I This year's games marked a new era of programming. For the first time in history, theformer Director General of Sport, Dave Castro, did not create the training sessions and did not take care of the competition.
In fact, this time we saw the referee Adrian Bozman in command, which created 13 events, five of which featured one or more new movement standards.
CrossFit® fans around the world witnessed a large number of style skills strongman and they were catapulted back in time, to the basics of gymnastics with parallel bars and single under.
Let's get to the facts: What new movements and standards were introduced in the CrossFit® Games 2022 and how did the athletes deal with these challenges? We will see it below!
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New movements of the CrossFit® Games 2022
Single Unders
Athletes had to complete 75 reps unbroken before moving on to the next movement. It quickly became apparent that many competitors had not trained with single unders for a long time.
We saw athletes stumble and change running technique on the spot while jumping rope! Queen Tia Toomey also tripped ...
Strict Pegboard Ascents
Bozman also introduced the pegboard climb, requiring athletes to step onto the board without legs, relying completely on force of the upper body.
Many athletes have failed in this skill, such as, for example, Noah Ohlsen.
Single leg squats
We also saw a new standard for i pistols: You were asked to do all the repetitions on one leg before moving on to the other. The top foot could not touch the ground, requiring an enormous balance effort from the athletes.
Double Under Crossovers
Perhaps the worst skill of this year, the double under crossover, has stopped almost everyone. Only three contestants - Nick Mathew, Guilherme Malheiros and the twice Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros - have exceeded the 25 reps required before the cap time.
L-sit to handstand walk
Athletes who made it to the final round of Event 3 faced this movement. They had to perform one L-SIT to the parallels, and then perform a vertical. This was paired with an unbroken handstand walk through the parallels, and then down a ramp to the finish.
Mathew and Malheiros were able to close the wod; Medeiros worked hard and failed to do so.
Dips with Parallel Bar Traverses
This new standard forced athletes to split each round into three sets of dip at the parallel bars, with a crossing on the parallels before performing each series, strictly unbroken.
Wall-Facing Deficit Handstand Push-Up
The Wall-Facing Deficit Handstand Push-Up forced the athletes to descend with their heads under the block resting on the ground, and then perform the hspu with deficit.
While some athletes - including Alexis Raptis, who took the women's event win - tackled this new movement with ease, others struggled.
Many got several no reps.
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
Since most athletes do not train sandbag-to-shoulder in strength training, this skill forced competitors to find the most efficient technique as the event progressed.
The professionist Jerry Pritchett he was even on hand to help athletes with advice on technique, such as picking up the bag over the legs and then rolling it up to the shoulders rather than loading it directly.
Alpaca sled
This tool - the Alpaca Sled, designed by RogueFitness specifically for this event - it was built to be loaded with items, with the base having a wheelbarrow-like basket design.
In this event the athletes unloaded and then reloaded heavy kettlebells on the sled. The versatility of this tool could be used for many years to come, as it will allow the use of different objects in the future.