Oh yeah guys: The 2024 Open is over! In recent days we have witnessed some changes in position and corrections to the leaderboard but now we already have the qualifiers for the next phase of the competition: the Quarterfinals 2024.
We would like to remind you that even i quarterfinals will be held online. However, only athletes who have participated in the RX'D competition qualify for this stage, regardless of their category, be it teen, master or elite.
- Quarterfinals team date: from 3 to 8 April 2024.
- Date Quarterfinals individuals: from 17 to 22 April 2024.
- Quarterfinals Age Group Date: from 17 to 22 April 2024.
Index
The 3 wods of the Open 24
This season was “unusual”. They were 3 intense WODs have been released which, despite having been more inclusive, they have not lost in intensity and complexity for the big names of the discipline.
To give you an idea of this complexity, the sextuple champion Tia Clair Toomey and Brooke Wells did not complete theopen 24.3, which brought them down in the ranking (mand they qualify anyway!).
It is important to note that the big names in CrossFit® usually they do not perform at their best in the Open phase, where a large number of competitors move on to the next phase. As a result, it is quite common not to see them as Open winners.
It is worth, however, rank among the top 5 of the competition to guarantee yourself an interesting extra income. This year, each round of the Open brought $2.024 to each WOD winner, while the overall winners of the Open 24 receive $15.000 (1st place), $10.000 (2nd place), $7.500 (3rd place ), $6.000 (4th place) and $5.000 (5th place), a considerable sum for those finishing high on the podium.
On the other hand, saving your energy at the beginning can be an interesting strategy to reach the quarterfinals!
Winners of WOD 24.3
Rebecca Fusilier was the great champion of the last workout of the Open 24, with an incredible time of 7:52, becoming the world winner.
For Europe, the big winner was Mirjam Von Rohr (which also won the 24.1), with an incredible time of 08:35 placing 2nd overall.
In Italy, however, the winner of this wod was Valentina Magalotti with a time of 9:40, placing 33rd in the general classification.
As for the male category, Jonne Koski won the final round of the Open 24 with a time of 8:03, almost beaten by Colten Mertens who remained just four seconds behind.
For Italy, the big winner was Niccolò Colli with a time of 08:58, placing 30th overall.
2024 CrossFit® Open Overall Winners
Women
The Australian Grace Walton was the grand champion of this year's Open. She managed to get the highest score in the ranking without winning any of the three tests, simply by adding its classifications.
With this, she also managed to overtake the Swedish Mirjam Von Rohr who for many would have been the true champion of this phase.
For Europe's female athletes, the ranking has seen Swiss Mirjam Von Rohr as winner, followed by Danish Chrstina Agerbeck and Poland's Julia Blazejowska as third. The best ranked Italian was our super Elisa Fuliano, who placed 13th overall!
Men
For the men's category, the Finnish Jonne Koski left no room for doubt by becoming the great champion of the Open 24, after winning the last race and finishing second in Open 24.2.
Saxon Panchik, coming in next, finished with a nine-point difference. Australian Jay Crouch closes the worldwide ranking.
In Europe, the ranking sees Jonne Koski in first place, followed by the Serbian Luka Vunjak, and the Spaniard Fabian Beneito in third place.
The best ranked Italian for Europe was Andrea Russo, who placed 44th overall!
Italian podiums – Ager Group and adaptive
We had great satisfaction regarding the Italian athletes on the podium in Europe! Let's see them in detail:
Master category 35-39
Stefano Migliorini takes home a 2nd place overall
Master category 40-44
Giulia Roggio unbeatable: he won WOD 24.1 and WOD 24.3 and took 1st place overall in the 2024 Open.
Master category 45-49
Andrew di Salvatore: he didn't win any wod, but the sum of his positions catapulted him to the top of the rankings and he won 1st place overall.
Master category 55-59
Antonio Boldrini: he also had an excellent performance in the 3 workouts, with a 6th place in 24.3 which allowed him to win 1st place overall!
Master category 65+
Gianluca Carretta: thanks to a 2nd place in 24.1 and an 11th in 24.2, Gianluca managed to reach the top of the overall ranking for his category!
Adaptive
In the Adaptive category, ours Antonio Silvestro (neuromuscular) managed to take 4th overall. We also have a 3nd overall for Antonio Bonanno (seated) and a 2nd place for Giada Cerpolloni (standing).