The last ones took place last weekend three semifinals which saw the last athletes ranked for the Bull CrossFit Games 2021.
In the latter stage we have had two online events, Atlas Games (North America) e theAsia Invitational (Asia), as well to the live event West Coast Classic (North America).
While the Asian event only awarded two seats to men, women and teams, the two North American events awarded five places at the top of each category.
The new edition of the Asia Invitational was created for increase worldwide expansion of the discipline. After all, the Asian continent doesn't have big names in sports and isn't as prevalent as in other countries.
This is a strong marketing move by the company, which could give the sport a chance to expand into Asian countries. A great idea for brand growth!
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Latest Games semi-finals: how did they go?
Both in person and online we have had great athletes on the world stage. We also had siblings of some well-known names, like Sydney Wells brother of Broke Wells e Spencer Panchick, brother of Scott Panchik.
However, the brothers were unable to do the same as the well-known athletes and be accredited for the Games. Sydney, by the way, had a lot of difficulties in the last race with the muscle up rings and did not complete the last race of the West Coast Classic.
West Coast Classic
In the women's category we had a dispute, race after race, between Kari Pearce and Bethany Shadburne. But who got the better of it was Bethany, followed by Kari, Danielle Brandon, Dani Speegle and in last place Regan Huckaby.
In the men's we had Cole Sager in first place, followed by Games veteran Noah Olsen, Sean Sweeney, Will Morrad and Brandon Luckett.
Closing the teams we had the Invictus double with Team Invictus, Invictus Unconquerable, Ohio Brutes, Backcountry Black and Blues City Athletics.
Atlas Games
The Atlas was run online this time, so it wasn't as compelling as the West Coast but it was interesting all the same.
A lot of Canadian athletes have been seen here!
In the female category the ranking was defined only at the last. The first day ended with Carolyne Prevos, who won the first two races of the day, the second day we had the American Makenzie Riley in the lead. And on day 3, Bayle Rayl was in the lead. However, the ranking ended with Carolyne Prevost, Mekenzie Riley, Bayle Rayl, Emily Rolfe and Sydney Michalyshen.
In the men's category we had Vellner as the great champion, followed by Jeffrey Adler, Samuel Cournoyer, Alex Vigneault and Brent Fikowski.
For the teams the Pro 1 team showed its superiority by taking first place, followed by CrossFit Resurrection, 1855, Rhapsody and Team Koda.
Asia Invitational
The Asian competitors competed well throughout the weeekend. This competition was also performed in digital format and unlike the other two competitions, the Asia Invitational, awarded only two seats to the Games.
Thus, for the female category, the two names that will be present in the biggest world event will be the athletes Svetlana Kubyshkina and Seungyeon Choi.
While for the males we will have Stas Solodov and Aleksandar Ilin. In the latest rankings for the Games, we have the Kolesnikov Team and Team Dubai teams in the Team category.
This concludes the semifinals around the world and we already have the names of the athletes who will be part of this year's edition of the Nobull CrossFit Games 2021!