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CrossFit's changed my life.
And...

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

It's created that
for so many people.

And it's like...

It's like...

It's this family that, yeah,

you might not
know everyone, but...

like, CrossFit changes lives.

And it's like...

I guess I'm having
a really hard time

breaking up with CrossFit.

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

The CrossFit Games
are the ultimate test

to find the Fittest on Earth.

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

And the crowd just went nuts.

Let's go, let's go!

Takes the win by one second.

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

Disaster!

Unbelievable!

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

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

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

Good morning
and welcome to
the 2025 CrossFit Games

in Albany, New York.

The CrossFit Games
are the breeding ground

for finding the fittest
individuals in the world.

And they have
every right to say that

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

Fitness isn't just
having a good VO2 max

or being able to lift
a really good weight.

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

And the CrossFit Games
find Superman and Superwoman.

The Fittest on Earth,
what that means is

basically these athletes have
gone through a number of tests

through a number of months.

It starts off with
several hundred thousand people,

whittles down to
one man and one woman,

and they've come out on the top

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

Fundamentally,
a good test of fitness

has to have range.

You have to test a lot of
different time domains,

from really
short sprint-style events

to really longer
endurance-style events.

You have to have
a range of skills represented.

And then a combination
of things that the athlete

could not have trained for.

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

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

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

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

This is our 19th CrossFit Games.

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

and at that point it was
really a thought experiment

from maybe we could
have a competition

and actually see
who is the fittest.

The past 19 years
have been incredibly wild

and an unknown journey
that has taken us

in a lot of
different directions.

When it started here in 2007,

had idea it was going to grow
to what it is

or go in the direction
that it went.

The Games
is not just 10 workouts

that we're doing for fun.

The Games is a grueling test

that is not just physical,

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

It is everything you can
imagine underneath the sun.

To become the Fittest on Earth

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

it takes...
it takes just about everything.

You're constantly thinking about

What can I get better at?

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

Am I recovering well?

Am I missing
something in my training?

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

It's not as simple as that,

because we
all put in the work, truly.

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

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

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

and I need to make sure
I'm training

so much harder, smarter,

and leaving no stone unturned,

and leaving no doubt

every day I go into the gym.

Two big storylines.

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

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

we'll see her on
the competition floor?

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

most competitive men's field

we have ever had
at the CrossFit Games.

So you got Jeff Adler,
James Sprague,

Justin Medeiros, Dallin Pepper,

Ricky Garard, Roman Khrennikov.

All six have
stood on the podium.

So the biggest thought was,

who's to win the CrossFit Games?

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

not just to stand on the podium,

but to win the whole thing.

- I already called this.
- You know Step Brothers?

Yeah, you guys see
Step Brothers before?

Yeah, we're
going to do that one.

Just real quick.

Ready? You know how to do it?

Yeah, so it's like that.

One, two, three.

Wait, do they smile?

- One more. No.
- No?

So picture this.
You're in high school,

and you see the jock.

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

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

You can't tell yet.

Big guy, loud,

loudest laugh you've ever heard.

That's Jayson Hopper.

He grows on you, painfully,

but he grows on you.

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

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

and it's not that big of a deal.

To him it is. To his...

In this moment,
it is such a big deal.

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

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

He gets so stressed. Like, dude.

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

Why does it matter?

The whole men's field
is obviously stacked,

and I knew coming in

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

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

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

it was going to require
nearly perfection,

and that was the mindset.

It wasn't going
to be given to me.

I was going to
have to go get it.

Man, I've grown really close

to those dudes over
the past handful of years,

and they've become
some of my best friends.

It's just a really fun dynamic.

We make each other
better in every way.

We're very competitive,

and we hate
losing to each other.

Hey, that wrecks my ego, dude.

Call me the champ.

Come on.

Dice me up.

"The champ."

It's funny around here.

We throw
that word around loosely.

- What word?
- Champ.

Paper champion.

- You are though.
- Thank you.

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

and I'm currently
the Fittest Man on Earth.

The title and
winning the Games in 2024

absolutely was
mind-boggling for me.

He was supposed to
come to my wedding

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

And he didn't come!

It really hurt my heart.

Guy wins
the 2024 CrossFit Games.

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

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

But

he did not get the respect

that other past champions
have gotten.

People like to
say my win in 2024

was invalid for
many reasons. Um...

The main one
people like to say is that

not everyone signed up
or people pulled out

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

Another one is that I wasn't
emotionally affected
by what happened

and that I just
brushed past the tragedy.

And to both of those claims

neither of which are true,

um, everyone there that competed

gave their absolute best,

and everyone
there was hurting equally

and grieving together.

Yeah, in 2024
we had the worst possible

outcome of the CrossFit Games.

We had a young
competitor, Lazar Dukic,

universally loved in
the CrossFit community.

He had a bright
future ahead of him.

He tragically drowned
during the first event

of the 2024 CrossFit Games.

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

for good reason.

So much preparation
and so much time

and so much mind time
of thinking about all of
this stuff for the last year,

going to these
moments, going to this event.

And, like, it is very rewarding.

It is also very,
especially this year,

especially
coming into this event,

stressful and,
like, nerve-wracking.

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

we're more prepared than
we've ever been for any Games.

Slept really good.

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

I think I had
like 10 hours sleep, so.

Willow was just sleeping with
her grandparents last night.

Terrorizing us.

We had about half hour of sleep.

I'm Tia-Clair Toomey.

I'm from Queensland, Australia

and I live in
Nashville, Tennessee

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

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

She's won the Games seven times.

Every time she's
stepped on the floor

since getting
second twice, she's won.

She took one year off
to become a mom,

and then comes back last year

and wins in dominant fashion.

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

Yeah, we're going to go.

We're going to go soon, okay?

Then they're gonna
come back and get us.

Give me a kiss?

Hey, hey, give me a kiss.

I love you.

I'd say this year

my expectation is to win.

But I think that
there's more to it

than just winning another title.

To secure another
title with, you know,

my family in the crowd,

with Willow another year older,

being able to
embrace this and just

embrace the journey
that we've been on,

because I definitely
didn't think that

I would be going
to my tenth CrossFit Games.

So here we go again.

Yeah.

Tenth year.

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

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

Nope.

That level
of uncertainty where Tia

thought she was just this
dominant CrossFit athlete,

and now she's a mom

and we're unsure if
she can still be

that dominant CrossFit athlete.

And there's
an identity crisis there.

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

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

and what your passion is.

You can figure that out
until you have kids.

And then once you have kids,

that all changes.

Tia's trying to balance,

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

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

I'm a new mom.

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

so I've got to figure out that.

It starts with
that four-mile run

that is two miles out
and two miles back.

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

one more mile out
before you finish

for your first event
at the Games.

The lead-up
to that first event

was really stressful
for the team.

The amount of time and attention
that went into making sure

that was as safe
and straightforward as possible.

So, event one at
the 2025 CrossFit Games.

I mean, the nerves are insane.

Lining up, yeah,
it was quite crowded.

We were behind the boys,
so whenever you have

a mass start that is
also with the men,

you just feel
everyone's energy, right?

Like, nerves,
this intense competitiveness.

The 2025 CrossFit Games

will begin in ten seconds.

And the 2025
CrossFit Games are underway.

Event one.

First moment, Tia

gets thrown into
the back of the pack.

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

but she finds herself in
an unfamiliar position.

Tia was not too thrilled

about being in
the back of the pack.

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

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

and like not let you pass."

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

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

like, I'm not trying to be mean

but I'm coming through."

So step aside or get pushed.

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

You know you did.
- Yeah,

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

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

No way.

Jeff Adler,
Ricky Garard, Roman Khrennikov.

Three athletes that all
have stood on the podium.

Jeff has stood
on top of the podium.

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

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

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

The advantage
a lot of times in foot races,

especially
on a course like this,

is to get out of eyesight

of the person
trying to chase you.

You can create such
a distance from other girls

where they sort
of forget about you.

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

that you've got
decent runners behind you

who could potentially
rein you in.

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

that's a good thing to have.

Your top three athletes

coming into the rows.

And it's first come,
first serve.

We hopped on the rower,

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

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

and I'm watching everyone.

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

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

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

And I was able to pass three
or four people on that one.

I could see the two people
next to me on the rower,

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

And, you know,
I was fully recovered

to really just send it
on the last two miles.

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

is that they want to exit
the rower fast enough

just to propose a threat
on those athletes ahead of them

for the final two miles.

Not a lot remains
distance-wise
for these athletes.

We're just past
the 45-minute mark.

Roman Khrennikov,
left side of your screen.

Jeff Adler
trying to chase him down.

Jeff Adler has closed
the gap significantly.

Oh, here we go!

2023 CrossFit Games Champ
takes event one

of the 2025 CrossFit Games.

Roman Khrennikov takes second

Ricky Garard will
round out your top three.

Tia-Clair Toomey

your seven-time
CrossFit Games champion

on the path to eight,

takes event number one.

How was that?

Hard.

I thought I'd have it
easier than that.

But I sprinted the end.

I'm going to pay for it.

This is going
to ruin my weekend.

You think?

Yeah, I did the rookie mistake.

Went for the win.

Hard. Mental.

See where Dallin comes in.

And Justin.

And all my other friends.

Gotta wait at the finish line
for them all.

Good job. Good work.

I'm actually really,
really, really proud of that.

Um, I don't know where I placed.

Wasn't as high
as I wanted to be.

If I were to look at places.

- Good job.
- Thank you, thank you, guys.

But my only goal
for that whole workout

was just to run the paces
I want to.

- I actually think I went faster.
- Great job.

- Thank you, guys.
- Amazing.

I think when I started
to realize I was
solidly in third,

I was like, okay,

unless I absolutely end myself,

there's no way I'm catching Amy.

So I was like, just stay there
and make sure that Amy,

make sure that Amy
doesn't catch me.

So that was nice.
Like, I was very pleased

not to end in a foot race.

Well done. You're a star.

Good job.

Man, that row was savage.

Yeah. You're just...

so fast.

You're fast on the row.

It was actually like, it
was just more my bum,
getting on.

- Whoo.
- Yeah, for sure.

- Fun to
get things going?
- Yeah.

Nerves can settle now.

I haven't lost it.

Is that what you think?

You just never really know.

There could be another
little young Tia
that no one knows about.

It's happened before.

Thanks.

Welcome back
to the 2025 CrossFit Games

in Albany, New York.

We are inside MVP Arena.

Adrian, we've got individual
event number two,
All Crossed Up.

It's 20 wall walk buy-in,
and then we're going to get
through a chipper-style format

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

and 80 crossover double-unders,

and that also includes
60 toes-to-bar.

So the twist
with the double-under crossover

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

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

So now you've got this
added element of coordination.

This event, I was
extremely excited about

because it brought back
a movement in
the crossover double-unders

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

In fact, we had
the community in an uproar

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

Now the question for everyone.

Have you learned how to do

double-under crossovers
since they debuted in 2022?

You know, the CrossFit Games
is an interesting thing

in that the expectation
is that you've got

to be broad and adaptable,

and your skill set
has to be able
to lend itself

to things
that you've never done before.

And the ones that can adapt
are going to do really well,

and a lot of them are going
to be frustrated and upset

if they can't do that
because they expect that
the Games are, quote,

"supposed to be one way,"
when sometimes they're not.

And honestly,
it's not that hard.

Event two
we've done in training

because
it was announced early on.

And we've done this
at the PRVN Gym

like a couple of times now.

Yeah, in training,
I could not get this workout.

I did not get
this right in training

and it was a really solid one
for Ricky and Tia,

which I had the luxury to see.

Event two was frustrating.

Initially, just trying
to learn the skill

and then you're trying
to learn the skill

under fatigue and
under quite a lot of
shoulder fatigue as well.

This was one that
I was probably the most
anxious about for day one.

I wanted to come
out very aggressive.

Jayson Hopper leading early.

And allow the pressure
of other people coming up on me

to push me to the finish line.

Ricky Garard has moved up

to challenge Jayson Hopper.

He's in the center lane,
yellow shoes.

Probably one of the highlights
of the weekend, to be honest.

Having Jay next to me,

two Aussies just
battling it out,

it was epic.

Jake Crouch
to his left

has now moved in the
second over Jayson Hopper.

All I was focusing
on for this was just

to execute perfectly.

I could feel like
Ricky was there,

and I knew if I was staying
with Ricky

and I was being perfect
every step of the way

that it was going to be
a good result for me.

Danielle Brandon
is done at the same time

as Tia-Clair Toomey.

Toomey in
the all-white leader jersey.

Danielle Brandon will
pick up the dumbbell first.

I think I heard
them say my name,

so I knew I was in
the front somewhere with Tia

because they kept
mentioning Tia and I,

so I knew I was
in a race with her.

Danielle Brandon
broke once already.

Danielle Brandon will
take her second break.

I was stoked to be
that close to her,

and of course I look
back on the workout,

and I'm like, oh,
maybe if I would have
gone for the first

set of toes-to-bar unbroken,
if I had done this,

but "shoulda, coulda, woulda."
It was a fun race.

And I crossed
that finish line first,

and I just was like so pumped.

Tia Toomey gets
back-to-back event wins

to start
the 2025 CrossFit Games.

In training, that was a
good workout for me on paper,

and he struggled a little bit
in training, but managed to
put it together on the day.

It got towards the end,
and I'm like,

I'm still with him, so let's go.
This is awesome.

Yeah, just going,
like, literally rep-for-rep
at the end, those last 10 reps,

and then crossing the line.

Final rep for Ricky.

Can he get in?

Ricky Garard takes the event!

Wow.

Jay Crouch is in second.

But after the workout,
and after the boys did it,

Jay and Ricky, like,
they had an incredible battle,

and, like, Jay did so much
better than what
he did in training,

but they both were
bragging that they beat my time.

And I was like,
"This is not cool."

Like, respect your elders, boys.

- Come on, Jay, Jay, Jay!
- Come on, Jay!

- Yeah!
- Whoo!

Yeah!

Fuck yeah!

- One in three.
- Yeah, the Aussies.

So cool. What
a way to start, hey?

That's awesome. So proud of him.

- Well done, well done.
- Thank you.

Thanks. That was good.

Oh, man, I knew it was
a good workout for me, so...

I knew I just had to go for it
on the dumbbells, which I did.

Couple of mistakes,
like, moving shit,

which almost cost me, but
I was stoked to get the win.

It's sick. It's awesome.

I mean, yeah,
neck-and-neck with Ricky too,

like, it's just like
a training day, right?

So, no, it's awesome
to be back in front of a crowd
in the stadium

and we got a lot more
opportunities for more of
these moments over the weekend,

so pumped as for it.

- Hell yeah.
- How was that?

Felt fucking good.

Hell yeah.
Top five's still good, man.

Especially in ones you're not
supposed to take top five in.

El, come on.

We going?

No, I just felt good.

No, I mean, I wouldn't say any
of those movements

are like
home run movements for me,

but I let my fitness
just speak for itself.

That's all you can do.
You can talk trash
in the off-season

and then when you're
on the floor,

you just let it talk...
Let it talk for you.

Yeah, for sure. Um...

And, you know,
like, you couldn't, like,

shut off at all
through that whole event

because, like, those athletes
just breathing down your neck.

And, like, that's
exactly what we compete for.

That's what
we train really hard for.

You know, you just...

Like, the adrenaline
is just so good

and you can't control
anyone else's performances,
but your own.

And so, like,
you just got to, like,

level up and do that.

And it's really cool.

With that type of feeling,
you're like,

what's the point of retiring?
It's so fun.

Seven championships,
the most anyone's
ever been able to do,

both the men and the women.

And there was some rumors
that she might
be retiring this year.

Like, you know,
I've done my time.

People are...

"Yeah, you're a winner."

"You're X-amount champ,"
like, all this.

But it's like,
well, if I don't do this,
like, what am I going to do?

Like, now I actually
have something to live for.

Like, I have
a baby girl at home,

you know, excited every time
I walk through the door.

And so, like,
that's really cool to think,

like, oh, wow, like,
I may not take the competition
floor ever again but, like...

man, like, I'm going to be
living the dream
for the rest of my life,

hanging out with my baby girl.

Event three.

Event three was announced
and I was so excited.

Probably a workout
that would be my favorite.

This is 100 points
straight up in my lap,

like thank you.

And I look up
at the Jumbotron
and there's Willow.

And, like,
that was just so beautiful.

And she recognized me,
and I was like...

Wow, you know,
like, "Hey, Bub!"

Like, yeah,
"I'm down here," you know?

And there is Willow looking on.

Saying "Mama!"

On the Jumbotron.

You got to love it.
Tell you what, listen,

that trumps every
event win she's ever had, bro.

I, like, I even got,
like, some teary-eyed,

but I was like, come on,
like, you got this.

Stay focused. Like,
let's just, like, execute.

Three, two, one, go.
Straight up onto the pegboard.

And, like, I got up
there on my first peg

and I was like, wow,
like this is so different
to any other year.

Like, it is so slippery.

Tia struggling
a bit at the top here

and she still has
two more holes to get to.

The story of
the climbing couplet

is obviously going to be
about the pegboards.

The pegboards are back
and they were slick.

Very quickly realized that
actually it was going to be
about managing these pegboards

because they were so slippy.

It's like as
she steps into the pegboard,

she's reaching for a hole
that she expects to be there.

However, she's
sliding down it a bit.

You don't actually realize
how much they're slipping

until you're on
the damn pegboard.

And I was like,
what is happening?

You see her
shake her head. She's literally
annoyed with herself.

Whatever went wrong there,
she's a little
frustrated about it.

The pegboards
were definitely slippery.

What honestly made it better
was that I saw Tia struggling.

Like during that workout

after the first one
I was like, "Oh, what?"

I was like, I've heard of
slippery pegboards
before from people,

but never experienced it myself.
And I was like, "This is it."

Let me tell you, this pegboard,

that plexiglass, very slick.

So it's not fun to climb.

I think there was
a variety of factors

that were in play here.

I do think
the chalk played a part.

I think these guys
were chalking up a lot,

maybe some remnants
of chalk on the wall.

I think that played into it.

Especially with this plexiglass.

There's a lot of dust and chalk
out there on the floor.

And it's much taller.

A typical wall that you buy
from Rogue

has like 10 holes.

This one has 15,
so it's a third longer.

Now there's a lot
of controversy around

whether or not the lanes
themselves were consistent.

Uh, was there a buildup
on some of the pegboards

that affected
some of the athletes?
Was it just fatigue?

People were saying,
"This certain pegboard
was slippery."

"This certain one was slippery."

You know, honestly,
I was in the "cursed lane"

and I won my heat.

And some lanes
did have an advantage.

You know, I'm sure the athletes
who did really well

want to argue that,
"Oh, figure it out."

Did they figure it out
better than anybody? No.

It was one of my favorite
workouts for the weekend

because the pegboards
were obviously,
they were hard.

They were slippery.
But at the same time
it wasn't like a full send.

You had to be
methodical with your pacing.

Kerstetter showcasing some
great efficiency

here on the pegboard as well.

They were
definitely a bit slipperier

than in practice,

but I just had
to take my time on them

and make sure to have
no failed reps

because huge in
an event like that.

We have not said the name,
Tia-Clair Toomey,

in about four minutes.

As Tia Toomey
makes her final ascent.

I was so desperate at the time,

because I was like,
"This is not going
the way it needs to."

Like, this is embarrassing.

What the fuck, Ian?

What the fuck?

That's, like,
an amazing event for me.

I was fucking
doing strict pegboards.

That was probably the worst
event I've ever fucking had.

I feel good, man.
Best day one of my career.

You don't want to take
those moments for granted

so just kind of like trying to
live in that moment.

That's the number
one goal, obviously,

besides,
you know, trying to win.

Yeah.

Winning, hey.
Fun's in the winning, y'all.

Fun's in the winning.

Yeah, I mean,
there's a lot of analysis

that went into
that event that night

when we debriefed
in the war room.

Soon as we got
back into the war room,

I then said to everyone,
"What's going on?
What's the story?"

"What happened?
What are people saying?"

And then they're like
"Yeah, there's...

"saying a lot of
inconsistently with
the walls, et cetera."

I'm making sure
that everybody's doing
the job they need to do

to make it a successful event.

And I'm pressing
people on their roles

and seeing if they've
thought about contingencies,

if they've thought about
what's supposed to happen,

if they're thinking
about the visual,

if they're thinking about
this aspect, the safety.

Well, here's what I see that,
like, I think is flagged.

Athletes, Tia came up to me,
but she got in my face

and complained for, like,
two or three minutes
about the pegboard.

And I was very respectful
and just listened.

It's frustrating as an athlete

when you know, like, that is
a hundred-point workout for you,

and you come fucking 16th.

And you look
like a fucking joke.

Like, that pisses me off.

And I fucking dreamt about it
the whole fucking weekend.

She, that night,
at like one in the morning

sent me a text basically saying,
"You're wrong
about the pegboard."

And I thought
that was hilarious.

I was like,
"Shouldn't you be asleep?"

- What's up, dude? Come on in.
- What's up?

Thanks for letting me come in.

- What did you say?
- Thanks for letting me come by.

- You're welcome, man.
Make yourself at home, man.
- Thanks.

It is very messy.

It's a kitchen.
It's a living room.

It's a bedroom.

- Yeah.
- It plays many roles.

Dishes in the bathroom.

Dishes in the bathroom.

- Really?
- Oh, yeah.

- Can I see?
- Um, sure.

Jayson just used the restroom
but here's our kitchen.

- You've been
washing all these dishes?
- Yes.

In the kitchen's sink--
or the bathroom
sink, shall I say.

- It's pretty disgusting.
- Wow.

So you'll, like,
see a little grain of rice

while you're
brushing your teeth.

I didn't want to see that
grain of rice while doing that.

Everything's
disposable in this hotel

so I had to go to Walmart
and buy some temporary crockery

so that I couldn't eat like
a peasant on paper plates.

Probably shouldn't say that.

I couldn't eat, like, a--

I don't know.
Someone trapped in a storm.

Ugh.

Oh, and toothpaste.

Ugh!

- I hope it was worth it.
- Huh?

- I hope it's worth it.
- Yeah.

Before the first event
in the Coliseum yesterday

I was sitting there,
got a little
teary-eyed because it was like

this year just feels very
different in a good way. Um...

I don't know if it's just his
approach to this weekend

or what, but I was like--

I'm, like, oddly
not nervous to the point
of feeling sick,

which I normally am.

There's, like, almost
this bit of just confidence

that he has
I think, in his abilities,

which has
rubbed off on me a bit.

I'm just, like, I'm just
excited to watch him enjoy it.

I think we've
gained a lot of enjoyment
again in this sport, too,

this past year, so it's fun

kind of getting to
see that play out

and now he's
wearing his leader jersey

for the first time ever,
which is crazy.

They say the leader jersey
gives you wings.

So we'll see if it actually...
If it actually does.

Yeah?

Winner gets to
keep the leader jersey.

Yeah. Yeah.

We'll see if it gives me
some extra-- extra gas.

So I pretty much grew up
playing football and baseball
from a very young age

and, you know,
I always wanted to go pro
in either baseball or football,

and so I walked on at Clemson
and quit after one year.

Because I quickly
learned that I was not
going to be an NFL player.

Lucy Campbell
had made her rookie debut

at the 2022 CrossFit Games,

and then for two years

she was out of competition
from a wrist injury.

The last time that I
went to the Games in 2022,

I had just a huge mental block
on the floor in back nine,

and I basically
spent the whole event

just, like,
clean pulling the bar.

So after the Games in 2022,

I was diagnosed
over a year later

with a condition called
Kienbock's disease.

Which meant that I had
actually competed at the Games

with a fracture of
one of the bones in my wrist.

To fix that,
I ended up having
a radial shortening osteotomy,

so I had five millimeters
of bone taken out of my radius
in my forearm

to help to level out
my wrist, essentially.

And so it has been
a very, very long journey
back here

after being told
by a couple of surgeons
that it wouldn't be possible

in terms of a return to sport

in terms of
a return to CrossFit.

The climbing couplet.
Now watch Lucy Campbell.

One of the biggest issues
she's had is the ability

to even receive
the bar with two hands,

let alone with one arm.

Adapt or die.

You want to talk about
the heart of a competitor

Lucy Campbell's got it. Tenfold.

So to be able to finish
that event on a heavy barbell

it felt like a bit
of a rewriting of that
story from back in 2022,

so I was, yeah, really, really
proud of myself for that one.

So in 2023, I got
cut at the CrossFit Games.

And that year
I moved away from home

and kind of just put
everything on the table.

I was emotionally drained.

I was just
burned out from the sport.

I remember thinking

this will be the beginning of
the end of my career.

Everything revolved around that.

Relationships
revolved around that.

My relationship with the Lord
revolved around that.

Life revolved around that.

Everything was CrossFit,
CrossFit, CrossFit, CrossFit.

I quickly learned that
I needed people in my life.

I needed to enjoy
things outside the gym.

I needed to re-center,
you know,
get back into rhythm,

get back into the daily
disciplines of the grind,

and I was willing.

I was willing to
put that work back in

and, um get
a little dirty again.

How's it look?

It looks great.

- What'd you say?
- It looks great.

It looks like... a shirt.

It looks like a shirt.
That's all it is.

- That's all it is. Just a shirt.
- Just a shirt.

I got another opportunity this
morning to get it for myself,

so that's all I'll be going for,
but, uh, yeah, I mean,
we don't want two.

We don't want to see
two leaders, you know?

So, yeah, I just gotta
earn it myself,

and, yeah, it'll be a good thing

to, like, tick off the bucket
list, let's say, of the career.

Nice little achievement
to have a leader's jersey,

so, I think,
we're all going for that.

Lucy Campbell,
six points behind

the woman on the left
in the red and white,
Tia-Clair Toomey.

That's, you know,
a great workout for me.

It has running,
it has deadlifts.

Yeah, I might not be
the strongest handstand walker
on the field,

but with the two movements
it's paired with,
that's not a problem.

Tia-Clair Toomey taking
a 16th place finish last night.

Not to pull out a
Michael Jordan reference,

but I think she might have taken
that 16th place personally.

It was a very true
measure of some raw fitness.

All these athletes
can walk on their hands,

but there were no tricks.
There were no
pirouettes that were demanded.

There were no ramps
to walk over.

It was "How hard
can you sustain a run

with the work
that was demanded of you?"

I was just working hard, really

investing in the early
rounds to pull a lead

and just, like,
secure a good position.

Because I feel like everyone's
sort of settling
for fourth and fifth.

And we're seeing
Jay Crouch as we move
deeper into this event,

creating more separation
between himself
and Jayson Hopper.

You don't have to be a hero
in every single event.

In that workout, specifically,
it does require patience.

This workout's, you know,
going to be 18 minutes long.

So just letting
the game come to me,

and when the door opens,
barge in.

Lucy Campbell still in the mix,

currently sitting in
third overall with that tie

between her and Lydia Fish.

The first couple of rounds,

I was sort of just behind Tia.

And then round three,
I sort of started

to close the gap a little bit.

Lucy Campbell
has made up

a ton of ground
on the third run.

And so everything
was going really fine.

Like, Lucy and
I were going head to head,

and it was a great race.

There was a point
where we'd done

the first
hand-stand walk segment

and we both turned around
and sort of put our hands
on our knees a little bit

and then both kicked up
at exactly the same time.

The crowd went wild.

And both
these women--

- Here we go, baby.
- Let's go!

I think I just
kicked up a little bit too early

just trying to break her.

Like, especially after those

strict pegboards the day before

like, my lats are
feeling it right now.

And I had to come down,

and the crowd went crazy.

They both kicked up
for the return handstand walk.

Tia gets to the halfway mark.

Lucy keeps going
and Tia comes down and breaks.

Tia has been
walking faster than Lucy,

but Lucy is
starting to pull away

and Tia breaks!

That was
the point where I was like,

"People are going
to be loving this."

Lucy Campbell is done,

and
she starts round number five.

I even said it on the radio
to my head judges.

I was like, "Hey,
I think we're in
the CrossFit Games now."

Like, this is it.

Fifth and final round underway.

Jay is starting to pull away
on the handstand walk.

Deadlift was solid.
Handstand walks.

I'm going to be good there,
so handstand walks were good.

Twenty-five feet
left for Jay Crouch.

And for the first time
in his career,

Jay Crouch wins an event,

and he'll be donning
the white leader jersey.

Fuck yeah! Come on!

Just a massive relief
I can tick that one off,

because I've been so close
and wanted that for so long.

Definitely no better feeling
than winning an event
at the CrossFit Games.

Lucy Campbell going for unbroken
on her 50-foot handstand walk.

I just knew by that point
that she was
not going to catch me.

Lucy Campbell has
been out of competition
for two years.

There's not many
people that get to say

that they went
toe-to-toe with Tia

and came out on
top on an occasion.

And the queen-slayer,
Lucy Campbell,

takes down another one.

Yeah!

Yes!

That's crazy!

I don't think
anyone thought that

with the first
event being what it was,

that Tia wouldn't be
the leader at any point.

I fully didn't think that.

So to be the person
that's the leader
at some point is crazy.

I know that,
you know, I've got some--

This event is going to be
a real challenge for me.

And it's definitely
a case of just, like,

staying on my own lane
and doing what I can.

Um, and, you know, there's
going to be an event tomorrow
that's similar.

But I'm also very much
looking forward to tonight

and there's 200
points up for grabs

and I go through this one and
do the best I can in this one

and then
tonight's going to be fun.

Feels good, Ian.
Feels a light. Feels fast.

- Yeah.
- That looks good on you, bro.

Nah, it's good.
It's a good position to be in.

It's the way
we all want to be, so...

Yeah, we just need
to hold on to it now.

That's the next task.

We've got to
hold on to it, so...

Yeah. Hopefully, uh...

To be honest, I want more...
I want more event wins.

I want more money.

I want more money.

It's been good.

I'm just trying to, like,

consistently stay in the top ten

and, like, just in case
something happens,

I want some,
like, security and stuff.

So, yeah, I don't know.

Just trying to do my best
and show, like,
how hard I've worked

and, like, how much
I've improved on things,

like, running,
like, in the last workout.

So, yeah, just honestly
just trying to have fun
and do my best.

I don't like sharing at all.

Particularly this outfit.

This color. This is my favorite.

It suits you.

What are you guys talking about?

Well, Lucy has my uniform on.

I'm... I'm complimenting her.

A one-rep max back squat.

What a classic test
of just pure strength.

You'll get
the armchair quarterbacks
that want to compare

their one-rep max
to the athletes at this level.

Okay, maybe
you can outlift them. Maybe.
Probably not, but maybe.

Can you do it after a day
and a half of hard competition?

They've run miles.
They've done
crossover double-unders

and wall walks
and shoulder-to-overhead.
They've climbed pegboards.

They've done several
heavy threshold squat cleans.

This back squat is
not simply a back squat.

This is a test of your strength

after you've already
been through the ringer.

We saw some
athletes fail opening lifts.

We saw some athletes really
struggle with
the weight they hit

on their opening lift.

Danielle Brandon
opened at 265 and missed it.

Yeah, I couldn't get
into a good flow state

so that first one, I
just overthought everything.

It's been, like, years of that,

of, like, having
a strength event, knowing
it's not going to go well.

Ricky Garard, four points
out of a podium position.

Tried to fire up and
give it everything I had.

Bounced out of the hole
and just nothing was there

and just it buried me and
had to throw it off the back.

But I thought with
the adrenaline and the crowd

and the environment that
I would be able to stand it up.

Fuck!

Jay Crouch
wearing the white leader jersey

for the first
time in his career.

After his first career event win
in individual event number four.

I wanted to hit 500.
That would have been a PB.

But I hit 485
and that was the limit.

And the result from that
was a bit of a shock for me,

because, like, to hit 485
and it'd be, like, a 14th.

Lucy Campbell
donning the red and the white

for the first time
in her career.

Not an ideal event for me.

So it was just about, you know,

making the most of what
I could do on the day,

which is frustrating,

but it's also, like, you know,

with the fatigue that you
accumulate up until that point,

to PB would have been very,
very special on that occasion.

Tia-Clair Toomey for 335.

This is going to tie
a previous best in 2020
if she hits it.

And she does.

335 looking
very good for Tia-Clair.

You know, Lucy didn't...

The points went my way for sure.

And so I got my jersey back,
which is really nice.

I should have thanked her for,
you know, holding it,

keeping it warm
for a little bit.

And then, you know,
giving her a taste

of what it's going
to be like in the future
or whatever, you know?

No.
That's really confident,
isn't it? Ah...

You know,
a top 20 was a huge win
for me in this event.

And I can't really control
what other guys
are hitting out there.

And even though
it was my worst finish,

I would say it was
my most exciting finish
of the CrossFit Games.

I hate that I know this,
but I knew a lot of
people had picked me.

Like, to win or
do well in this event.

Kerstetter will get 325.

Back squat is probably
one of my worst lifts,

but I knew that
compared to everyone else,

it was still going to be, like,
pretty good.

I was really banking
on my CNS to be not fried

at this point of the weekend.

This is event five.
After this,
we're halfway through.

You know, we're starting to feel
a little bit of the toll.

Our first 500-pound
attempt for heat number three,

and it belongs to Jayson Hopper.

I had hit 490 in training.

I just knew that, hey,
I'm going to
feed off that crowd.

I need some adrenaline.

Hopper will get it.

The top three heaviest squats
are in this lane

between Hatfield,

Nick Mathew, and Colten Mertens.

And obviously,
Colton Mertens and his 570,

that was electric.
I mean, the audience,
everybody loved that.

That was incredibly impressive.

And the Iron Hog
smashes 570 pounds!

Thank you, guys.

Twenty pound PR.

So, gave myself a chance.

I was going to go 490,
500, 570, 490,

Er, sorry, 470, 490, 500.

470 was too easy, so I went 495,

which actually
turned out better.

I would... I liked the
guarantee with the 495

because it put me
above a ton of people,

and 500 wouldn't have done much.

We needed that so bad.

We needed
that so bad.

Oh, I'm so excited, dude.
Thank you, Coach.

The prophecy, dude.

So, I'm going to be 18th, maybe.

- Top 20?
- Seventeenth or 18th.

Top 20, yeah.

We're getting stronger.

- That was big?
- That was big.

We needed that momentum.

Hoppy stole my leader's jersey,

so I'm going to try
to get that back.

Uh, nah, it's good.

The back squat went well.

Back in it.

I got a new one, too.
The other one got sweaty.

So, this was nice.

I've racked up two total, or...

Now I got four shirts now
to give out.

I'll give one to El.

I'll put it up on my wall.

- You good?
- Hey, good, mate. How are you?

- Good, man.
- That's all right.

How you doing? Yeah, I'm good.

Getting ready for
events six and seven.

The last event, um,
against the field.

I'm not a very good squatter.
But, I still managed to PR

which is all
I can ask for, I suppose.

But against the field,
it wasn't,

it wasn't too crack shot
so I need to make up for it
in this one.

Last night didn't help,
on the pegboard
having a slippery...

Slippery pegboard in
event five, lane five.

So, I lost some
critical points there, too.

All the more reason
to go for it on this one.

If you don't
know Ricky's story yet,

Ricky Garard came
on the scene in 2017,

got third place
at the CrossFit Games,

and a few weeks later
tested positive for PEDs.

After the competition,

I failed my drug tests

and tested positive to...

SARMs, which cost me

uh, four years, a four-year ban.

Ricky went into,
basically, hiding for four years
after that,

serving a four-year ban.

It was tough, like,
probably the hardest thing
I've been through.

But, probably the best thing
I've been through,

and made me tough,
made me resilient,

and I think I wouldn't be
the person I am today
without it.

Yeah, I'm just grateful that
I had good people around me

and that I stuck with it

and didn't give up.

He's on the path
to another podium finish,

possibly win the CrossFit Games.

Ricky Garard can
win the CrossFit Games

and I think that's
a big driver for Ricky.

Podiums are great,

but Ricky wants
that championship.

The chaos that ensued

in both of these
back-to-back events,

you knew that this was some of
the athletes' last opportunity

to jump back into the top ten

for the final heat on Sunday

or get themselves
closer to a podium position.

Here we go.
These butterfly pull-ups

are no problem for any of these
athletes in this final heat.

They're all
going to go 28 unbroken.

Who can be the most efficient
with their range of motion?

I was getting
really excited because

I'm starting to
feel like me again.

I'm starting to feel like
last year's James.

I knew they were
two good workouts for me.

I wasn't sure if I could
win or top three both,

but I knew I had a good chance.

I was probably the most nervous

I was the whole weekend
going into that

because it was
two parts, 200 points,

all within like ten minutes.

And I also knew it was
going to hurt really bad, so...

I really only needed
to worry about where Lucy was.

Like, my first rep on
the chest-to-bar was a no rep
and I was like, "Shit."

And I was like,
"I'm not fucking
holding back here."

And just like went for it.

Tia Toomey,
Lucy Campbell
in the center two lanes.

And so, Tia and I came off
chest-to-bar similar time.

We were side by side,
almost synchro at certain points

on the burpee box jump-overs.

Dallin Pepper is on to the box.

You're moving
down the floor,
it was incredible to see

the, I think, it was
80 different boxes
out on the floor.

It looked awesome,
and people are just
racing down the floor.

I was in a race with Justin
to my right, Roman to my left,

Jay to my left
Roman on the other side of him,

and we're all
like neck and neck.

We're doing
synchro burpees together.

Six burpee box jump-overs left.

I'm like, dude,
if I come in last
out of us four,

that's like four spots
that I'm going to
be very upset about losing.

All of a sudden James Sprague
comes out of hiding.

James Sprague is sitting in
tenth, but not much longer

because he just got 100 points.

It was a very special moment.

To be able to win an event
on the best stage in the world

is a surreal feeling, and

and it's something that
I actually didn't get to process
really in the moment

because this was
a back-to-back style event.

Where we went event six
into event seven.

James Sprague
gets first in the event.

- Okay.
- Hopper getting
out-sprinted at the finish

got 17th.

I took a 17th,
I think, on that first part,

which I was not happy about it.

This could be
a make-or-break event for
everyone's podium hopes.

I love this style of event
at the CrossFit Games

because it is no strategy.

It's all out.
Who's got the goods?

And the critical component
of who can recover

and then throw caution
to the wind and go again.

35 cals on the C2 bike

28 bar muscle-ups

and 24 more
burpee box jump-overs.

Was on the bike attacking it

and then kind of looked across

and seeing that I was
a bit behind on the calories

and I was like
"Oh don't stress.
Let's just stay here."

But it is Dallin Pepper who
is to the pull-up bar first.

I was definitely the first one
off the bike.

I biked much
harder than everyone.

Gets to the muscle-ups,

completely blowing up.
I'm suffering now.

Don't sleep on Ricky
Garard over in lane number one

as he's trying to
keep pace with Pepper.

Jumped up
for the muscle-ups.

Now I can attack the muscle-ups
harder than anyone else.

Come on, just fucking go for it.

Like 28, let's do it.

Ricky Garard's
currently sitting

outside of a podium position

as he is in ninth place.

When I was in the lead,
I was like
"Alright, this is mine."

Let's bring it home.

Garard has
to have this

if he wants a chance
to chase his dream.

And that's to
stand on top of the podium
at the CrossFit Games.

Just like,
I could've done another 24 reps,
to be honest.

Just the amount of energy
you have when you're
in the lead like that

and the crowd just
cheering was pretty epic.

Garard takes Hammer Down.

How was that? How was that?

Fuckin easy, Ian.

Too easy, brother.

Told you I was going to
get those points back.

Good job, brother.

Amazing work.

How was that?

That was bad.

That fucked me up.

Did Ricky win both of those?

How can you pull for
both of them at the same time?

Because I fucking love them.

You wouldn't know
what that's like, hey?

I don't know what love is like.

That's what
a real team is, you know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But she has to pull for one
of y'all more than the other.

No. Not possible.

They both know
where they stack up.

I'm even okay
with y'all beating me.

I just can't
have my boys beat me.

- You'd rather us.
- Yeah. Like if I'm
going to lose...

That's where you go wrong
with this fucking team shit.

He's the only one that
I would want to beat me.

- Really? Hell no.
- Yeah.

If I don't win he has to.

No.

- Well--
- That's what a real--

If I'm not in t
he leader's jersey, I want him.

Then y'all aren't
competitive enough.

That's how real brothers work.

Y'all aren't competitive enough.

Great twist.

What is up with your
back-to-back 100 points

on the same movement?

Have you not learned yet?
What is that, dude?

- The same movement.
- Burpees twice, 100 points.

- Two different workouts--
- Not...

Yes, yes, yes.

Never.
If I lose because of that, Ian,

so mad.

Sunday here in Albany, New York

As the 2025 CrossFit Games

has three events remaining

to find the Fittest on Earth.

Men's leaderboard was
still a coin toss at this point.

Jayson Hopper, I believe,
came in wearing
the leader jersey,

but it was anybody's game.

The point spread was so tight.

On the women's side,
Tia, on the other hand,

she'd pulled away at that point.

However, the battle
from second through fifth

was still raging

and those points were tight.

And it was anybody's game.

This might go down as the most
competitive day

in the history
of the CrossFit Games.

This is so crazy.

- Yeah,
I feel like it will.
- It's so insane.

You stressed?

Yeah.

I threw up already.

- You threw up?
- Yeah.

Ah. Like, from stress?

Yeah, I ate and threw up.

- Like, just now this morning?
- Yeah.

We're doing five eggs, a few
pieces of sourdough toast,

big old coffee and creatine

and definitely some
more caffeine as we go
through the morning,

and just trying
to stay light because

I want to move through
those handstand push-ups well,

so I'm not going
to overeat too much.

No, no excitement right now.
No excitement.

Let's just get
this day over with.

I want to be
the Fittest Man on Earth

because, one,

it is a really cool title that

holds a lot of weight
and a lot of respect

because people understand
how hard it is to earn

and how many people have
tried very daringly to earn it

and fallen short year
after year after year.

Yeah, as far as I can remember,

it's the best position
I've been in for the final day,

so, yeah, exciting.

What's that like?

I mean, it's good.

When you're in the fight
and you've got momentum,

you've got to use it,
make the most of it.

Ready to go.

Sunday at the CrossFit Games.

It doesn't get better than that.

You're in a spot to
make some moves, so...

Where are you at?

I'm in sixth, but it's like...

Barely any points
separating, like eight of us.

So, it's anyone's game,
300 points on the board.

Lots of moves to be made, so...

Definitely going
to have to redo my hair
before I go out again.

What did you say?

I get the worst
handstand push-up hair

and I look like a pelican.

Is it a pelican
that's got the...

Puffin. I look like a puffin.

I don't know what the animal is.

You know the one. Cockatoo.

That's the one.

Stay in seventh,
stay in the top ten,

don't do
anything to mess this up

because I knew that a lot
could happen on the last day

and I don't think I had
any thought in my head like,

go for top five,
go for the podium.

Lord, I just ask not for
performance blessings

but just for
spiritual blessings today.

We may touch someone,
even just a simple smile

may impact
someone out on that floor

or just keep us sustained
so we may be able to do that
and complete your mission.

And just confidence in what
you've allowed us
to do in our training.

Let us shine on
the floor today, Lord.

We ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen.

- Amen. Let's go.
- Let's go.

Three, two, one, go.
You hop on your bike,

and everyone's got the
exact pace they're going to do.

It's a little
quicker than you want,

but you've got to stay with
the pack a little bit here.

Everyone's checking

"Alright, how fast
are their pedals moving?"

That kind of thing.

It's funny,
because I noticed Hopper's eyes

go right over to James Sprague

an athlete he's trained with
a bunch, very familiar with.

That workout
wasn't about the Echo Bike.

It was about 30
handstand push-ups.

On paper, this should have
been a really bad event for me.

A parallette handstand push-up

typically favors a shorter guy.

I'm a long, tall, lengthy guy.

The big question
here for Ricky Garard,

how is he going to handle
the handstand push-ups?

Back in 2022,
when Ricky Garard was wearing

that white and red
leader jersey,

got nearly dead last
in a handstand push-up event.

The middle section,
it's literally just no pain

and just trying to
manage the handstand push-ups

and get through
them as best you can.

The handstand
push-ups just became a grind
which was fine.

I think I was down
to singles at the end.

I was down to singles
quicker than I wanted to be.

Your body's beat up.
Your mind's beat up.

You've just been through I
and that's when you really
have to show up

and show what you trained for.

And Jayson Hopper
and Ricky Garard at
the bike at the same time.

And so I knew it was
between me and Ricky.

I was a little upset

because I didn't want-

I didn't think
Ricky would be that close.

I'm out here trying to gain
as much points
as possible on Ricky.

And then Dallin
was creeping up.

I was catching Jay.
We just hit the Echo Bike,

and I was like, "Damn,
this is going to hurt

but let's fucking go.
Bring it on."

Hatfield is done.

He'll take the win.

And 100 points.

Garard just behind Hopper.

Every point matters.

Every second
counts in this field.

It's so competitive.

I think I got
fourth in that event,

which was a big positive for me

for handstand push-up work out.

If you miss
pace here, devastation.

The quality and
caliber of athletes
that are in this men's field,

there is no room for error.

So after the Echo bike sprint

my legs were smashed.

I didn't really know what
everybody else was feeling

but I knew what
my legs were feeling

and it wasn't good.

What's the turnaround?

El, what's the turnaround?

Quick.

Fuck, man.

- What's the turnaround?
- It's quick.

What is it?

Awesome!

- That's right! You got it!
- [girl[ Atta boy, Jayson.

Easy day. Easy day.

Fuck, man.

- You okay?
- I think so.

- Give me all your stuff.
- My legs are gone.

I know. Shake them out.

Every point counts now
so you don't know what's...

We do know what's coming,
but you don't know what else...

What's coming in
terms of what people are
going to pull out of the bag

and so it's just chasing down

every opportunity.

And so there was some,
some anxiety and stress

because this next one
was probably the most intense
workout of the weekend,

and my legs, I barely feel them.

So, event nine. Pretty crazy.

I was warming up for this event

and the first barbell I touched

in the warm-up, like 50 kilos

my whole back
just went, like, spasm

and just locked up.

And I was like, "Oh shit."

I was like

I'm just going to trust myself
and the adrenaline

that I can get
through this event.

And, yeah, salvage my back,
so just, yeah.

Back myself
that I could get through it,

and just stuck
to plan A, which was

be the first one to the barbell.

The king of the Echo Bike

is sitting on
top of the leaderboard
with 635 points.

Ricky Garard maintains
his second-place position

along with your
2024 Games champ
James Sprague in third.

It's some fast, 200-foot runs

and 6 snatches at 155 pounds.

They knock that out
five rounds for time.

We knew there
was no room for error.

We knew
that there was a landmine

somewhere in that event.

We knew that a slow run

once

will put
you in the back of the pack.

We also knew
that seconds mattered.

Event number 9 underway.

Jayson Hopper has
an opportunity to extend

his lead or possibly lose it.

Ricky Garard is the man
trying to chase him down.

This workout is very volatile.

You can run your race,
and you can take a first

by a second or two.

You can run
your race and take a 13th.

I'm just
going to trust myself
and the adrenaline

that I can
get through this event,

and, yeah, salvage my back.

Lucy Campbell,
tough event
to start the morning.

Can she bounce back?

I knew that that would
be an event where it's not
necessarily a time frame

that is great for me.

But, I also knew
that it would be an event

where people can get
carried away with the fact

that it's a short workout
and therefore go out
really, really hard.

Every second
was two or three points,

and that makes
everything scarier,

and a little, like,
trip up here or there

can, like,
cost you several places.

It goes Tia, Maddie Sturt,

and Danielle Brandon
has moved into third.

That's when I can
kind of get in this,
like, aggressive mode of,

like, "Alright, like,
let's fucking do this.
Like, let's go."

Two rounds left to go.

Hatfield running a little faster
than Sprague is,
and here comes Jayson Hopper.

This workout is my
CrossFit Games on the line.

Finishing our second round.

Six snatches at 155.

Hatfield is off,
followed by Hopper.

Sprague and Pepper.

Running Isabel is going to be

like a dog fight to
get three points on someone,

and, like, it kind
of comes down to luck.

At that point
in the weekend,

maybe there's something
Dave knows that we don't.

Like, this thing
is going to crush us/

And, yeah, that was
exactly what happened.

We got crushed.

Finishing up
round four,

Jayson Hopper in the red.

Trying to keep pace.

Trying to keep
the leader jersey.

And then round five comes.

Round five, I'm running.

James is five feet ahead of me.

Right next to me.

Something in me
goes, "Catch James."

I didn't even need to.

Rep six, I go to do it,

and I just lose balance.

I walk it forward

and I just didn't lock it up.

And Jayson Hopper
got two no-reps!

Oh, no!

I can't feel my
body at this point.

Can't feel my legs.

I can't feel anything.
I have no power.

And I have to do one more snatch

so I attempt another snatch.

Completely fall back.

I have no control whatsoever.

And I'm panicking at this point

and at this point, it's just,
you got to get this done.

Like, you got to
just somehow find a way
to hit this last snatch.

Hatfield has gone
back-to-back on Sunday

and Crouch is in.

Ricky is in. Hopper...

Disaster.

Unbelievable.

I don't know how

I even finished that last...
that last snatch,

but I stood it up.

Crossed the finish line.

And I took eleventh.

Jayson Hopper,

who we thought was making a move

round to round to round

was digging his own grave.

That is why we play the game.

All the way
through the final rep.

All the emotions,
all the frustrations,

all the, you know,

me being hard on myself.

Did I just lose
this CrossFit Games

because of this one snatch?
Did I--

Why did I just F up?

All these thoughts like...

I'm just looking at
all the mistakes and like

thinking about the what-ifs.
What if I just hit that snatch?

I'm just
looking at the negatives

and I'm just like
letting it consume me,
all these fears.

- Hopper! Hopper!
- Go get 'em, baby!
We love you!

Go get it! Go get it! Let's go!

We get done
with event nine,
and I just, at that point,

all the thoughts are,
"Wow, did I just choke?"

"Did I just fumble the bag?"

All these things
going through my mind.

We're walking through the tunnel

and Dallin has
cameras on him behind me.

Like right behind me.

And he's like,
"It's Sunday at the Games.

100 points left. I'm coming."

I think, actually,
you have a video of me
literally saying

"I love Sundays. I'm coming."

And Jayson was actually
like 30 feet ahead of me.

I love Sunday. I love finals.

And I'm like "Oh my gosh."

I'm so mad right now.

I love Sunday.
I love finals.

Get the fuck out of here.

And he didn't tell me

until a week after the Games.

He goes "I heard you say that,

and it scared me."

And I was like,

"You were supposed to hear it."

That was the point.

Going into the final event,
I'm in fifth place now.

Got a shot at the podium.

I'm not going to talk.
I'm pissed.

I--

I'm not going to lie,
I was a little intimidated
by his taunting.

But, at that point,

I was thinking about
all the things

that I potentially just lost
and hearing that was
not what I needed to hear.

It was really fun
to, like, see Tia.

And if I was
just a little more fit.

Maybe I could have went at her

if I trusted
my fitness a little more.

That was epic though.
That was really fun.

Better than I thought. Yeah.

Yeah, really grim.

That is not a time frame that
I love at this point in time.

My snatch cycling,
my barbell cycling, generally,

I just need work on
post-injury and
that sort of thing. So...

It was, yeah, grim.

Going into the final event,
I was in fifth place.

And I was already just stoked

about how the weekend had gone.

But I was also really
excited for the last event.

And I really liked the workout.

So, I was just ready
to go out there

and finish the weekend
like I knew I could.

And just like
give my best effort.

Slowly climbing.

I think we started the day
in 11th, I think.

And, um...
Did we start the day in 11th?

I think so. I don't remember.

Just been a... a climb all day.

Actually, just a climb
since the pegboard workout.

How does it feel
to be where you're at?

It feels good.

I'm not going to
think about it too much.

Just fucking...

lunging over the finish line

for the win.

Visualizing it.

Make it happen.

Yeah, it's good.

Best spot I've ever been in
going into the final. So...

Yeah, just got to
make it happen now.

Definitely nervous, but...

Yeah, just gotta
fucking dig deep

and show that I want it
more than anyone else.

- Take it easy.
- Let's take two.

Come on, Rick. Come on.

Let's go.

Just proud of the weekend.

Whatever happens, great weekend.

Leading up to Atlas,

we were leaderboarding

like fanboys and girls

for about an hour and a half.

And after nine events,

this is the tightest race
we have ever had

in the history
of the CrossFit Games.

From 6th to 1st is 33 points.

Ricky Garard,
6 points out of first.

Hatfield, 13 points
out of first.

It has all come down to this.

There's no better
situation that I could
have dreamed up in my head

for one of the most
exciting finishes
of the CrossFit Games ever.

The race is tighter
than we've ever seen it.

The stakes were as high
as they've ever been

for a missed rep,

for a mis-paced effort.

And the way
this final event was designed,

it wasn't as
fast as running Isabel,

but it was just as
vital to pace correctly

or else that 10-place swing
could be the difference

between CrossFit Games champion

and going home empty-handed.

I'm in fifth place.
I've got a shot at the podium.

Um, I've clawed
all the way up to fifth.

Like, here we go.

Leave it all out there
and don't leave
anything up for chance.

I don't know.
It's like a point
where it's like,

I don't need to warm up anymore.
Like, I'm ready.

Like, I just need to think about

everything I've put into this
the last 10, 12 years

every moment,
every session, all the training.

This is the moment,
and I'm ready for it.

There's a lot
going through my mind

about defending the title

and being able to be up there

and the pushes I made
in the final events

and how proud I was
just to be in a position

to even
fight for the title again.

But I also knew
that if I didn't win,

it wasn't going to be enough.

Being in the tunnel,

scared,

you know,
just reminding myself that

if I don't win
the CrossFit Games

I'm never going to
be able to get over this.

Ever.

Who will be crowned

the Fittest Man on Earth?

Come on, let's go!

Come on, Jayson!

Come on, babe!

Jayson Hopper,
six-point lead over Ricky.

Ricky needs to
beat Hopper by two places

if he wants the title.

Hatfield needs four.

I know Ricky's
really good at thrustering,

and Hatfield was gaining.

Hatfield just won
the previous event.

First few reps in,

my back was trying lock up

and just blocked it out
and just kept going.

The event itself
was a scary one.

You know,
an ascending rep scheme

meaning the reps got higher
as the workout went on.

So as you're
getting more fatigued,

you're actually doing
harder amounts of work.

Olivia Kerstetter.
She's only 14 points out
of a podium position.

I think we're all pretty
even on the first round,

and the second round,
it started getting
more, like, spread out.

My game plan was
just find a way to keep moving
on the thrusters

and then attack the rope climbs.

I was just very aware

of where I needed
to be in the heat.

And just making sure that
I didn't get carried away

with the first few rounds.

Seven rope climbs
in the middle of a workout

isn't something to sneeze at.
So it's like...

You also know,
like on the last workout,

there's people
wanting to make moves,

so you're going to have
to bring it if you want to win.

Sprague, Hatfield, Hopper,

Garard, Pepper and Crouch.

Your six athletes that all have
everything to gain

and everything to lose.

I dropped the bar
before everybody else.

Went to a rope climb, did one.

Well, we did three
and then we went back
to the 15 thrusters.

Fifteen thrusters at 135.

Jayson Hopper takes a break.

And for some reason

I just knew.

Jayson Hopper is done.

If he wins

he claims
the title of Fittest on Earth.

Come on, babe.

Come on, Jayson!

Come on.

Breathe.

Pick it back up.
Pick it back up.

- Come on, babe.
- Pick it back up.

I--

had never in my life
been so focused

on a task

as much as
that moment right there.

And for some reason

I just knew.

I knew.

There's been a lot of hard days
in training.

A lot of times where
you know, no one's around.

They don't get
to see the hard work.

The days when things are
going really well in training,

things are going really poorly.
The hard days, the bad days,

the good days,
all the in-between.

Only me and God knows

what those actually look like.

Those hard intervals,
when, you know,

that fourth
interval in training,

when you are
questioning everything.

I don't have
any more to give yet

somehow you find a way.

- Go. Come on. Come on, hon. Up.
- Come on!

The whole crowd

the whole CrossFit
world is watching you.

Looking back and thinking,
"Man, I'm proud

that I made that decision
in 2023 to keep trying."

Coming back after getting cut
and making a decision,

is this going to be
the beginning of
the end of my career,

or is this going to be
something that I remember

and will be something
that I am thankful for

at the end of all this?

Jayson Hopper
is 70 feet away

from being
the Fittest Man on Earth.

Had the leader jersey on
I'm in the center
lane of the CrossFit Games

and there is
nowhere I'd rather be

than this moment right here.

This is the moment that
I've been waiting for,

dreaming up, visualizing,

and I'm going to cherish this
and I'm not going
to let anybody ruin it.

The crowd is on their feet.

Hopper is
the Fittest Man on Earth!

- He did it! He did it!
- Yeah!

Let's go. Let's go!

You did it, bro.
You did it.

The future is
bright in this sport.

Not just with
the depth we have for the men,

but the talent
we have for the women.

I think it's
just a dream come true

and I think
that this year I put in

way more work than I ever have

and to see it pay off like that

was so amazing.

I'm in shock
that I was able to do that,

and I was able
to make that happen. And...

Yeah.
I literally can't believe it.

And James Sprague,
your 2024 Games champ,

in third, one
point behind Ricky.

And this year,
just to get back on the podium

it just showed
that I'm always going to fight

no matter what
the circumstance is,

and, you know, even if it was
fighting for somewhere

in the 20th places,

I always want to
end on a good note

and put my best foot forward,

and so that's what I try to do,

just give it my absolute best.

Ricky Garard,
what a fight all weekend long.

Last year, after
the Games I felt burnt out.

I was over it.

Didn't want to think about it,
train, do anything.

But, this year it's just

ignited another fire in me

that I didn't know
I had, to be honest.

I'm excited for
the next 12 months

and, yeah, I'm going
to do everything
it takes to achieve this goal

and live out the dream of
being the Fittest on Earth.

Like, I think so, yeah.

Ladies and gentlemen,

today makes it eight.

I give you the great

Tia-Clair Toomey!

It's crazy.
Like, when I found out
Liv came third

my joy, like, my happiness

was way more
exciting for her to podium

than it was for me
to get eight titles.

Like, I don't
have to say goodbye,

but it's almost like I-

It's almost like--

I feel like if
I'm not competing,

I have to say goodbye.

This was one of
the wildest, most exciting,

greatest CrossFit Games
we've ever had.

And it was all because
the athletes

were the ones who made it that.

And as fans,
we all just got to
sit back and enjoy it.

You know, it was
important to have a good run,

and I feel that we did,

and I feel like a lot of
the community felt that we did

and I feel like the athletes
felt that we did.

It was something
that the community needed.
Something that we needed,

something that I believe
the athletes needed.

And it accomplished the mission
it needed to accomplish.

The 2025 CrossFit Games

was the best CrossFit Games

I've ever been a part of

or attended or even watched.

It was the spectacle,
the sport needed to

move forward and really stand on

the roots of
what CrossFit is again.

I think that people are
forgetting what
CrossFit truly is.

It's a methodology
and a way of life

that changes lives
and helps people.

And the most
important thing that we needed

was an opportunity
to be together

and an opportunity to show

each and every one of us
that we are

doing the right thing here.

That CrossFit is alive and well.

Ian, what the fuck?

You keep making me
second-guess myself.

I thought
I was my fittest in 2022,

and then I kind of
feel like I fell off

and then now here
I am, and I'm like,

oh, like, I'm even better
and fitter than that version.

I think it was such
a positive experience.

This will, again, be
one of my favorite Games.

I managed to crawl
all the way up to fourth.

Which was awesome

given some of
the things that happened
throughout the weekend.

I never gave up,
even if I made mistakes

or things didn't go my way.

So I was proud
of my ability to stay in it,

but pretty heartbroken

that I missed out on
the podium and especially--

My goal is to win
the CrossFit Games.

Stoked, I mean,
my friends did great,

which is cool and awesome,

but they took what I wanted.