Others have just concluded two semifinals, therefore we have others 6 candidates who will go straight to the most famous CrossFit® competition in the world: i NoBull CrossFit® Games in August.
As already mentioned, it is last weekend (June 4-6) two races were held: the Granite Games, in the United States, which he appointed 5 athletes that go straight into the final and the Fit test in Cape Town, In Africa, which he appointed only one athlete per category, as per regulation.
After these two competitions, we will have only one other race in attendance, again in the United States: the West Coast Classic, which will take place from 18 to 20 June.
The other events will all be online!
But back to the events of this weekend: according to many, the fact that there are more places at the Granite Games does not mean that the competition is less fierce, quite the contrary!
All the athletes entered the arena with the courage and desire to finish in the top five and be able to join the list of top 20 North American athletes.
The same happened to the Fit test in Cape Town; as there was only one seat, the athletes really gave their all in the arena.
But now let's find out the samples of these editions!
Index
The Granite Games
Just to get an idea of the quality of the event, already in first race we had a record broken. Anthony Davis managed to raise 340 lbs (about 155 kg) with his snatch. His feat has made a record in the history of the Games.
However, Davis was unable to maintain the same quality throughout the event, moving from first place to tenth, on the second day of competition.
Il podium for the Granite Games it was composed as follows:
1st Saxon Panchick
2nd Chandler Smith
3rd Tim Paulson
4th Rogelio Gamboa
5th Colten Mertens
for women instead, even the great champion of the first race, Nicole Mghenyi, did not obtain great numbers and did not enter the top 5.
The women's podium consists of:
1st Arielle Loewen
2nd Mallory O'Brien
3rd Emma Cary
4th Alessandra Pichelli
5th Caroline Connors.
for teams, Omnia team took first place, followed by the teams Movefastliftheavy Crew, i1uvit, 8th Day Gym and Ocean States Finest.
The Fittest in Cape Town
Unlike other events in attendance, the Fittest in Cape Town had the presence of technical teams, event producers, judges and the public wearing the protective masks against covid-19.
Only the athletes who entered the arena did not use the masks so as not to interfere with the performance during the WODs.
From the start, we had excellent performances in all categories: for women Dina Swift won the first two races, as did Jason Smith and the Eikestad Might Oaks team.
However, on the second day Dina dropped to second place, while Smith and the Oaks team remained in the lead.
And so does the team Eikestad Might Oaks remained first in all events by winning the seat for the Games, followed by the Eikestad Golden Oaks and CrossFit® Tijger Valley teams.
For women's podium we Michelle Basmett, in first place, followed by Dina Swift and Michelle Merand; while for the men we have Jason Smith in first place, followed by Ruan Duvenage and Aj Visser.