming up on me

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00:21:40,199 --> 00:21:42,101
to push me to the finish line.

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00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:44,070
Ricky Garard has moved up

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00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:45,938
to challenge Jayson Hopper.

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00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:48,575
He's in the center lane,
yellow shoes.

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00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:51,077
Probably one of the highlights
of the weekend, to be honest.

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00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:52,979
Having Jay next to me,

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00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,348
two Aussies just
battling it out,

457
00:21:56,215 --> 00:21:57,417
it was epic.

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00:21:57,584 --> 00:21:59,018
Jake Crouch
to his left

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00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,287
has now moved in the
second over Jayson Hopper.

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00:22:01,454 --> 00:22:02,855
All I was focusing
on for this was just

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00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:04,657
to execute perfectly.

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00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,426
I could feel like
Ricky was there,

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00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:08,628
and I knew if I was staying
with Ricky

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00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:11,631
and I was being perfect
every step of the way

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00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:13,800
that it was going to be
a good result for me.

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00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:16,168
Danielle Brandon
is done at the same time

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00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:17,770
as Tia-Clair Toomey.

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00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:19,539
Toomey in
the all-white leader jersey.

469
00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:21,541
Danielle Brandon will
pick up the dumbbell first.

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00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:23,275
I think I heard
them say my name,

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00:22:23,443 --> 00:22:26,679
so I knew I was in
the front somewhere with Tia

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00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:29,015
because they kept
mentioning Tia and I,

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00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:31,017
so I knew I was
in a race with her.

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00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,520
Danielle Brandon
broke once already.

475
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:35,455
Danielle Brandon will
take her second break.

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00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:37,457
I was stoked to be
that close to her,

477
00:22:37,624 --> 00:22:39,492
and of course I look
back on the workout,

478
00:22:39,659 --> 00:22:41,494
and I'm like, oh,
maybe if I would have
gone for the first

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00:22:41,661 --> 00:22:44,330
set of toes-to-bar unbroken,
if I had done this,

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00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:46,966
but "shoulda, coulda, woulda."
It was a fun race.

481
00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:49,301
And I crossed
that finish line first,

482
00:22:49,469 --> 00:22:51,303
and I just was like so pumped.

483
00:22:51,671 --> 00:22:56,142
Tia Toomey gets
back-to-back event wins

484
00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:00,012
to start
the 2025 CrossFit Games.

485
00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:03,382
In training, that was a
good workout for me on paper,

486
00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:07,253
and he struggled a little bit
in training, but managed to
put it together on the day.

487
00:23:07,454 --> 00:23:08,988
It got towards the end,
and I'm like,

488
00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:11,891
I'm still with him, so let's go.
This is awesome.

489
00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:16,162
Yeah, just going,
like, literally rep-for-rep
at the end, those last 10 reps,

490
00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:18,197
and then crossing the line.

491
00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:19,732
Final rep for Ricky.

492
00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:21,367
Can he get in?

493
00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:24,671
Ricky Garard takes the event!

494
00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:25,938
Wow.

495
00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:28,107
Jay Crouch is in second.

496
00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:33,713
But after the workout,
and after the boys did it,

497
00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:38,751
Jay and Ricky, like,
they had an incredible battle,

498
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:42,354
and, like, Jay did so much
better than what
he did in training,

499
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:45,357
but they both were
bragging that they beat my time.

500
00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,293
And I was like,
"This is not cool."

501
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,796
Like, respect your elders, boys.

502
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:51,964
- Come on, Jay, Jay, Jay!
- Come on, Jay!

503
00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:53,900
- Yeah!
- Whoo!

504
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:55,234
Yeah!

505
00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:57,069
Fuck yeah!

506
00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:59,271
- One in three.
- Yeah, the Aussies.

507
00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:03,576
So cool. What
a way to start, hey?

508
00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:05,712
That's awesome. So proud of him.

509
00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:08,581
- Well done, well done.
- Thank you.

510
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:09,982
Thanks. That was good.

511
00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:12,919
Oh, man, I knew it was
a good workout for me, so...

512
00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,589
I knew I just had to go for it
on the dumbbells, which I did.

513
00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:19,592
Couple of mistakes,
like, moving shit,

514
00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:23,162
which almost cost me, but
I was stoked to get the win.

515
00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:26,098
It's sick. It's awesome.

516
00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:27,834
I mean, yeah,
neck-and-neck with Ricky too,

517
00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:30,102
like, it's just like
a training day, right?

518
00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:34,406
So, no, it's awesome
to be back in front of a crowd
in the stadium

519
00:24:34,574 --> 00:24:38,244
and we got a lot more
opportunities for more of
these moments over the weekend,

520
00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:39,812
so pumped as for it.

521
00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:41,648
- Hell yeah.
- How was that?

522
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:42,815
Felt fucking good.

523
00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:45,852
Hell yeah.
Top five's still good, man.

524
00:24:46,452 --> 00:24:48,454
Especially in ones you're not
supposed to take top five in.

525
00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,089
El, come on.

526
00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:52,358
We going?

527
00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:53,626
No, I just felt good.

528
00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,296
No, I mean, I wouldn't say any
of those movements

529
00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:59,632
are like
home run movements for me,

530
00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,701
but I let my fitness
just speak for itself.

531
00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:04,671
That's all you can do.
You can talk trash
in the off-season

532
00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:06,272
and then when you're
on the floor,

533
00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:08,374
you just let it talk...
Let it talk for you.

534
00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:14,881
Yeah, for sure. Um...

535
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:17,984
And, you know,
like, you couldn't, like,

536
00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:20,019
shut off at all
through that whole event

537
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:23,522
because, like, those athletes
just breathing down your neck.

538
00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:25,992
And, like, that's
exactly what we compete for.

539
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,994
That's what
we train really hard for.

540
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,997
You know, you just...

541
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:34,366
Like, the adrenaline
is just so good

542
00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:38,671
and you can't control
anyone else's performances,
but your own.

543
00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:40,472
And so, like,
you just got to, like,

544
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,674
level up and do that.

545
00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:43,409
And it's really cool.

546
00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:46,646
With that type of feeling,
you're like,

547
00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:50,983
what's the point of retiring?
It's so fun.

548
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:56,823
Seven championships,
the most anyone's
ever been able to do,

549
00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,490
both the men and the women.

550
00:25:59,191 --> 00:26:02,729
And there was some rumors
that she might
be retiring this year.

551
00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:07,266
Like, you know,
I've done my time.

552
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:08,434
People are...

553
00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:11,003
"Yeah, you're a winner."

554
00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:14,240
"You're X-amount champ,"
like, all this.

555
00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:18,044
But it's like,
well, if I don't do this,
like, what am I going to do?

556
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:19,746
Like, now I actually
have something to live for.

557
00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,114
Like, I have
a baby girl at home,

558
00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:25,752
you know, excited every time
I walk through the door.

559
00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:30,923
And so, like,
that's really cool to think,

560
00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:38,130
like, oh, wow, like,
I may not take the competition
floor ever again but, like...

561
00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:43,803
man, like, I'm going to be
living the dream
for the rest of my life,

562
00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:45,738
hanging out with my baby girl.

563
00:26:57,216 --> 00:26:58,250
Event three.

564
00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:02,388
Event three was announced
and I was so excited.

565
00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:09,996
Probably a workout
that would be my favorite.

566
00:27:13,399 --> 00:27:15,802
This is 100 points
straight up in my lap,

567
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,236
like thank you.

568
00:27:21,207 --> 00:27:23,843
And I look up
at the Jumbotron
and there's Willow.

569
00:27:24,043 --> 00:27:27,179
And, like,
that was just so beautiful.

570
00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:29,816
And she recognized me,
and I was like...

571
00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:32,251
Wow, you know,
like, "Hey, Bub!"

572
00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:34,486
Like, yeah,
"I'm down here," you know?

573
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:38,791
And there is Willow looking on.

574
00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:42,528
Saying "Mama!"

575
00:27:43,262 --> 00:27:44,864
On the Jumbotron.

576
00:27:46,265 --> 00:27:48,667
You got to love it.
Tell you what, listen,

577
00:27:48,835 --> 00:27:51,370
that trumps every
event win she's ever had, bro.

578
00:27:53,305 --> 00:27:55,341
I, like, I even got,
like, some teary-eyed,

579
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,043
but I was like, come on,
like, you got this.

580
00:27:57,243 --> 00:27:59,378
Stay focused. Like,
let's just, like, execute.

581
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,290
Three, two, one, go.
Straight up onto the pegboard.

582
00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,693
And, like, I got up
there on my first peg

583
00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:20,499
and I was like, wow,
like this is so different
to any other year.

584
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:22,701
Like, it is so slippery.

585
00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:27,840
Tia struggling
a bit at the top here

586
00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:31,177
and she still has
two more holes to get to.

587
00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:32,912
The story of
the climbing couplet

588
00:28:33,112 --> 00:28:35,414
is obviously going to be
about the pegboards.

589
00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:39,185
The pegboards are back
and they were slick.

590
00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:43,155
Very quickly realized that
actually it was going to be
about managing these pegboards

591
00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:46,492
because they were so slippy.

592
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:48,560
It's like as
she steps into the pegboard,

593
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,330
she's reaching for a hole
that she expects to be there.

594
00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:53,665
However, she's
sliding down it a bit.

595
00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:56,535
You don't actually realize
how much they're slipping

596
00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:59,538
until you're on
the damn pegboard.

597
00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:02,074
And I was like,
what is happening?

598
00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:06,712
You see her
shake her head. She's literally
annoyed with herself.

599
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:10,850
Whatever went wrong there,
she's a little
frustrated about it.

600
00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:13,185
The pegboards
were definitely slippery.

601
00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:16,722
What honestly made it better
was that I saw Tia struggling.

602
00:29:16,889 --> 00:29:18,690
Like during that workout

603
00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:21,060
after the first one
I was like, "Oh, what?"

604
00:29:21,227 --> 00:29:23,930
I was like, I've heard of
slippery pegboards
before from people,

605
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:27,133
but never experienced it myself.
And I was like, "This is it."

606
00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:28,968
Let me tell you, this pegboard,

607
00:29:29,168 --> 00:29:31,037
that plexiglass, very slick.

608
00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:32,872
So it's not fun to climb.

609
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:34,807
I think there was
a variety of factors

610
00:29:35,007 --> 00:29:36,108
that were in play here.

611
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:37,776
I do think
the chalk played a part.

612
00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:39,711
I think these guys
were chalking up a lot,

613
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:42,214
maybe some remnants
of chalk on the wall.

614
00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:43,382
I think that played into it.

615
00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:45,284
Especially with this plexiglass.

616
00:29:45,451 --> 00:29:47,453
There's a lot of dust and chalk
out there on the floor.

617
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:48,921
And it's much taller.

618
00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:50,756
A typical wall that you buy
from Rogue

619
00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:52,324
has like 10 holes.

620
00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:54,626
This one has 15,
so it's a third longer.

621
00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:56,762
Now there's a lot
of controversy around

622
00:29:56,929 --> 00:30:00,399
whether or not the lanes
themselves were consistent.

623
00:30:00,766 --> 00:30:03,903
Uh, was there a buildup
on some of the pegboards

624
00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:07,439
that affected
some of the athletes?
Was it just fatigue?

625
00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:10,809
People were saying,
"This certain pegboard
was slippery."

626
00:30:10,977 --> 00:30:12,744
"This certain one was slippery."

627
00:30:13,379 --> 00:30:17,083
You know, honestly,
I was in the "cursed lane"

628
00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:18,851
and I won my heat.

629
00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:20,686
And some lanes
did have an advantage.

630
00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:22,855
You know, I'm sure the athletes
who did really well

631
00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,657
want to argue that,
"Oh, figure it out."

632
00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,759
Did they figure it out
better than anybody? No.

633
00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:29,695
It was one of my favorite
workouts for the weekend

634
00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:32,031
because the pegboards
were obviously,
they were hard.

635
00:30:32,231 --> 00:30:36,435
They were slippery.
But at the same time
it wasn't like a full send.

636
00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:38,104
You had to be
methodical with your pacing.

637
00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:39,939
Kerstetter showcasing some
great efficiency

638
00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:41,640
here on the pegboard as well.

639
00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:43,542
They were
definitely a bit slipperier

640
00:30:43,742 --> 00:30:45,011
than in practice,

641
00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:47,379
but I just had
to take my time on them

642
00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,016
and make sure to have
no failed reps

643
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,284
because huge in
an event like that.

644
00:30:52,618 --> 00:30:56,555
We have not said the name,
Tia-Clair Toomey,

645
00:30:57,323 --> 00:30:59,058
in about four minutes.

646
00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:02,394
As Tia Toomey
makes her final ascent.

647
00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:04,663
I was so desperate at the time,

648
00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:09,068
because I was like,
"This is not going
the way it needs to."

649
00:31:09,268 --> 00:31:10,836
Like, this is embarrassing.

650
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,574
What the fuck, Ian?

651
00:31:16,642 --> 00:31:17,876
What the fuck?

652
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:22,514
That's, like,
an amazing event for me.

653
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:27,886
I was fucking
doing strict pegboards.

654
00:31:32,992 --> 00:31:35,561
That was probably the worst
event I've ever fucking had.

655
00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,764
I feel good, man.
Best day one of my career.

656
00:31:38,965 --> 00:31:40,532
You don't want to take
those moments for granted

657
00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:42,701
so just kind of like trying to
live in that moment.

658
00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:44,536
That's the number
one goal, obviously,

659
00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:46,338
besides,
you know, trying to win.

660
00:31:46,705 --> 00:31:47,873
Yeah.

661
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,009
Winning, hey.
Fun's in the winning, y'all.

662
00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:51,543
Fun's in the winning.

663
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:53,512
Yeah, I mean,
there's a lot of analysis

664
00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:55,047
that went into
that event that night

665
00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:57,216
when we debriefed
in the war room.

666
00:31:58,884 --> 00:32:00,852
Soon as we got
back into the war room,

667
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:03,522
I then said to everyone,
"What's going on?
What's the story?"

668
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,024
"What happened?
What are people saying?"

669
00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:06,425
And then they're like
"Yeah, there's...

670
00:32:07,159 --> 00:32:10,762
"saying a lot of
inconsistently with
the walls, et cetera."

671
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,932
I'm making sure
that everybody's doing
the job they need to do

672
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,401
to make it a successful event.

673
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:18,137
And I'm pressing
people on their roles

674
00:32:18,337 --> 00:32:20,806
and seeing if they've
thought about contingencies,

675
00:32:21,007 --> 00:32:23,075
if they've thought about
what's supposed to happen,

676
00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:25,544
if they're thinking
about the visual,

677
00:32:25,711 --> 00:32:27,946
if they're thinking about
this aspect, the safety.

678
00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:31,750
Well, here's what I see that,
like, I think is flagged.

679
00:32:31,917 --> 00:32:34,720
Athletes, Tia came up to me,
but she got in my face

680
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:37,656
and complained for, like,
two or three minutes
about the pegboard.

681
00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:39,992
And I was very respectful
and just listened.

682
00:32:40,192 --> 00:32:41,827
It's frustrating as an athlete

683
00:32:42,028 --> 00:32:45,897
when you know, like, that is
a hundred-point workout for you,

684
00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:48,167
and you come fucking 16th.

685
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,436
And you look
like a fucking joke.

686
00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,838
Like, that pisses me off.

687
00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:57,943
And I fucking dreamt about it
the whole fucking weekend.

688
00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:00,912
She, that night,
at like one in the morning

689
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,749
sent me a text basically saying,
"You're wrong
about the pegboard."

690
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:05,617
And I thought
that was hilarious.

691
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,353
I was like,
"Shouldn't you be asleep?"

692
00:33:09,121 --> 00:33:11,257
- What's up, dude? Come on in.
- What's up?

693
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,160
Thanks for letting me come in.

694
00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:17,129
- What did you say?
- Thanks for letting me come by.

695
00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:19,531
- You're welcome, man.
Make yourself at home, man.
- Thanks.

696
00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:20,999
It is very messy.

697
00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:23,135
It's a kitchen.
It's a living room.

698
00:33:23,302 --> 00:33:24,536
It's a bedroom.

699
00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:26,505
- Yeah.
- It plays many roles.

700
00:33:26,772 --> 00:33:27,873
Dishes in the bathroom.

701
00:33:28,074 --> 00:33:29,275
Dishes in the bathroom.

702
00:33:29,441 --> 00:33:30,376
- Really?
- Oh, yeah.

703
00:33:30,576 --> 00:33:32,511
- Can I see?
- Um, sure.

704
00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:37,216
Jayson just used the restroom
but here's our kitchen.

705
00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:39,651
- You've been
washing all these dishes?
- Yes.

706
00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:42,154
In the kitchen's sink--
or the bathroom
sink, shall I say.

707
00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:44,190
- It's pretty disgusting.
- Wow.

708
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:45,824
So you'll, like,
see a little grain of rice

709
00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:47,459
while you're
brushing your teeth.

710
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:51,330
I didn't want to see that
grain of rice while doing that.

711
00:33:53,265 --> 00:33:54,900
Everything's
disposable in this hotel

712
00:33:55,101 --> 00:34:00,572
so I had to go to Walmart
and buy some temporary crockery

713
00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:04,876
so that I couldn't eat like
a peasant on paper plates.

714
00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:06,678
Probably shouldn't say that.

715
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,414
I couldn't eat, like, a--

716
00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:12,017
I don't know.
Someone trapped in a storm.

717
00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:20,759
Ugh.

718
00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:22,528
Oh, and toothpaste.

719
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:29,401
Ugh!

720
00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:32,738
- I hope it was worth it.
- Huh?

721
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,640
- I hope it's worth it.
- Yeah.

722
00:34:35,341 --> 00:34:38,510
Before the first event
in the Coliseum yesterday

723
00:34:38,677 --> 00:34:41,280
I was sitting there,
got a little
teary-eyed because it was like

724
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,684
this year just feels very
different in a good way. Um...

725
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,787
I don't know if it's just his
approach to this weekend

726
00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:50,356
or what, but I was like--

727
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:53,759
I'm, like, oddly
not nervous to the point
of feeling sick,

728
00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,461
which I normally am.

729
00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:57,763
There's, like, almost
this bit of just confidence

730
00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,465
that he has
I think, in his abilities,

731
00:34:59,665 --> 00:35:01,567
which has
rubbed off on me a bit.

732
00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:04,703
I'm just, like, I'm just
excited to watch him enjoy it.

733
00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:07,306
I think we've
gained a lot of enjoyment
again in this sport, too,

734
00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:09,608
this past year, so it's fun

735
00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:11,643
kind of getting to
see that play out

736
00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:13,445
and now he's
wearing his leader jersey

737
00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,714
for the first time ever,
which is crazy.

738
00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:17,883
They say the leader jersey
gives you wings.

739
00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:20,752
So we'll see if it actually...
If it actually does.

740
00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:22,454
Yeah?

741
00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:24,223
Winner gets to
keep the leader jersey.

742
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:26,124
Yeah. Yeah.

743
00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:29,328
We'll see if it gives me
some extra-- extra gas.

744
00:35:30,396 --> 00:35:34,800
So I pretty much grew up
playing football and baseball
from a very young age

745
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:39,070
and, you know,
I always wanted to go pro
in either baseball or football,

746
00:35:39,238 --> 00:35:43,008
and so I walked on at Clemson
and quit after one year.

747
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:46,778
Because I quickly
learned that I was not
going to be an NFL player.

748
00:35:48,247 --> 00:35:51,683
Lucy Campbell
had made her rookie debut

749
00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,452
at the 2022 CrossFit Games,

750
00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:55,321
and then for two years

751
00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:58,657
she was out of competition
from a wrist injury.

752
00:35:58,824 --> 00:36:02,961
The last time that I
went to the Games in 2022,

753
00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:07,366
I had just a huge mental block
on the floor in back nine,

754
00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,801
and I basically
spent the whole event

755
00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:12,604
just, like,
clean pulling the bar.

756
00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:15,807
So after the Games in 2022,

757
00:36:15,974 --> 00:36:18,844
I was diagnosed
over a year later

758
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,879
with a condition called
Kienbock's disease.

759
00:36:21,247 --> 00:36:24,015
Which meant that I had
actually competed at the Games

760
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:27,619
with a fracture of
one of the bones in my wrist.

761
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:32,658
To fix that,
I ended up having
a radial shortening osteotomy,

762
00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:36,161
so I had five millimeters
of bone taken out of my radius
in my forearm

763
00:36:36,328 --> 00:36:39,865
to help to level out
my wrist, essentially.

764
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:43,969
And so it has been
a very, very long journey
back here

765
00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:47,239
after being told
by a couple of surgeons
that it wouldn't be possible

766
00:36:47,439 --> 00:36:49,908
in terms of a return to sport

767
00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:52,043
in terms of
a return to CrossFit.

768
00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:56,682
The climbing couplet.
Now watch Lucy Campbell.

769
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:59,251
One of the biggest issues
she's had is the ability

770
00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:01,887
to even receive
the bar with two hands,

771
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:04,055
let alone with one arm.

772
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:05,891
Adapt or die.

773
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:07,526
You want to talk about
the heart of a competitor

774
00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:10,028
Lucy Campbell's got it. Tenfold.

775
00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:14,500
So to be able to finish
that event on a heavy barbell

776
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,904
it felt like a bit
of a rewriting of that
story from back in 2022,

777
00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:22,874
so I was, yeah, really, really
proud of myself for that one.

778
00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:26,378
So in 2023, I got
cut at the CrossFit Games.

779
00:37:26,545 --> 00:37:30,949
And that year
I moved away from home

780
00:37:31,149 --> 00:37:33,952
and kind of just put
everything on the table.

781
00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:35,721
I was emotionally drained.

782
00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:38,924
I was just
burned out from the sport.

783
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,759
I remember thinking

784
00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:44,095
this will be the beginning of
the end of my career.

785
00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:46,632
Everything revolved around that.

786
00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:48,734
Relationships
revolved around that.

787
00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,703
My relationship with the Lord
revolved around that.

788
00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:53,405
Life revolved around that.

789
00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,641
Everything was CrossFit,
CrossFit, CrossFit, CrossFit.

790
00:37:56,575 --> 00:37:59,645
I quickly learned that
I needed people in my life.

791
00:37:59,845 --> 00:38:02,047
I needed to enjoy
things outside the gym.

792
00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:06,151
I needed to re-center,
you know,
get back into rhythm,

793
00:38:06,352 --> 00:38:09,287
get back into the daily
disciplines of the grind,

794
00:38:09,455 --> 00:38:10,789
and I was willing.

795
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:12,624
I was willing to
put that work back in

796
00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:15,927
and, um get
a little dirty again.

797
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,232
How's it look?

798
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,334
It looks great.

799
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:24,936
- What'd you say?
- It looks great.

800
00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,575
It looks like... a shirt.

801
00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:31,477
It looks like a shirt.
That's all it is.

802
00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:33,745
- That's all it is. Just a shirt.
- Just a shirt.

803
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:36,648
I got another opportunity this
morning to get it for myself,

804
00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:40,852
so that's all I'll be going for,
but, uh, yeah, I mean,
we don't want two.

805
00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:42,754
We don't want to see
two leaders, you know?

806
00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,791
So, yeah, I just gotta
earn it myself,

807
00:38:45,957 --> 00:38:50,662
and, yeah, it'll be a good thing

808
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:54,199
to, like, tick off the bucket
list, let's say, of the career.

809
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,635
Nice little achievement
to have a leader's jersey,

810
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:59,004
so, I think,
we're all going for that.

811
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:05,677
Lucy Campbell,
six points behind

812
00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:08,847
the woman on the left
in the red and white,
Tia-Clair Toomey.

813
00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:12,784
That's, you know,
a great workout for me.

814
00:39:12,951 --> 00:39:14,986
It has running,
it has deadlifts.

815
00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:17,389
Yeah, I might not be
the strongest handstand walker
on the field,

816
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:21,226
but with the two movements
it's paired with,
that's not a problem.

817
00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:24,663
Tia-Clair Toomey taking
a 16th place finish last night.

818
00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:26,331
Not to pull out a
Michael Jordan reference,

819
00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:29,134
but I think she might have taken
that 16th place personally.

820
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:33,338
It was a very true
measure of some raw fitness.

821
00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:35,541
All these athletes
can walk on their hands,

822
00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:38,143
but there were no tricks.
There were no
pirouettes that were demanded.

823
00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:40,479
There were no ramps
to walk over.

824
00:39:40,646 --> 00:39:44,483
It was "How hard
can you sustain a run

825
00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:46,418
with the work
that was demanded of you?"

826
00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:48,353
I was just working hard, really

827
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,322
investing in the early
rounds to pull a lead

828
00:39:51,490 --> 00:39:53,559
and just, like,
secure a good position.

829
00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:56,361
Because I feel like everyone's
sort of settling
for fourth and fifth.

830
00:39:56,862 --> 00:40:00,198
And we're seeing
Jay Crouch as we move
deeper into this event,

831
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:03,902
creating more separation
between himself
and Jayson Hopper.

832
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:06,838
You don't have to be a hero
in every single event.

833
00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:10,576
In that workout, specifically,
it does require patience.

834
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,078
This workout's, you know,
going to be 18 minutes long.

835
00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:14,913
So just letting
the game come to me,

836
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,584
and when the door opens,
barge in.

837
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,686
Lucy Campbell still in the mix,

838
00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:23,288
currently sitting in
third overall with that tie

839
00:40:23,489 --> 00:40:25,390
between her and Lydia Fish.

840
00:40:25,557 --> 00:40:26,625
The first couple of rounds,

841
00:40:26,825 --> 00:40:29,461
I was sort of just behind Tia.

842
00:40:29,661 --> 00:40:32,130
And then round three,
I sort of started

843
00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:33,865
to close the gap a little bit.

844
00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:35,801
Lucy Campbell
has made up

845
00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:38,236
a ton of ground
on the third run.

846
00:40:38,403 --> 00:40:41,873
And so everything
was going really fine.

847
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,809
Like, Lucy and
I were going head to head,

848
00:40:44,009 --> 00:40:45,777
and it was a great race.

849
00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:48,046
There was a point
where we'd done

850
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,015
the first
hand-stand walk segment

851
00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:55,053
and we both turned around
and sort of put our hands
on our knees a little bit

852
00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:58,089
and then both kicked up
at exactly the same time.

853
00:40:58,256 --> 00:40:59,791
The crowd went wild.

854
00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:02,060
And both
these women--

855
00:41:02,227 --> 00:41:03,829
- Here we go, baby.
- Let's go!

856
00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:05,964
I think I just
kicked up a little bit too early

857
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,566
just trying to break her.

858
00:41:07,733 --> 00:41:09,668
Like, especially after those

859
00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:11,837
strict pegboards the day before

860
00:41:12,037 --> 00:41:14,573
like, my lats are
feeling it right now.

861
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,474
And I had to come down,

862
00:41:16,642 --> 00:41:18,577
and the crowd went crazy.

863
00:41:18,744 --> 00:41:21,446
They both kicked up
for the return handstand walk.

864
00:41:22,213 --> 00:41:24,015
Tia gets to the halfway mark.

865
00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:27,819
Lucy keeps going
and Tia comes down and breaks.

866
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,188
Tia has been
walking faster than Lucy,

867
00:41:30,388 --> 00:41:32,791
but Lucy is
starting to pull away

868
00:41:32,958 --> 00:41:34,092
and Tia breaks!

869
00:41:34,459 --> 00:41:35,661
That was
the point where I was like,

870
00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:37,495
"People are going
to be loving this."

871
00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:39,097
Lucy Campbell is done,

872
00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:41,132
and
she starts round number five.

873
00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:43,702
I even said it on the radio
to my head judges.

874
00:41:43,902 --> 00:41:46,204
I was like, "Hey,
I think we're in
the CrossFit Games now."

875
00:41:46,404 --> 00:41:47,438
Like, this is it.

876
00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:50,642
Fifth and final round underway.

877
00:41:50,809 --> 00:41:52,944
Jay is starting to pull away
on the handstand walk.

878
00:41:53,111 --> 00:41:55,046
Deadlift was solid.
Handstand walks.

879
00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:57,549
I'm going to be good there,
so handstand walks were good.

880
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,153
Twenty-five feet
left for Jay Crouch.

881
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,656
And for the first time
in his career,

882
00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:08,894
Jay Crouch wins an event,

883
00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:12,063
and he'll be donning
the white leader jersey.

884
00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:20,572
Fuck yeah! Come on!

885
00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:25,376
Just a massive relief
I can tick that one off,

886
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,379
because I've been so close
and wanted that for so long.

887
00:42:28,847 --> 00:42:33,151
Definitely no better feeling
than winning an event
at the CrossFit Games.

888
00:42:33,318 --> 00:42:37,923
Lucy Campbell going for unbroken
on her 50-foot handstand walk.

889
00:42:38,123 --> 00:42:41,492
I just knew by that point
that she was
not going to catch me.

890
00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:46,765
Lucy Campbell has
been out of competition
for two years.

891
00:42:47,498 --> 00:42:49,167
There's not many
people that get to say

892
00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:51,770
that they went
toe-to-toe with Tia

893
00:42:51,970 --> 00:42:55,540
and came out on
top on an occasion.

894
00:42:55,841 --> 00:42:58,610
And the queen-slayer,
Lucy Campbell,

895
00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,511
takes down another one.

896
00:43:15,894 --> 00:43:17,128
Yeah!

897
00:43:22,768 --> 00:43:23,902
Yes!

898
00:43:28,674 --> 00:43:29,975
That's crazy!

899
00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:33,378
I don't think
anyone thought that

900
00:43:34,579 --> 00:43:36,982
with the first
event being what it was,

901
00:43:38,684 --> 00:43:40,886
that Tia wouldn't be
the leader at any point.

902
00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:42,453
I fully didn't think that.

903
00:43:43,221 --> 00:43:48,660
So to be the person
that's the leader
at some point is crazy.

904
00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:50,962
I know that,
you know, I've got some--

905
00:43:51,562 --> 00:43:53,665
This event is going to be
a real challenge for me.

906
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:55,834
And it's definitely
a case of just, like,

907
00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:58,103
staying on my own lane
and doing what I can.

908
00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:03,008
Um, and, you know, there's
going to be an event tomorrow
that's similar.

909
00:44:04,442 --> 00:44:06,411
But I'm also very much
looking forward to tonight

910
00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:08,179
and there's 200
points up for grabs

911
00:44:08,546 --> 00:44:11,683
and I go through this one and
do the best I can in this one

912
00:44:11,883 --> 00:44:13,752
and then
tonight's going to be fun.

913
00:44:19,758 --> 00:44:23,261
Feels good, Ian.
Feels a light. Feels fast.

914
00:44:24,262 --> 00:44:26,664
- Yeah.
- That looks good on you, bro.

915
00:44:26,832 --> 00:44:29,100
Nah, it's good.
It's a good position to be in.

916
00:44:29,267 --> 00:44:30,468
It's the way
we all want to be, so...

917
00:44:31,302 --> 00:44:33,271
Yeah, we just need
to hold on to it now.

918
00:44:33,438 --> 00:44:35,106
That's the next task.

919
00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:36,975
We've got to
hold on to it, so...

920
00:44:37,776 --> 00:44:40,178
Yeah. Hopefully, uh...

921
00:44:40,645 --> 00:44:42,848
To be honest, I want more...
I want more event wins.

922
00:44:43,014 --> 00:44:44,182
I want more money.

923
00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:45,851
I want more money.

924
00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:47,152
It's been good.

925
00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:49,821
I'm just trying to, like,

926
00:44:49,988 --> 00:44:52,858
consistently stay in the top ten

927
00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:55,393
and, like, just in case
something happens,

928
00:44:55,593 --> 00:44:58,196
I want some,
like, security and stuff.

929
00:44:58,363 --> 00:45:00,331
So, yeah, I don't know.

930
00:45:00,498 --> 00:45:03,301
Just trying to do my best
and show, like,
how hard I've worked

931
00:45:03,468 --> 00:45:06,137
and, like, how much
I've improved on things,

932
00:45:06,304 --> 00:45:08,306
like, running,
like, in the last workout.

933
00:45:08,473 --> 00:45:12,477
So, yeah, just honestly
just trying to have fun
and do my best.

934
00:45:14,179 --> 00:45:16,047
I don't like sharing at all.

935
00:45:16,347 --> 00:45:17,883
Particularly this outfit.

936
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:20,218
This color. This is my favorite.

937
00:45:20,518 --> 00:45:21,753
It suits you.

938
00:45:25,690 --> 00:45:27,058
What are you guys talking about?

939
00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:29,227
Well, Lucy has my uniform on.

940
00:45:31,863 --> 00:45:33,999
I'm... I'm complimenting her.

941
00:45:35,233 --> 00:45:37,168
A one-rep max back squat.

942
00:45:37,668 --> 00:45:41,272
What a classic test
of just pure strength.

943
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,209
You'll get
the armchair quarterbacks
that want to compare

944
00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:46,845
their one-rep max
to the athletes at this level.

945
00:45:47,012 --> 00:45:49,881
Okay, maybe
you can outlift them. Maybe.
Probably not, but maybe.

946
00:45:50,048 --> 00:45:53,684
Can you do it after a day
and a half of hard competition?

947
00:45:53,852 --> 00:45:56,621
They've run miles.
They've done
crossover double-unders

948
00:45:56,822 --> 00:46:00,191
and wall walks
and shoulder-to-overhead.
They've climbed pegboards.

949
00:46:00,358 --> 00:46:03,394
They've done several
heavy threshold squat cleans.

950
00:46:03,561 --> 00:46:05,130
This back squat is
not simply a back squat.

951
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:07,032
This is a test of your strength

952
00:46:07,198 --> 00:46:09,968
after you've already
been through the ringer.

953
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:17,608
We saw some
athletes fail opening lifts.

954
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:19,978
We saw some athletes really
struggle with
the weight they hit

955
00:46:20,178 --> 00:46:21,947
on their opening lift.

956
00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:25,583
Danielle Brandon
opened at 265 and missed it.

957
00:46:28,686 --> 00:46:30,155
Yeah, I couldn't get
into a good flow state

958
00:46:30,355 --> 00:46:32,490
so that first one, I
just overthought everything.

959
00:46:32,690 --> 00:46:34,459
It's been, like, years of that,

960
00:46:34,860 --> 00:46:37,228
of, like, having
a strength event, knowing
it's not going to go well.

961
00:46:37,362 --> 00:46:40,966
Ricky Garard, four points
out of a podium position.

962
00:46:41,132 --> 00:46:43,835
Tried to fire up and
give it everything I had.

963
00:46:44,035 --> 00:46:45,904
Bounced out of the hole
and just nothing was there

964
00:46:46,071 --> 00:46:49,074
and just it buried me and
had to throw it off the back.

965
00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:52,343
But I thought with
the adrenaline and the crowd

966
00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:55,280
and the environment that
I would be able to stand it up.

967
00:46:58,483 --> 00:46:59,650
Fuck!

968
00:47:00,285 --> 00:47:03,488
Jay Crouch
wearing the white leader jersey

969
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:05,991
for the first
time in his career.

970
00:47:06,624 --> 00:47:09,827
After his first career event win
in individual event number four.

971
00:47:09,995 --> 00:47:12,163
I wanted to hit 500.
That would have been a PB.

972
00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:14,765
But I hit 485
and that was the limit.

973
00:47:19,137 --> 00:47:22,307
And the result from that
was a bit of a shock for me,

974
00:47:22,473 --> 00:47:25,944
because, like, to hit 485
and it'd be, like, a 14th.

975
00:47:26,411 --> 00:47:28,813
Lucy Campbell
donning the red and the white

976
00:47:28,980 --> 00:47:30,949
for the first time
in her career.

977
00:47:31,116 --> 00:47:32,717
Not an ideal event for me.

978
00:47:32,918 --> 00:47:34,719
So it was just about, you know,

979
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:36,854
making the most of what
I could do on the day,

980
00:47:37,022 --> 00:47:38,990
which is frustrating,

981
00:47:39,157 --> 00:47:41,226
but it's also, like, you know,

982
00:47:41,426 --> 00:47:44,629
with the fatigue that you
accumulate up until that point,

983
00:47:45,196 --> 00:47:48,900
to PB would have been very,
very special on that occasion.

984
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:52,037
Tia-Clair Toomey for 335.

985
00:47:52,203 --> 00:47:55,373
This is going to tie
a previous best in 2020
if she hits it.

986
00:47:55,540 --> 00:47:56,841
And she does.

987
00:47:57,008 --> 00:48:00,845
335 looking
very good for Tia-Clair.

988
00:48:01,779 --> 00:48:03,414
You know, Lucy didn't...

989
00:48:03,614 --> 00:48:05,483
The points went my way for sure.

990
00:48:05,650 --> 00:48:08,686
And so I got my jersey back,
which is really nice.

991
00:48:08,853 --> 00:48:11,489
I should have thanked her for,
you know, holding it,

992
00:48:11,656 --> 00:48:13,024
keeping it warm
for a little bit.

993
00:48:13,191 --> 00:48:15,326
And then, you know,
giving her a taste

994
00:48:15,493 --> 00:48:18,829
of what it's going
to be like in the future
or whatever, you know?

995
00:48:18,997 --> 00:48:23,234
No.
That's really confident,
isn't it? Ah...

996
00:48:23,401 --> 00:48:26,337
You know,
a top 20 was a huge win
for me in this event.

997
00:48:26,504 --> 00:48:29,207
And I can't really control
what other guys
are hitting out there.

998
00:48:29,374 --> 00:48:31,109
And even though
it was my worst finish,

999
00:48:31,542 --> 00:48:35,780
I would say it was
my most exciting finish
of the CrossFit Games.

1000
00:48:39,584 --> 00:48:42,420
I hate that I know this,
but I knew a lot of
people had picked me.

1001
00:48:42,587 --> 00:48:44,922
Like, to win or
do well in this event.

1002
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:47,558
Kerstetter will get 325.

1003
00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:50,795
Back squat is probably
one of my worst lifts,

1004
00:48:50,996 --> 00:48:53,531
but I knew that
compared to everyone else,

1005
00:48:53,698 --> 00:48:56,267
it was still going to be, like,
pretty good.

1006
00:48:56,434 --> 00:49:01,539
I was really banking
on my CNS to be not fried

1007
00:49:01,706 --> 00:49:03,541
at this point of the weekend.

1008
00:49:03,708 --> 00:49:06,411
This is event five.
After this,
we're halfway through.

1009
00:49:06,677 --> 00:49:09,647
You know, we're starting to feel
a little bit of the toll.

1010
00:49:09,847 --> 00:49:12,817
Our first 500-pound
attempt for heat number three,

1011
00:49:13,018 --> 00:49:14,585
and it belongs to Jayson Hopper.

1012
00:49:15,020 --> 00:49:17,488
I had hit 490 in training.

1013
00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:20,458
I just knew that, hey,
I'm going to
feed off that crowd.

1014
00:49:20,625 --> 00:49:21,592
I need some adrenaline.

1015
00:49:23,861 --> 00:49:26,564
Hopper will get it.

1016
00:49:28,433 --> 00:49:32,137
The top three heaviest squats
are in this lane

1017
00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:33,738
between Hatfield,

1018
00:49:33,904 --> 00:49:36,641
Nick Mathew, and Colten Mertens.

1019
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,477
And obviously,
Colton Mertens and his 570,

1020
00:49:39,644 --> 00:49:41,846
that was electric.
I mean, the audience,
everybody loved that.

1021
00:49:42,047 --> 00:49:45,083
That was incredibly impressive.

1022
00:49:50,155 --> 00:49:55,326
And the Iron Hog
smashes 570 pounds!

1023
00:49:58,896 --> 00:49:59,830
Thank you, guys.

1024
00:50:02,133 --> 00:50:03,368
Twenty pound PR.

1025
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:06,104
So, gave myself a chance.

1026
00:50:06,637 --> 00:50:11,876
I was going to go 490,
500, 570, 490,

1027
00:50:12,077 --> 00:50:14,845
Er, sorry, 470, 490, 500.

1028
00:50:15,313 --> 00:50:17,782
470 was too easy, so I went 495,

1029
00:50:17,948 --> 00:50:20,151
which actually
turned out better.

1030
00:50:20,518 --> 00:50:23,321
I would... I liked the
guarantee with the 495

1031
00:50:23,488 --> 00:50:25,323
because it put me
above a ton of people,

1032
00:50:25,490 --> 00:50:27,458
and 500 wouldn't have done much.

1033
00:50:29,527 --> 00:50:30,828
We needed that so bad.

1034
00:50:30,995 --> 00:50:33,030
We needed
that so bad.

1035
00:50:34,532 --> 00:50:36,734
Oh, I'm so excited, dude.
Thank you, Coach.

1036
00:50:37,335 --> 00:50:38,536
The prophecy, dude.

1037
00:50:39,470 --> 00:50:41,072
So, I'm going to be 18th, maybe.

1038
00:50:41,272 --> 00:50:43,040
- Top 20?
- Seventeenth or 18th.

1039
00:50:43,208 --> 00:50:44,209
Top 20, yeah.

1040
00:50:46,043 --> 00:50:47,345
We're getting stronger.

1041
00:50:47,678 --> 00:50:48,813
- That was big?
- That was big.

1042
00:50:48,979 --> 00:50:50,681
We needed that momentum.

1043
00:50:51,015 --> 00:50:53,251
Hoppy stole my leader's jersey,

1044
00:50:53,451 --> 00:50:55,353
so I'm going to try
to get that back.

1045
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,054
Uh, nah, it's good.

1046
00:50:57,222 --> 00:50:58,689
The back squat went well.

1047
00:50:59,290 --> 00:51:00,358
Back in it.

1048
00:51:02,727 --> 00:51:05,062
I got a new one, too.
The other one got sweaty.

1049
00:51:06,131 --> 00:51:07,165
So, this was nice.

1050
00:51:08,233 --> 00:51:10,601
I've racked up two total, or...

1051
00:51:11,136 --> 00:51:13,371
Now I got four shirts now
to give out.

1052
00:51:14,339 --> 00:51:15,706
I'll give one to El.

1053
00:51:17,208 --> 00:51:18,576
I'll put it up on my wall.

1054
00:51:20,145 --> 00:51:23,013
- You good?
- Hey, good, mate. How are you?

1055
00:51:23,181 --> 00:51:24,849
- Good, man.
- That's all right.

1056
00:51:25,015 --> 00:51:26,851
How you doing? Yeah, I'm good.

1057
00:51:27,852 --> 00:51:29,787
Getting ready for
events six and seven.

1058
00:51:30,588 --> 00:51:34,625
The last event, um,
against the field.

1059
00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:37,762
I'm not a very good squatter.
But, I still managed to PR

1060
00:51:38,663 --> 00:51:41,166
which is all
I can ask for, I suppose.

1061
00:51:42,099 --> 00:51:44,034
But against the field,
it wasn't,

1062
00:51:44,202 --> 00:51:48,139
it wasn't too crack shot
so I need to make up for it
in this one.

1063
00:51:49,607 --> 00:51:53,444
Last night didn't help,
on the pegboard
having a slippery...

1064
00:51:53,611 --> 00:51:58,449
Slippery pegboard in
event five, lane five.

1065
00:51:59,217 --> 00:52:02,620
So, I lost some
critical points there, too.

1066
00:52:04,021 --> 00:52:06,424
All the more reason
to go for it on this one.

1067
00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:09,827
If you don't
know Ricky's story yet,

1068
00:52:10,228 --> 00:52:12,797
Ricky Garard came
on the scene in 2017,

1069
00:52:13,598 --> 00:52:15,733
got third place
at the CrossFit Games,

1070
00:52:16,801 --> 00:52:19,637
and a few weeks later
tested positive for PEDs.

1071
00:52:20,305 --> 00:52:22,072
After the competition,

1072
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:24,675
I failed my drug tests

1073
00:52:25,376 --> 00:52:27,778
and tested positive to...

1074
00:52:29,314 --> 00:52:32,183
SARMs, which cost me

1075
00:52:32,383 --> 00:52:35,653
uh, four years, a four-year ban.

1076
00:52:36,387 --> 00:52:39,957
Ricky went into,
basically, hiding for four years
after that,

1077
00:52:40,124 --> 00:52:41,692
serving a four-year ban.

1078
00:52:42,460 --> 00:52:45,396
It was tough, like,
probably the hardest thing
I've been through.

1079
00:52:46,497 --> 00:52:48,799
But, probably the best thing
I've been through,

1080
00:52:48,966 --> 00:52:51,302
and made me tough,
made me resilient,

1081
00:52:51,469 --> 00:52:55,973
and I think I wouldn't be
the person I am today
without it.

1082
00:52:56,441 --> 00:53:00,044
Yeah, I'm just grateful that
I had good people around me

1083
00:53:00,245 --> 00:53:03,180
and that I stuck with it

1084
00:53:03,348 --> 00:53:04,615
and didn't give up.

1085
00:53:05,650 --> 00:53:07,685
He's on the path
to another podium finish,

1086
00:53:07,852 --> 00:53:09,186
possibly win the CrossFit Games.

1087
00:53:09,354 --> 00:53:11,556
Ricky Garard can
win the CrossFit Games

1088
00:53:11,756 --> 00:53:13,824
and I think that's
a big driver for Ricky.

1089
00:53:14,325 --> 00:53:16,394
Podiums are great,

1090
00:53:16,794 --> 00:53:18,829
but Ricky wants
that championship.

1091
00:53:22,833 --> 00:53:25,970
The chaos that ensued

1092
00:53:26,136 --> 00:53:27,838
in both of these
back-to-back events,

1093
00:53:28,606 --> 00:53:34,545
you knew that this was some of
the athletes' last opportunity

1094
00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:37,014
to jump back into the top ten

1095
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:38,849
for the final heat on Sunday

1096
00:53:39,817 --> 00:53:42,920
or get themselves
closer to a podium position.

1097
00:53:44,188 --> 00:53:45,923
Here we go.
These butterfly pull-ups

1098
00:53:46,123 --> 00:53:48,092
are no problem for any of these
athletes in this final heat.

1099
00:53:48,293 --> 00:53:49,927
They're all
going to go 28 unbroken.

1100
00:53:50,461 --> 00:53:52,730
Who can be the most efficient
with their range of motion?

1101
00:53:52,897 --> 00:53:54,699
I was getting
really excited because

1102
00:53:54,865 --> 00:53:56,200
I'm starting to
feel like me again.

1103
00:53:56,467 --> 00:53:58,035
I'm starting to feel like
last year's James.

1104
00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:01,071
I knew they were
two good workouts for me.

1105
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:04,909
I wasn't sure if I could
win or top three both,

1106
00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:06,243
but I knew I had a good chance.

1107
00:54:06,411 --> 00:54:08,946
I was probably the most nervous

1108
00:54:09,146 --> 00:54:12,049
I was the whole weekend
going into that

1109
00:54:12,350 --> 00:54:17,087
because it was
two parts, 200 points,

1110
00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:18,956
all within like ten minutes.

1111
00:54:19,557 --> 00:54:22,693
And I also knew it was
going to hurt really bad, so...

1112
00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:25,563
I really only needed
to worry about where Lucy was.

1113
00:54:25,730 --> 00:54:29,534
Like, my first rep on
the chest-to-bar was a no rep
and I was like, "Shit."

1114
00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:31,602
And I was like,
"I'm not fucking
holding back here."

1115
00:54:31,769 --> 00:54:33,371
And just like went for it.

1116
00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:35,973
Tia Toomey,
Lucy Campbell
in the center two lanes.

1117
00:54:36,173 --> 00:54:39,877
And so, Tia and I came off
chest-to-bar similar time.

1118
00:54:40,210 --> 00:54:43,080
We were side by side,
almost synchro at certain points

1119
00:54:43,247 --> 00:54:44,649
on the burpee box jump-overs.

1120
00:54:44,849 --> 00:54:47,385
Dallin Pepper is on to the box.

1121
00:54:49,253 --> 00:54:51,288
You're moving
down the floor,
it was incredible to see

1122
00:54:51,456 --> 00:54:54,091
the, I think, it was
80 different boxes
out on the floor.

1123
00:54:54,258 --> 00:54:57,094
It looked awesome,
and people are just
racing down the floor.

1124
00:54:57,261 --> 00:55:00,230
I was in a race with Justin
to my right, Roman to my left,

1125
00:55:00,398 --> 00:55:02,232
Jay to my left
Roman on the other side of him,

1126
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,168
and we're all
like neck and neck.

1127
00:55:04,369 --> 00:55:06,003
We're doing
synchro burpees together.

1128
00:55:06,571 --> 00:55:08,906
Six burpee box jump-overs left.

1129
00:55:09,073 --> 00:55:13,511
I'm like, dude,
if I come in last
out of us four,

1130
00:55:13,711 --> 00:55:17,748
that's like four spots
that I'm going to
be very upset about losing.

1131
00:55:17,915 --> 00:55:21,018
All of a sudden James Sprague
comes out of hiding.

1132
00:55:21,218 --> 00:55:25,155
James Sprague is sitting in
tenth, but not much longer

1133
00:55:25,623 --> 00:55:27,458
because he just got 100 points.

1134
00:55:32,397 --> 00:55:34,999
It was a very special moment.

1135
00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:39,103
To be able to win an event
on the best stage in the world

1136
00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:41,439
is a surreal feeling, and

1137
00:55:41,606 --> 00:55:44,509
and it's something that
I actually didn't get to process
really in the moment

1138
00:55:44,675 --> 00:55:47,011
because this was
a back-to-back style event.

1139
00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:49,179
Where we went event six
into event seven.

1140
00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:51,682
James Sprague
gets first in the event.

1141
00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:55,953
- Okay.
- Hopper getting
out-sprinted at the finish

1142
00:55:56,787 --> 00:55:58,055
got 17th.

1143
00:55:58,489 --> 00:56:01,826
I took a 17th,
I think, on that first part,

1144
00:56:01,992 --> 00:56:03,994
which I was not happy about it.

1145
00:56:04,194 --> 00:56:07,297
This could be
a make-or-break event for
everyone's podium hopes.

1146
00:56:07,432 --> 00:56:10,134
I love this style of event
at the CrossFit Games

1147
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:12,570
because it is no strategy.

1148
00:56:12,770 --> 00:56:14,705
It's all out.
Who's got the goods?

1149
00:56:14,872 --> 00:56:18,075
And the critical component
of who can recover

1150
00:56:18,275 --> 00:56:21,311
and then throw caution
to the wind and go again.

1151
00:56:22,179 --> 00:56:24,549
35 cals on the C2 bike

1152
00:56:24,982 --> 00:56:26,551
28 bar muscle-ups

1153
00:56:26,717 --> 00:56:30,521
and 24 more
burpee box jump-overs.

1154
00:56:30,688 --> 00:56:32,256
Was on the bike attacking it

1155
00:56:32,457 --> 00:56:34,358
and then kind of looked across

1156
00:56:34,525 --> 00:56:36,427
and seeing that I was
a bit behind on the calories

1157
00:56:36,627 --> 00:56:39,730
and I was like
"Oh don't stress.
Let's just stay here."

1158
00:56:39,897 --> 00:56:43,233
But it is Dallin Pepper who
is to the pull-up bar first.

1159
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,835
I was definitely the first one
off the bike.

1160
00:56:45,002 --> 00:56:46,437
I biked much
harder than everyone.

1161
00:56:46,637 --> 00:56:48,038
Gets to the muscle-ups,

1162
00:56:48,205 --> 00:56:50,274
completely blowing up.
I'm suffering now.

1163
00:56:50,475 --> 00:56:52,443
Don't sleep on Ricky
Garard over in lane number one

1164
00:56:52,643 --> 00:56:54,211
as he's trying to
keep pace with Pepper.

1165
00:56:54,378 --> 00:56:56,013
Jumped up
for the muscle-ups.

1166
00:56:56,180 --> 00:56:58,783
Now I can attack the muscle-ups
harder than anyone else.

1167
00:56:58,983 --> 00:57:00,785
Come on, just fucking go for it.

1168
00:57:00,985 --> 00:57:02,386
Like 28, let's do it.

1169
00:57:02,553 --> 00:57:04,522
Ricky Garard's
currently sitting

1170
00:57:04,689 --> 00:57:06,423
outside of a podium position

1171
00:57:06,924 --> 00:57:08,859
as he is in ninth place.

1172
00:57:09,193 --> 00:57:12,697
When I was in the lead,
I was like
"Alright, this is mine."

1173
00:57:12,863 --> 00:57:14,098
Let's bring it home.

1174
00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:16,433
Garard has
to have this

1175
00:57:16,601 --> 00:57:20,304
if he wants a chance
to chase his dream.

1176
00:57:20,505 --> 00:57:24,909
And that's to
stand on top of the podium
at the CrossFit Games.

1177
00:57:25,342 --> 00:57:28,045
Just like,
I could've done another 24 reps,
to be honest.

1178
00:57:28,212 --> 00:57:31,215
Just the amount of energy
you have when you're
in the lead like that

1179
00:57:31,381 --> 00:57:34,084
and the crowd just
cheering was pretty epic.

1180
00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:37,755
Garard takes Hammer Down.

1181
00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:48,432
How was that? How was that?

1182
00:57:49,133 --> 00:57:50,501
Fuckin easy, Ian.

1183
00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:52,603
Too easy, brother.

1184
00:57:54,705 --> 00:57:56,674
Told you I was going to
get those points back.

1185
00:58:03,881 --> 00:58:04,882
Good job, brother.

1186
00:58:05,382 --> 00:58:06,416
Amazing work.

1187
00:58:06,817 --> 00:58:07,952
How was that?

1188
00:58:08,285 --> 00:58:09,486
That was bad.

1189
00:58:19,463 --> 00:58:21,031
That fucked me up.

1190
00:58:22,833 --> 00:58:24,368
Did Ricky win both of those?

1191
00:58:29,006 --> 00:58:31,175
How can you pull for
both of them at the same time?

1192
00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:32,710
Because I fucking love them.

1193
00:58:33,443 --> 00:58:35,045
You wouldn't know
what that's like, hey?

1194
00:58:35,245 --> 00:58:36,847
I don't know what love is like.

1195
00:58:37,114 --> 00:58:39,283
That's what
a real team is, you know?

1196
00:58:39,516 --> 00:58:43,020
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But she has to pull for one
of y'all more than the other.

1197
00:58:43,153 --> 00:58:44,955
No. Not possible.

1198
00:58:45,790 --> 00:58:47,524
They both know
where they stack up.

1199
00:58:48,693 --> 00:58:50,494
I'm even okay
with y'all beating me.

1200
00:58:50,861 --> 00:58:52,496
I just can't
have my boys beat me.

1201
00:58:52,697 --> 00:58:55,199
- You'd rather us.
- Yeah. Like if I'm
going to lose...

1202
00:58:55,332 --> 00:58:57,635
That's where you go wrong
with this fucking team shit.

1203
00:58:57,802 --> 00:59:00,504
He's the only one that
I would want to beat me.

1204
00:59:00,671 --> 00:59:02,406
- Really? Hell no.
- Yeah.

1205
00:59:02,607 --> 00:59:04,241
If I don't win he has to.

1206
00:59:04,441 --> 00:59:05,475
No.

1207
00:59:05,943 --> 00:59:07,211
- Well--
- That's what a real--

1208
00:59:07,645 --> 00:59:09,747
If I'm not in t
he leader's jersey, I want him.

1209
00:59:09,947 --> 00:59:11,716
Then y'all aren't
competitive enough.

1210
00:59:11,882 --> 00:59:12,917
That's how real brothers work.

1211
00:59:13,117 --> 00:59:14,551
Y'all aren't competitive enough.

1212
00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:19,323
Great twist.

1213
00:59:19,489 --> 00:59:21,692
What is up with your
back-to-back 100 points

1214
00:59:21,859 --> 00:59:23,360
on the same movement?

1215
00:59:23,894 --> 00:59:25,596
Have you not learned yet?
What is that, dude?

1216
00:59:25,796 --> 00:59:27,364
- The same movement.
- Burpees twice, 100 points.

1217
00:59:27,531 --> 00:59:28,899
- Two different workouts--
- Not...

1218
00:59:29,066 --> 00:59:30,400
Yes, yes, yes.

1219
00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:36,874
Never.
If I lose because of that, Ian,

1220
00:59:37,041 --> 00:59:38,042
so mad.

1221
00:59:40,544 --> 00:59:43,347
Sunday here in Albany, New York

1222
00:59:43,513 --> 00:59:46,016
As the 2025 CrossFit Games

1223
00:59:46,717 --> 00:59:49,019
has three events remaining

1224
00:59:49,186 --> 00:59:52,089
to find the Fittest on Earth.

1225
00:59:53,190 --> 00:59:56,093
Men's leaderboard was
still a coin toss at this point.

1226
00:59:56,260 --> 00:59:58,629
Jayson Hopper, I believe,
came in wearing
the leader jersey,

1227
00:59:58,829 --> 01:00:00,631
but it was anybody's game.

1228
01:00:00,831 --> 01:00:02,566
The point spread was so tight.

1229
01:00:03,167 --> 01:00:04,534
On the women's side,
Tia, on the other hand,

1230
01:00:04,702 --> 01:00:06,070
she'd pulled away at that point.

1231
01:00:06,336 --> 01:00:09,039
However, the battle
from second through fifth

1232
01:00:09,173 --> 01:00:10,808
was still raging

1233
01:00:11,008 --> 01:00:12,643
and those points were tight.

1234
01:00:13,077 --> 01:00:14,444
And it was anybody's game.

1235
01:00:15,279 --> 01:00:17,381
This might go down as the most
competitive day

1236
01:00:17,547 --> 01:00:20,250
in the history
of the CrossFit Games.

1237
01:00:20,417 --> 01:00:22,052
This is so crazy.

1238
01:00:22,219 --> 01:00:24,221
- Yeah,
I feel like it will.
- It's so insane.

1239
01:00:24,388 --> 01:00:25,555
You stressed?

1240
01:00:25,790 --> 01:00:26,757
Yeah.

1241
01:00:27,424 --> 01:00:28,993
I threw up already.

1242
01:00:29,193 --> 01:00:30,560
- You threw up?
- Yeah.

1243
01:00:30,728 --> 01:00:32,562
Ah. Like, from stress?

1244
01:00:32,897 --> 01:00:34,331
Yeah, I ate and threw up.

1245
01:00:34,799 --> 01:00:36,633
- Like, just now this morning?
- Yeah.

1246
01:00:38,869 --> 01:00:41,772
We're doing five eggs, a few
pieces of sourdough toast,

1247
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:44,308
big old coffee and creatine

1248
01:00:45,475 --> 01:00:48,345
and definitely some
more caffeine as we go
through the morning,

1249
01:00:49,814 --> 01:00:52,116
and just trying
to stay light because

1250
01:00:52,282 --> 01:00:53,951
I want to move through
those handstand push-ups well,

1251
01:00:54,118 --> 01:00:55,953
so I'm not going
to overeat too much.

1252
01:01:02,326 --> 01:01:05,195
No, no excitement right now.
No excitement.

1253
01:01:06,230 --> 01:01:07,664
Let's just get
this day over with.

1254
01:01:08,565 --> 01:01:09,967
I want to be
the Fittest Man on Earth

1255
01:01:10,134 --> 01:01:11,836
because, one,

1256
01:01:12,002 --> 01:01:14,538
it is a really cool title that

1257
01:01:14,739 --> 01:01:17,708
holds a lot of weight
and a lot of respect

1258
01:01:18,142 --> 01:01:20,811
because people understand
how hard it is to earn

1259
01:01:20,978 --> 01:01:23,347
and how many people have
tried very daringly to earn it

1260
01:01:23,513 --> 01:01:25,549
and fallen short year
after year after year.

1261
01:01:25,750 --> 01:01:27,451
Yeah, as far as I can remember,

1262
01:01:27,617 --> 01:01:31,055
it's the best position
I've been in for the final day,

1263
01:01:31,255 --> 01:01:34,458
so, yeah, exciting.

1264
01:01:34,624 --> 01:01:35,860
What's that like?

1265
01:01:36,426 --> 01:01:37,461
I mean, it's good.

1266
01:01:38,595 --> 01:01:40,798
When you're in the fight
and you've got momentum,

1267
01:01:41,198 --> 01:01:43,801
you've got to use it,
make the most of it.

1268
01:01:44,101 --> 01:01:45,335
Ready to go.

1269
01:01:45,870 --> 01:01:47,037
Sunday at the CrossFit Games.

1270
01:01:47,437 --> 01:01:49,173
It doesn't get better than that.

1271
01:01:50,274 --> 01:01:53,210
You're in a spot to
make some moves, so...

1272
01:01:54,779 --> 01:01:55,880
Where are you at?

1273
01:01:56,046 --> 01:01:58,082
I'm in sixth, but it's like...

1274
01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:02,652
Barely any points
separating, like eight of us.

1275
01:02:02,820 --> 01:02:05,923
So, it's anyone's game,
300 points on the board.

1276
01:02:07,557 --> 01:02:09,426
Lots of moves to be made, so...

1277
01:02:11,328 --> 01:02:13,530
Definitely going
to have to redo my hair
before I go out again.

1278
01:02:13,697 --> 01:02:14,999
What did you say?

1279
01:02:15,165 --> 01:02:16,366
I get the worst
handstand push-up hair

1280
01:02:16,533 --> 01:02:17,835
and I look like a pelican.

1281
01:02:18,168 --> 01:02:19,904
Is it a pelican
that's got the...

1282
01:02:20,470 --> 01:02:22,172
Puffin. I look like a puffin.

1283
01:02:22,739 --> 01:02:24,241
I don't know what the animal is.

1284
01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:25,609
You know the one. Cockatoo.

1285
01:02:25,810 --> 01:02:26,944
That's the one.

1286
01:02:27,144 --> 01:02:29,780
Stay in seventh,
stay in the top ten,

1287
01:02:29,980 --> 01:02:31,748
don't do
anything to mess this up

1288
01:02:31,916 --> 01:02:34,751
because I knew that a lot
could happen on the last day

1289
01:02:34,919 --> 01:02:37,621
and I don't think I had
any thought in my head like,

1290
01:02:37,822 --> 01:02:40,757
go for top five,
go for the podium.

1291
01:02:40,925 --> 01:02:42,726
Lord, I just ask not for
performance blessings

1292
01:02:42,893 --> 01:02:44,294
but just for
spiritual blessings today.

1293
01:02:44,494 --> 01:02:46,596
We may touch someone,
even just a simple smile

1294
01:02:46,763 --> 01:02:48,765
may impact
someone out on that floor

1295
01:02:49,266 --> 01:02:52,236
or just keep us sustained
so we may be able to do that
and complete your mission.

1296
01:02:52,602 --> 01:02:55,305
And just confidence in what
you've allowed us
to do in our training.

1297
01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:56,807
Let us shine on
the floor today, Lord.

1298
01:02:57,007 --> 01:02:58,408
We ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen.

1299
01:02:58,575 --> 01:03:00,210
- Amen. Let's go.
- Let's go.

1300
01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:03,547
Three, two, one, go.
You hop on your bike,

1301
01:03:03,713 --> 01:03:05,883
and everyone's got the
exact pace they're going to do.

1302
01:03:06,050 --> 01:03:07,784
It's a little
quicker than you want,

1303
01:03:07,952 --> 01:03:09,619
but you've got to stay with
the pack a little bit here.

1304
01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:11,121
Everyone's checking

1305
01:03:11,388 --> 01:03:13,257
"Alright, how fast
are their pedals moving?"

1306
01:03:13,390 --> 01:03:14,758
That kind of thing.

1307
01:03:15,225 --> 01:03:17,294
It's funny,
because I noticed Hopper's eyes

1308
01:03:17,461 --> 01:03:19,163
go right over to James Sprague

1309
01:03:19,363 --> 01:03:21,765
an athlete he's trained with
a bunch, very familiar with.

1310
01:03:21,932 --> 01:03:23,767
That workout
wasn't about the Echo Bike.

1311
01:03:23,934 --> 01:03:25,469
It was about 30
handstand push-ups.

1312
01:03:29,439 --> 01:03:32,509
On paper, this should have
been a really bad event for me.

1313
01:03:32,709 --> 01:03:33,978
A parallette handstand push-up

1314
01:03:34,144 --> 01:03:36,613
typically favors a shorter guy.

1315
01:03:36,780 --> 01:03:39,316
I'm a long, tall, lengthy guy.

1316
01:03:39,884 --> 01:03:41,818
The big question
here for Ricky Garard,

1317
01:03:41,986 --> 01:03:44,588
how is he going to handle
the handstand push-ups?

1318
01:03:44,754 --> 01:03:47,191
Back in 2022,
when Ricky Garard was wearing

1319
01:03:47,391 --> 01:03:49,326
that white and red
leader jersey,

1320
01:03:49,493 --> 01:03:52,629
got nearly dead last
in a handstand push-up event.

1321
01:03:52,796 --> 01:03:55,699
The middle section,
it's literally just no pain

1322
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:57,767
and just trying to
manage the handstand push-ups

1323
01:03:58,102 --> 01:03:59,970
and get through
them as best you can.

1324
01:04:03,507 --> 01:04:05,809
The handstand
push-ups just became a grind
which was fine.

1325
01:04:05,976 --> 01:04:07,344
I think I was down
to singles at the end.

1326
01:04:07,744 --> 01:04:09,846
I was down to singles
quicker than I wanted to be.

1327
01:04:10,014 --> 01:04:12,182
Your body's beat up.
Your mind's beat up.

1328
01:04:12,349 --> 01:04:15,852
You've just been through I
and that's when you really
have to show up

1329
01:04:16,020 --> 01:04:17,721
and show what you trained for.

1330
01:04:21,091 --> 01:04:24,628
And Jayson Hopper
and Ricky Garard at
the bike at the same time.

1331
01:04:25,095 --> 01:04:26,696
And so I knew it was
between me and Ricky.

1332
01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:28,232
I was a little upset

1333
01:04:28,432 --> 01:04:29,900
because I didn't want-

1334
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:31,868
I didn't think
Ricky would be that close.

1335
01:04:32,302 --> 01:04:36,673
I'm out here trying to gain
as much points
as possible on Ricky.

1336
01:04:39,509 --> 01:04:41,711
And then Dallin
was creeping up.

1337
01:04:42,279 --> 01:04:43,981
I was catching Jay.
We just hit the Echo Bike,

1338
01:04:44,148 --> 01:04:46,816
and I was like, "Damn,
this is going to hurt

1339
01:04:46,984 --> 01:04:49,519
but let's fucking go.
Bring it on."

1340
01:04:49,686 --> 01:04:51,055
Hatfield is done.

1341
01:04:51,655 --> 01:04:52,889
He'll take the win.

1342
01:04:53,557 --> 01:04:54,658
And 100 points.

1343
01:04:54,824 --> 01:04:56,726
Garard just behind Hopper.

1344
01:04:56,893 --> 01:04:58,828
Every point matters.

1345
01:04:58,996 --> 01:05:01,731
Every second
counts in this field.

1346
01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:03,367
It's so competitive.

1347
01:05:12,542 --> 01:05:15,512
I think I got
fourth in that event,

1348
01:05:15,679 --> 01:05:18,015
which was a big positive for me

1349
01:05:18,182 --> 01:05:20,217
for handstand push-up work out.

1350
01:05:20,384 --> 01:05:23,053
If you miss
pace here, devastation.

1351
01:05:23,553 --> 01:05:26,556
The quality and
caliber of athletes
that are in this men's field,

1352
01:05:26,923 --> 01:05:29,126
there is no room for error.

1353
01:05:33,497 --> 01:05:35,599
So after the Echo bike sprint

1354
01:05:36,233 --> 01:05:38,768
my legs were smashed.

1355
01:05:40,370 --> 01:05:42,906
I didn't really know what
everybody else was feeling

1356
01:05:43,073 --> 01:05:45,142
but I knew what
my legs were feeling

1357
01:05:45,342 --> 01:05:46,543
and it wasn't good.

1358
01:05:48,278 --> 01:05:49,279
What's the turnaround?

1359
01:05:56,386 --> 01:05:57,754
El, what's the turnaround?

1360
01:05:58,255 --> 01:05:59,056
Quick.

1361
01:06:13,070 --> 01:06:14,238
Fuck, man.

1362
01:06:17,374 --> 01:06:19,176
- What's the turnaround?
- It's quick.

1363
01:06:19,443 --> 01:06:20,344
What is it?

1364
01:06:31,888 --> 01:06:33,690
Awesome!

1365
01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:40,664
- That's right! You got it!
- [girl[ Atta boy, Jayson.

1366
01:06:40,830 --> 01:06:42,766
Easy day. Easy day.

1367
01:06:46,503 --> 01:06:47,604
Fuck, man.

1368
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:52,709
- You okay?
- I think so.

1369
01:06:53,477 --> 01:06:55,011
- Give me all your stuff.
- My legs are gone.

1370
01:06:55,179 --> 01:06:56,780
I know. Shake them out.

1371
01:07:21,171 --> 01:07:23,873
Every point counts now
so you don't know what's...

1372
01:07:25,309 --> 01:07:27,211
We do know what's coming,
but you don't know what else...

1373
01:07:27,377 --> 01:07:30,414
What's coming in
terms of what people are
going to pull out of the bag

1374
01:07:30,614 --> 01:07:33,650
and so it's just chasing down

1375
01:07:35,018 --> 01:07:36,220
every opportunity.

1376
01:07:47,397 --> 01:07:50,734
And so there was some,
some anxiety and stress

1377
01:07:51,201 --> 01:07:55,372
because this next one
was probably the most intense
workout of the weekend,

1378
01:07:55,739 --> 01:07:58,074
and my legs, I barely feel them.

1379
01:08:07,217 --> 01:08:10,387
So, event nine. Pretty crazy.

1380
01:08:10,554 --> 01:08:12,756
I was warming up for this event

1381
01:08:12,922 --> 01:08:14,724
and the first barbell I touched

1382
01:08:14,891 --> 01:08:16,560
in the warm-up, like 50 kilos

1383
01:08:17,194 --> 01:08:20,096
my whole back
just went, like, spasm

1384
01:08:20,430 --> 01:08:21,698
and just locked up.

1385
01:08:22,566 --> 01:08:24,234
And I was like, "Oh shit."

1386
01:08:24,401 --> 01:08:25,969
I was like

1387
01:08:26,170 --> 01:08:27,637
I'm just going to trust myself
and the adrenaline

1388
01:08:27,837 --> 01:08:29,573
that I can get
through this event.

1389
01:08:30,674 --> 01:08:35,612
And, yeah, salvage my back,
so just, yeah.

1390
01:08:36,813 --> 01:08:38,915
Back myself
that I could get through it,

1391
01:08:39,082 --> 01:08:41,818
and just stuck
to plan A, which was

1392
01:08:42,018 --> 01:08:43,553
be the first one to the barbell.

1393
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:45,755
The king of the Echo Bike

1394
01:08:46,723 --> 01:08:51,295
is sitting on
top of the leaderboard
with 635 points.

1395
01:08:51,461 --> 01:08:54,564
Ricky Garard maintains
his second-place position

1396
01:08:54,731 --> 01:08:58,001
along with your
2024 Games champ
James Sprague in third.

1397
01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:06,243
It's some fast, 200-foot runs

1398
01:09:06,410 --> 01:09:09,479
and 6 snatches at 155 pounds.

1399
01:09:09,646 --> 01:09:11,748
They knock that out
five rounds for time.

1400
01:09:16,085 --> 01:09:18,322
We knew there
was no room for error.

1401
01:09:18,488 --> 01:09:21,291
We knew
that there was a landmine

1402
01:09:21,458 --> 01:09:23,493
somewhere in that event.

1403
01:09:28,097 --> 01:09:31,335
We knew that a slow run

1404
01:09:31,835 --> 01:09:33,102
once

1405
01:09:33,570 --> 01:09:34,804
will put
you in the back of the pack.

1406
01:09:34,971 --> 01:09:38,242
We also knew
that seconds mattered.

1407
01:09:38,908 --> 01:09:40,944
Event number 9 underway.

1408
01:09:41,110 --> 01:09:44,013
Jayson Hopper has
an opportunity to extend

1409
01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:45,715
his lead or possibly lose it.

1410
01:09:45,915 --> 01:09:48,652
Ricky Garard is the man
trying to chase him down.

1411
01:09:48,818 --> 01:09:50,954
This workout is very volatile.

1412
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:53,022
You can run your race,
and you can take a first

1413
01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:54,724
by a second or two.

1414
01:09:54,924 --> 01:09:57,961
You can run
your race and take a 13th.

1415
01:09:58,127 --> 01:09:59,963
I'm just
going to trust myself
and the adrenaline

1416
01:10:00,129 --> 01:10:01,665
that I can
get through this event,

1417
01:10:01,831 --> 01:10:03,900
and, yeah, salvage my back.

1418
01:10:04,100 --> 01:10:07,036
Lucy Campbell,
tough event
to start the morning.

1419
01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,506
Can she bounce back?

1420
01:10:09,673 --> 01:10:13,042
I knew that that would
be an event where it's not
necessarily a time frame

1421
01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:14,578
that is great for me.

1422
01:10:15,111 --> 01:10:16,646
But, I also knew
that it would be an event

1423
01:10:16,813 --> 01:10:18,815
where people can get
carried away with the fact

1424
01:10:19,015 --> 01:10:22,252
that it's a short workout
and therefore go out
really, really hard.

1425
01:10:22,652 --> 01:10:25,389
Every second
was two or three points,

1426
01:10:25,555 --> 01:10:28,858
and that makes
everything scarier,

1427
01:10:29,125 --> 01:10:31,361
and a little, like,
trip up here or there

1428
01:10:31,528 --> 01:10:34,063
can, like,
cost you several places.

1429
01:10:34,230 --> 01:10:37,166
It goes Tia, Maddie Sturt,

1430
01:10:37,334 --> 01:10:39,369
and Danielle Brandon
has moved into third.

1431
01:10:39,736 --> 01:10:42,706
That's when I can
kind of get in this,
like, aggressive mode of,

1432
01:10:42,872 --> 01:10:46,343
like, "Alright, like,
let's fucking do this.
Like, let's go."

1433
01:10:46,510 --> 01:10:48,077
Two rounds left to go.

1434
01:10:49,045 --> 01:10:51,948
Hatfield running a little faster
than Sprague is,
and here comes Jayson Hopper.

1435
01:10:52,148 --> 01:10:57,287
This workout is my
CrossFit Games on the line.

1436
01:11:01,891 --> 01:11:03,360
Finishing our second round.

1437
01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:06,463
Six snatches at 155.

1438
01:11:06,663 --> 01:11:08,698
Hatfield is off,
followed by Hopper.

1439
01:11:09,366 --> 01:11:11,100
Sprague and Pepper.

1440
01:11:11,501 --> 01:11:13,269
Running Isabel is going to be

1441
01:11:13,437 --> 01:11:16,473
like a dog fight to
get three points on someone,

1442
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:19,309
and, like, it kind
of comes down to luck.

1443
01:11:19,509 --> 01:11:20,944
At that point
in the weekend,

1444
01:11:21,110 --> 01:11:24,280
maybe there's something
Dave knows that we don't.

1445
01:11:24,448 --> 01:11:26,282
Like, this thing
is going to crush us/

1446
01:11:26,683 --> 01:11:28,952
And, yeah, that was
exactly what happened.

1447
01:11:29,118 --> 01:11:30,420
We got crushed.

1448
01:11:30,587 --> 01:11:32,389
Finishing up
round four,

1449
01:11:32,556 --> 01:11:34,591
Jayson Hopper in the red.

1450
01:11:35,058 --> 01:11:36,225
Trying to keep pace.

1451
01:11:36,393 --> 01:11:37,927
Trying to keep
the leader jersey.

1452
01:11:38,227 --> 01:11:39,596
And then round five comes.

1453
01:11:39,763 --> 01:11:41,898
Round five, I'm running.

1454
01:11:42,231 --> 01:11:45,068
James is five feet ahead of me.

1455
01:11:45,435 --> 01:11:46,302
Right next to me.

1456
01:11:49,573 --> 01:11:52,576
Something in me
goes, "Catch James."

1457
01:11:53,209 --> 01:11:54,411
I didn't even need to.

1458
01:11:54,878 --> 01:11:57,080
Rep six, I go to do it,

1459
01:11:57,246 --> 01:11:59,616
and I just lose balance.

1460
01:12:00,417 --> 01:12:01,951
I walk it forward

1461
01:12:02,118 --> 01:12:03,987
and I just didn't lock it up.

1462
01:12:06,423 --> 01:12:09,459
And Jayson Hopper
got two no-reps!

1463
01:12:09,959 --> 01:12:11,260
Oh, no!

1464
01:12:13,162 --> 01:12:14,864
I can't feel my
body at this point.

1465
01:12:15,899 --> 01:12:17,000
Can't feel my legs.

1466
01:12:17,501 --> 01:12:19,135
I can't feel anything.
I have no power.

1467
01:12:19,636 --> 01:12:21,538
And I have to do one more snatch

1468
01:12:21,738 --> 01:12:23,172
so I attempt another snatch.

1469
01:12:23,607 --> 01:12:24,674
Completely fall back.

1470
01:12:24,841 --> 01:12:27,343
I have no control whatsoever.

1471
01:12:28,778 --> 01:12:30,547
And I'm panicking at this point

1472
01:12:30,747 --> 01:12:33,349
and at this point, it's just,
you got to get this done.

1473
01:12:33,517 --> 01:12:38,187
Like, you got to
just somehow find a way
to hit this last snatch.

1474
01:12:40,957 --> 01:12:45,562
Hatfield has gone
back-to-back on Sunday

1475
01:12:45,762 --> 01:12:47,130
and Crouch is in.

1476
01:12:47,431 --> 01:12:49,332
Ricky is in. Hopper...

1477
01:12:50,934 --> 01:12:52,168
Disaster.

1478
01:12:53,302 --> 01:12:54,538
Unbelievable.

1479
01:12:54,971 --> 01:12:56,406
I don't know how

1480
01:12:56,606 --> 01:12:59,042
I even finished that last...
that last snatch,

1481
01:12:59,208 --> 01:13:00,143
but I stood it up.

1482
01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:01,711
Crossed the finish line.

1483
01:13:02,812 --> 01:13:03,880
And I took eleventh.

1484
01:13:05,982 --> 01:13:07,751
Jayson Hopper,

1485
01:13:07,951 --> 01:13:11,220
who we thought was making a move

1486
01:13:11,387 --> 01:13:14,424
round to round to round

1487
01:13:15,324 --> 01:13:16,993
was digging his own grave.

1488
01:13:17,961 --> 01:13:19,563
That is why we play the game.

1489
01:13:20,129 --> 01:13:22,098
All the way
through the final rep.

1490
01:13:26,670 --> 01:13:29,539
All the emotions,
all the frustrations,

1491
01:13:29,706 --> 01:13:31,274
all the, you know,

1492
01:13:31,475 --> 01:13:32,909
me being hard on myself.

1493
01:13:33,076 --> 01:13:34,410
Did I just lose
this CrossFit Games

1494
01:13:34,578 --> 01:13:36,179
because of this one snatch?
Did I--

1495
01:13:36,913 --> 01:13:38,047
Why did I just F up?

1496
01:13:38,214 --> 01:13:39,583
All these thoughts like...

1497
01:13:39,849 --> 01:13:42,519
I'm just looking at
all the mistakes and like

1498
01:13:42,886 --> 01:13:45,455
thinking about the what-ifs.
What if I just hit that snatch?

1499
01:13:45,655 --> 01:13:47,290
I'm just
looking at the negatives

1500
01:13:47,557 --> 01:13:50,760
and I'm just like
letting it consume me,
all these fears.

1501
01:13:52,028 --> 01:13:56,099
- Hopper! Hopper!
- Go get 'em, baby!
We love you!

1502
01:13:56,265 --> 01:13:58,101
Go get it! Go get it! Let's go!

1503
01:14:00,003 --> 01:14:02,371
We get done
with event nine,
and I just, at that point,

1504
01:14:02,539 --> 01:14:04,874
all the thoughts are,
"Wow, did I just choke?"

1505
01:14:05,041 --> 01:14:06,409
"Did I just fumble the bag?"

1506
01:14:06,576 --> 01:14:08,878
All these things
going through my mind.

1507
01:14:09,278 --> 01:14:10,647
We're walking through the tunnel

1508
01:14:11,180 --> 01:14:14,951
and Dallin has
cameras on him behind me.

1509
01:14:15,919 --> 01:14:17,220
Like right behind me.

1510
01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:19,823
And he's like,
"It's Sunday at the Games.

1511
01:14:20,023 --> 01:14:21,825
100 points left. I'm coming."

1512
01:14:22,025 --> 01:14:24,961
I think, actually,
you have a video of me
literally saying

1513
01:14:25,128 --> 01:14:26,763
"I love Sundays. I'm coming."

1514
01:14:27,096 --> 01:14:30,667
And Jayson was actually
like 30 feet ahead of me.

1515
01:14:31,768 --> 01:14:34,003
I love Sunday. I love finals.

1516
01:14:34,203 --> 01:14:36,606
And I'm like "Oh my gosh."

1517
01:14:36,773 --> 01:14:38,174
I'm so mad right now.

1518
01:14:38,374 --> 01:14:41,344
I love Sunday.
I love finals.

1519
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:45,314
Get the fuck out of here.

1520
01:14:45,481 --> 01:14:47,651
And he didn't tell me

1521
01:14:47,817 --> 01:14:49,519
until a week after the Games.

1522
01:14:49,819 --> 01:14:51,788
He goes "I heard you say that,

1523
01:14:51,955 --> 01:14:53,356
and it scared me."

1524
01:14:54,257 --> 01:14:55,158
And I was like,

1525
01:14:55,959 --> 01:14:57,460
"You were supposed to hear it."

1526
01:14:57,627 --> 01:14:58,962
That was the point.

1527
01:14:59,428 --> 01:15:01,497
Going into the final event,
I'm in fifth place now.

1528
01:15:01,665 --> 01:15:03,266
Got a shot at the podium.

1529
01:15:07,671 --> 01:15:09,505
I'm not going to talk.
I'm pissed.

1530
01:15:09,673 --> 01:15:11,474
I--

1531
01:15:11,941 --> 01:15:15,779
I'm not going to lie,
I was a little intimidated
by his taunting.

1532
01:15:15,945 --> 01:15:17,814
But, at that point,

1533
01:15:17,981 --> 01:15:20,984
I was thinking about
all the things

1534
01:15:21,150 --> 01:15:26,222
that I potentially just lost
and hearing that was
not what I needed to hear.

1535
01:15:28,124 --> 01:15:31,695
It was really fun
to, like, see Tia.

1536
01:15:32,629 --> 01:15:35,298
And if I was
just a little more fit.

1537
01:15:35,832 --> 01:15:37,967
Maybe I could have went at her

1538
01:15:38,134 --> 01:15:40,536
if I trusted
my fitness a little more.

1539
01:15:41,137 --> 01:15:42,772
That was epic though.
That was really fun.

1540
01:15:43,506 --> 01:15:45,842
Better than I thought. Yeah.

1541
01:15:48,712 --> 01:15:50,213
Yeah, really grim.

1542
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:55,852
That is not a time frame that
I love at this point in time.

1543
01:15:56,986 --> 01:15:59,889
My snatch cycling,
my barbell cycling, generally,

1544
01:16:00,056 --> 01:16:04,060
I just need work on
post-injury and
that sort of thing. So...

1545
01:16:05,461 --> 01:16:08,231
It was, yeah, grim.

1546
01:16:09,532 --> 01:16:12,702
Going into the final event,
I was in fifth place.

1547
01:16:12,869 --> 01:16:15,438
And I was already just stoked

1548
01:16:15,639 --> 01:16:17,173
about how the weekend had gone.

1549
01:16:17,340 --> 01:16:20,043
But I was also really
excited for the last event.

1550
01:16:20,209 --> 01:16:22,045
And I really liked the workout.

1551
01:16:22,211 --> 01:16:24,513
So, I was just ready
to go out there

1552
01:16:24,681 --> 01:16:28,017
and finish the weekend
like I knew I could.

1553
01:16:28,184 --> 01:16:31,554
And just like
give my best effort.

1554
01:16:31,721 --> 01:16:33,189
Slowly climbing.

1555
01:16:33,356 --> 01:16:36,726
I think we started the day
in 11th, I think.

1556
01:16:37,493 --> 01:16:40,764
And, um...
Did we start the day in 11th?

1557
01:16:40,930 --> 01:16:42,732
I think so. I don't remember.

1558
01:16:43,166 --> 01:16:46,035
Just been a... a climb all day.

1559
01:16:46,202 --> 01:16:48,371
Actually, just a climb
since the pegboard workout.

1560
01:16:50,073 --> 01:16:51,641
How does it feel
to be where you're at?

1561
01:16:52,876 --> 01:16:53,743
It feels good.

1562
01:16:54,844 --> 01:16:56,312
I'm not going to
think about it too much.

1563
01:17:06,089 --> 01:17:07,423
Just fucking...

1564
01:17:08,557 --> 01:17:10,059
lunging over the finish line

1565
01:17:11,227 --> 01:17:12,395
for the win.

1566
01:17:14,030 --> 01:17:15,264
Visualizing it.

1567
01:17:18,067 --> 01:17:19,302
Make it happen.

1568
01:17:24,808 --> 01:17:26,342
Yeah, it's good.

1569
01:17:27,076 --> 01:17:29,979
Best spot I've ever been in
going into the final. So...

1570
01:17:31,748 --> 01:17:33,516
Yeah, just got to
make it happen now.

1571
01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:37,253
Definitely nervous, but...

1572
01:17:39,288 --> 01:17:43,026
Yeah, just gotta
fucking dig deep

1573
01:17:44,493 --> 01:17:46,662
and show that I want it
more than anyone else.

1574
01:17:49,298 --> 01:17:51,267
- Take it easy.
- Let's take two.

1575
01:17:53,469 --> 01:17:55,138
Come on, Rick. Come on.

1576
01:17:55,304 --> 01:17:56,305
Let's go.

1577
01:18:01,077 --> 01:18:03,546
Just proud of the weekend.

1578
01:18:05,114 --> 01:18:07,616
Whatever happens, great weekend.

1579
01:18:08,251 --> 01:18:09,552
Leading up to Atlas,

1580
01:18:10,319 --> 01:18:12,288
we were leaderboarding

1581
01:18:12,789 --> 01:18:14,724
like fanboys and girls

1582
01:18:14,924 --> 01:18:17,160
for about an hour and a half.

1583
01:18:17,326 --> 01:18:18,561
And after nine events,

1584
01:18:18,862 --> 01:18:21,030
this is the tightest race
we have ever had

1585
01:18:21,197 --> 01:18:23,733
in the history
of the CrossFit Games.

1586
01:18:24,267 --> 01:18:28,304
From 6th to 1st is 33 points.

1587
01:18:28,637 --> 01:18:31,407
Ricky Garard,
6 points out of first.

1588
01:18:31,607 --> 01:18:34,477
Hatfield, 13 points
out of first.

1589
01:18:34,643 --> 01:18:37,713
It has all come down to this.

1590
01:18:38,281 --> 01:18:41,217
There's no better
situation that I could
have dreamed up in my head

1591
01:18:41,384 --> 01:18:44,553
for one of the most
exciting finishes
of the CrossFit Games ever.

1592
01:18:45,021 --> 01:18:47,023
The race is tighter
than we've ever seen it.

1593
01:18:47,190 --> 01:18:49,859
The stakes were as high
as they've ever been

1594
01:18:50,026 --> 01:18:51,160
for a missed rep,

1595
01:18:51,327 --> 01:18:53,029
for a mis-paced effort.

1596
01:18:53,196 --> 01:18:55,531
And the way
this final event was designed,

1597
01:18:56,399 --> 01:18:59,903
it wasn't as
fast as running Isabel,

1598
01:19:00,403 --> 01:19:03,572
but it was just as
vital to pace correctly

1599
01:19:03,739 --> 01:19:06,910
or else that 10-place swing
could be the difference

1600
01:19:07,076 --> 01:19:09,245
between CrossFit Games champion

1601
01:19:09,813 --> 01:19:11,214
and going home empty-handed.

1602
01:19:16,085 --> 01:19:18,855
I'm in fifth place.
I've got a shot at the podium.

1603
01:19:19,355 --> 01:19:21,057
Um, I've clawed
all the way up to fifth.

1604
01:19:21,224 --> 01:19:22,425
Like, here we go.

1605
01:19:23,359 --> 01:19:25,962
Leave it all out there
and don't leave
anything up for chance.

1606
01:19:26,162 --> 01:19:28,097
I don't know.
It's like a point
where it's like,

1607
01:19:28,264 --> 01:19:30,433
I don't need to warm up anymore.
Like, I'm ready.

1608
01:19:30,599 --> 01:19:32,869
Like, I just need to think about

1609
01:19:33,036 --> 01:19:37,807
everything I've put into this
the last 10, 12 years

1610
01:19:38,574 --> 01:19:41,044
every moment,
every session, all the training.

1611
01:19:41,210 --> 01:19:44,380
This is the moment,
and I'm ready for it.

1612
01:19:45,181 --> 01:19:47,216
There's a lot
going through my mind

1613
01:19:47,683 --> 01:19:49,919
about defending the title

1614
01:19:50,086 --> 01:19:52,321
and being able to be up there

1615
01:19:52,521 --> 01:19:54,223
and the pushes I made
in the final events

1616
01:19:54,390 --> 01:19:56,893
and how proud I was
just to be in a position

1617
01:19:57,060 --> 01:19:58,427
to even
fight for the title again.

1618
01:19:58,594 --> 01:20:02,231
But I also knew
that if I didn't win,

1619
01:20:02,398 --> 01:20:04,200
it wasn't going to be enough.

1620
01:20:04,968 --> 01:20:06,135
Being in the tunnel,

1621
01:20:07,436 --> 01:20:08,571
scared,

1622
01:20:09,438 --> 01:20:12,508
you know,
just reminding myself that

1623
01:20:13,142 --> 01:20:15,311
if I don't win
the CrossFit Games

1624
01:20:16,279 --> 01:20:19,282
I'm never going to
be able to get over this.

1625
01:20:20,149 --> 01:20:21,317
Ever.

1626
01:20:21,484 --> 01:20:23,452
Who will be crowned

1627
01:20:23,752 --> 01:20:26,755
the Fittest Man on Earth?

1628
01:20:30,059 --> 01:20:31,494
Come on, let's go!

1629
01:20:32,095 --> 01:20:33,596
Come on, Jayson!

1630
01:20:36,765 --> 01:20:37,967
Come on, babe!

1631
01:20:40,803 --> 01:20:43,339
Jayson Hopper,
six-point lead over Ricky.

1632
01:20:43,973 --> 01:20:46,475
Ricky needs to
beat Hopper by two places

1633
01:20:46,642 --> 01:20:47,977
if he wants the title.

1634
01:20:48,511 --> 01:20:51,047
Hatfield needs four.

1635
01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:53,649
I know Ricky's
really good at thrustering,

1636
01:20:53,816 --> 01:20:55,018
and Hatfield was gaining.

1637
01:20:55,284 --> 01:20:56,852
Hatfield just won
the previous event.

1638
01:20:56,986 --> 01:20:58,387
First few reps in,

1639
01:20:58,754 --> 01:21:00,189
my back was trying lock up

1640
01:21:00,356 --> 01:21:02,291
and just blocked it out
and just kept going.

1641
01:21:02,458 --> 01:21:04,460
The event itself
was a scary one.

1642
01:21:04,627 --> 01:21:06,662
You know,
an ascending rep scheme

1643
01:21:06,829 --> 01:21:09,465
meaning the reps got higher
as the workout went on.

1644
01:21:09,632 --> 01:21:11,067
So as you're
getting more fatigued,

1645
01:21:11,267 --> 01:21:13,502
you're actually doing
harder amounts of work.

1646
01:21:14,803 --> 01:21:21,077
Olivia Kerstetter.
She's only 14 points out
of a podium position.

1647
01:21:21,277 --> 01:21:23,246
I think we're all pretty
even on the first round,

1648
01:21:23,446 --> 01:21:27,216
and the second round,
it started getting
more, like, spread out.

1649
01:21:27,816 --> 01:21:30,386
My game plan was
just find a way to keep moving
on the thrusters

1650
01:21:30,553 --> 01:21:32,188
and then attack the rope climbs.

1651
01:21:32,355 --> 01:21:33,756
I was just very aware

1652
01:21:33,957 --> 01:21:36,259
of where I needed
to be in the heat.

1653
01:21:36,459 --> 01:21:39,528
And just making sure that
I didn't get carried away

1654
01:21:39,695 --> 01:21:41,030
with the first few rounds.

1655
01:21:41,464 --> 01:21:44,067
Seven rope climbs
in the middle of a workout

1656
01:21:44,233 --> 01:21:46,702
isn't something to sneeze at.
So it's like...

1657
01:21:46,869 --> 01:21:48,537
You also know,
like on the last workout,

1658
01:21:48,704 --> 01:21:50,606
there's people
wanting to make moves,

1659
01:21:50,806 --> 01:21:53,009
so you're going to have
to bring it if you want to win.

1660
01:21:57,013 --> 01:21:59,515
Sprague, Hatfield, Hopper,

1661
01:21:59,682 --> 01:22:02,185
Garard, Pepper and Crouch.

1662
01:22:02,351 --> 01:22:06,722
Your six athletes that all have
everything to gain

1663
01:22:06,889 --> 01:22:09,292
and everything to lose.

1664
01:22:09,492 --> 01:22:11,227
I dropped the bar
before everybody else.

1665
01:22:12,528 --> 01:22:14,463
Went to a rope climb, did one.

1666
01:22:14,663 --> 01:22:17,866
Well, we did three
and then we went back
to the 15 thrusters.

1667
01:22:18,034 --> 01:22:20,303
Fifteen thrusters at 135.

1668
01:22:20,503 --> 01:22:22,938
Jayson Hopper takes a break.

1669
01:22:23,106 --> 01:22:24,573
And for some reason

1670
01:22:25,341 --> 01:22:26,275
I just knew.

1671
01:22:26,842 --> 01:22:28,411
Jayson Hopper is done.

1672
01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:31,114
If he wins

1673
01:22:32,248 --> 01:22:34,783
he claims
the title of Fittest on Earth.

1674
01:22:36,619 --> 01:22:37,620
Come on, babe.

1675
01:22:38,287 --> 01:22:39,888
Come on, Jayson!

1676
01:22:40,856 --> 01:22:41,724
Come on.

1677
01:22:42,058 --> 01:22:42,891
Breathe.

1678
01:22:43,359 --> 01:22:45,461
Pick it back up.
Pick it back up.

1679
01:22:45,628 --> 01:22:47,063
- Come on, babe.
- Pick it back up.

1680
01:22:47,796 --> 01:22:48,831
I--

1681
01:22:49,365 --> 01:22:52,068
had never in my life
been so focused

1682
01:22:52,568 --> 01:22:53,669
on a task

1683
01:22:54,137 --> 01:22:55,871
as much as
that moment right there.

1684
01:23:00,109 --> 01:23:01,610
And for some reason

1685
01:23:02,145 --> 01:23:03,412
I just knew.

1686
01:23:03,646 --> 01:23:04,847
I knew.

1687
01:23:06,582 --> 01:23:10,286
There's been a lot of hard days
in training.

1688
01:23:10,586 --> 01:23:13,289
A lot of times where
you know, no one's around.

1689
01:23:13,456 --> 01:23:15,658
They don't get
to see the hard work.

1690
01:23:16,425 --> 01:23:19,428
The days when things are
going really well in training,

1691
01:23:19,595 --> 01:23:22,431
things are going really poorly.
The hard days, the bad days,

1692
01:23:22,598 --> 01:23:23,999
the good days,
all the in-between.

1693
01:23:24,167 --> 01:23:25,368
Only me and God knows

1694
01:23:25,568 --> 01:23:27,370
what those actually look like.

1695
01:23:29,305 --> 01:23:32,275
Those hard intervals,
when, you know,

1696
01:23:32,641 --> 01:23:34,043
that fourth
interval in training,

1697
01:23:34,243 --> 01:23:37,113
when you are
questioning everything.

1698
01:23:37,780 --> 01:23:39,315
I don't have
any more to give yet

1699
01:23:39,482 --> 01:23:40,849
somehow you find a way.

1700
01:23:41,950 --> 01:23:45,854
- Go. Come on. Come on, hon. Up.
- Come on!

1701
01:23:46,455 --> 01:23:48,157
The whole crowd

1702
01:23:48,324 --> 01:23:50,559
the whole CrossFit
world is watching you.

1703
01:23:53,262 --> 01:23:57,866
Looking back and thinking,
"Man, I'm proud

1704
01:23:58,301 --> 01:24:02,505
that I made that decision
in 2023 to keep trying."

1705
01:24:03,206 --> 01:24:06,008
Coming back after getting cut
and making a decision,

1706
01:24:06,175 --> 01:24:08,377
is this going to be
the beginning of
the end of my career,

1707
01:24:08,544 --> 01:24:10,579
or is this going to be
something that I remember

1708
01:24:10,779 --> 01:24:14,917
and will be something
that I am thankful for

1709
01:24:15,651 --> 01:24:16,852
at the end of all this?

1710
01:24:18,654 --> 01:24:21,357
Jayson Hopper
is 70 feet away

1711
01:24:21,524 --> 01:24:23,726
from being
the Fittest Man on Earth.

1712
01:24:23,892 --> 01:24:27,230
Had the leader jersey on
I'm in the center
lane of the CrossFit Games

1713
01:24:27,796 --> 01:24:30,766
and there is
nowhere I'd rather be

1714
01:24:30,966 --> 01:24:32,235
than this moment right here.

1715
01:24:32,568 --> 01:24:35,771
This is the moment that
I've been waiting for,

1716
01:24:36,305 --> 01:24:38,707
dreaming up, visualizing,

1717
01:24:39,208 --> 01:24:42,511
and I'm going to cherish this
and I'm not going
to let anybody ruin it.

1718
01:24:43,179 --> 01:24:44,780
The crowd is on their feet.

1719
01:24:52,921 --> 01:24:56,091
Hopper is
the Fittest Man on Earth!

1720
01:25:01,029 --> 01:25:03,366
- He did it! He did it!
- Yeah!

1721
01:25:07,736 --> 01:25:10,306
Let's go. Let's go!

1722
01:25:11,907 --> 01:25:14,076
You did it, bro.
You did it.

1723
01:25:17,846 --> 01:25:21,484
The future is
bright in this sport.

1724
01:25:21,684 --> 01:25:23,252
Not just with
the depth we have for the men,

1725
01:25:23,419 --> 01:25:25,921
but the talent
we have for the women.

1726
01:25:26,622 --> 01:25:28,724
I think it's
just a dream come true

1727
01:25:28,891 --> 01:25:31,527
and I think
that this year I put in

1728
01:25:32,295 --> 01:25:35,264
way more work than I ever have

1729
01:25:35,431 --> 01:25:37,733
and to see it pay off like that

1730
01:25:37,900 --> 01:25:39,768
was so amazing.

1731
01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:44,840
I'm in shock
that I was able to do that,

1732
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,843
and I was able
to make that happen. And...

1733
01:25:49,612 --> 01:25:52,915
Yeah.
I literally can't believe it.

1734
01:25:53,716 --> 01:25:57,152
And James Sprague,
your 2024 Games champ,

1735
01:25:57,586 --> 01:26:00,155
in third, one
point behind Ricky.

1736
01:26:00,323 --> 01:26:02,258
And this year,
just to get back on the podium

1737
01:26:02,425 --> 01:26:04,327
it just showed
that I'm always going to fight

1738
01:26:04,493 --> 01:26:06,094
no matter what
the circumstance is,

1739
01:26:06,262 --> 01:26:08,431
and, you know, even if it was
fighting for somewhere

1740
01:26:08,597 --> 01:26:09,832
in the 20th places,

1741
01:26:10,098 --> 01:26:11,534
I always want to
end on a good note

1742
01:26:11,734 --> 01:26:13,702
and put my best foot forward,

1743
01:26:13,902 --> 01:26:15,037
and so that's what I try to do,

1744
01:26:15,238 --> 01:26:17,039
just give it my absolute best.

1745
01:26:17,240 --> 01:26:21,844
Ricky Garard,
what a fight all weekend long.

1746
01:26:22,010 --> 01:26:24,513
Last year, after
the Games I felt burnt out.

1747
01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:25,981
I was over it.

1748
01:26:26,449 --> 01:26:29,685
Didn't want to think about it,
train, do anything.

1749
01:26:30,085 --> 01:26:31,620
But, this year it's just

1750
01:26:31,787 --> 01:26:33,121
ignited another fire in me

1751
01:26:33,289 --> 01:26:34,823
that I didn't know
I had, to be honest.

1752
01:26:35,524 --> 01:26:37,326
I'm excited for
the next 12 months

1753
01:26:37,693 --> 01:26:40,529
and, yeah, I'm going
to do everything
it takes to achieve this goal

1754
01:26:40,696 --> 01:26:43,799
and live out the dream of
being the Fittest on Earth.

1755
01:26:52,475 --> 01:26:54,710
Like, I think so, yeah.

1756
01:27:01,817 --> 01:27:03,586
Ladies and gentlemen,

1757
01:27:03,886 --> 01:27:06,054
today makes it eight.

1758
01:27:06,221 --> 01:27:08,090
I give you the great

1759
01:27:08,291 --> 01:27:11,994
Tia-Clair Toomey!

1760
01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:21,069
It's crazy.
Like, when I found out
Liv came third

1761
01:27:21,470 --> 01:27:24,373
my joy, like, my happiness

1762
01:27:24,807 --> 01:27:27,910
was way more
exciting for her to podium

1763
01:27:28,877 --> 01:27:32,047
than it was for me
to get eight titles.

1764
01:27:36,018 --> 01:27:38,454
Like, I don't
have to say goodbye,

1765
01:27:38,654 --> 01:27:40,222
but it's almost like I-

1766
01:27:42,725 --> 01:27:44,159
It's almost like--

1767
01:27:45,027 --> 01:27:47,129
I feel like if
I'm not competing,

1768
01:27:47,496 --> 01:27:48,864
I have to say goodbye.

1769
01:27:49,998 --> 01:27:53,469
This was one of
the wildest, most exciting,

1770
01:27:54,169 --> 01:27:57,139
greatest CrossFit Games
we've ever had.

1771
01:27:57,673 --> 01:28:00,275
And it was all because
the athletes

1772
01:28:01,076 --> 01:28:02,778
were the ones who made it that.

1773
01:28:03,412 --> 01:28:06,315
And as fans,
we all just got to
sit back and enjoy it.

1774
01:28:09,251 --> 01:28:11,086
You know, it was
important to have a good run,

1775
01:28:11,253 --> 01:28:12,655
and I feel that we did,

1776
01:28:13,055 --> 01:28:14,957
and I feel like a lot of
the community felt that we did

1777
01:28:15,123 --> 01:28:17,259
and I feel like the athletes
felt that we did.

1778
01:28:17,593 --> 01:28:19,895
It was something
that the community needed.
Something that we needed,

1779
01:28:20,028 --> 01:28:21,730
something that I believe
the athletes needed.

1780
01:28:21,897 --> 01:28:25,601
And it accomplished the mission
it needed to accomplish.

1781
01:28:28,537 --> 01:28:29,905
The 2025 CrossFit Games

1782
01:28:30,072 --> 01:28:32,307
was the best CrossFit Games

1783
01:28:32,475 --> 01:28:33,442
I've ever been a part of

1784
01:28:33,609 --> 01:28:36,412
or attended or even watched.

1785
01:28:37,079 --> 01:28:39,648
It was the spectacle,
the sport needed to

1786
01:28:39,815 --> 01:28:43,419
move forward and really stand on

1787
01:28:43,586 --> 01:28:45,421
the roots of
what CrossFit is again.

1788
01:28:45,721 --> 01:28:48,857
I think that people are
forgetting what
CrossFit truly is.

1789
01:28:49,057 --> 01:28:51,827
It's a methodology
and a way of life

1790
01:28:51,994 --> 01:28:53,829
that changes lives
and helps people.

1791
01:28:56,732 --> 01:28:58,634
And the most
important thing that we needed

1792
01:28:58,801 --> 01:29:02,805
was an opportunity
to be together

1793
01:29:02,971 --> 01:29:05,107
and an opportunity to show

1794
01:29:05,608 --> 01:29:07,543
each and every one of us
that we are

1795
01:29:07,743 --> 01:29:09,311
doing the right thing here.

1796
01:29:09,845 --> 01:29:12,047
That CrossFit is alive and well.

1797
01:29:31,333 --> 01:29:32,735
Ian, what the fuck?

1798
01:29:34,202 --> 01:29:36,338
You keep making me
second-guess myself.

1799
01:29:49,217 --> 01:29:51,554
I thought
I was my fittest in 2022,

1800
01:29:52,455 --> 01:29:54,256
and then I kind of
feel like I fell off

1801
01:29:54,457 --> 01:29:56,091
and then now here
I am, and I'm like,

1802
01:29:56,291 --> 01:30:00,062
oh, like, I'm even better
and fitter than that version.

1803
01:30:00,228 --> 01:30:02,330
I think it was such
a positive experience.

1804
01:30:02,498 --> 01:30:06,068
This will, again, be
one of my favorite Games.

1805
01:30:06,469 --> 01:30:08,904
I managed to crawl
all the way up to fourth.

1806
01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:11,106
Which was awesome

1807
01:30:11,306 --> 01:30:13,476
given some of
the things that happened
throughout the weekend.

1808
01:30:14,076 --> 01:30:17,513
I never gave up,
even if I made mistakes

1809
01:30:17,680 --> 01:30:18,914
or things didn't go my way.

1810
01:30:19,347 --> 01:30:21,383
So I was proud
of my ability to stay in it,

1811
01:30:21,550 --> 01:30:23,251
but pretty heartbroken

1812
01:30:23,418 --> 01:30:25,521
that I missed out on
the podium and especially--

1813
01:30:25,688 --> 01:30:27,556
My goal is to win
the CrossFit Games.

1814
01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:29,792
Stoked, I mean,
my friends did great,

1815
01:30:29,992 --> 01:30:31,694
which is cool and awesome,

1816
01:30:31,860 --> 01:30:33,896
but they took what I wanted.