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What, in
your view, does it take

to be truly
an elite CrossFitter?

Ever since I can remember,

I've been very competitive.

There doesn't even have
to be anything on the line

except for the fact
that I just want to win.

I have
to compete against myself.

Instead of being like,

"I can do that, but not great,"

or, "That's a little
too heavy for me,"

or, "I'm too tired,"

it's, "Yes" to everything.

You have
to have a high tolerance

for suffering.

You need
to embrace the suffering.

We all can hurt,

like, that's the easy part,

but I'm gonna
suffer smarter than you.

It's a grind.

Every day is not
a highlight reel, for sure.

What separates
the average gym girl

and the elite is
the in between the ears.

I'm just here to fuck shit up.

People can
shine real bright for two days,

but four days
is a different thing.

In the moment,
it's hard to see the beauty

in that struggle.

But those moments
make it all worth it.

Pushing yourself
to the limits, coming out

on the other side of that
and beating a challenge.

Most people would
accomplish that and then stop.

What they do is say,
"Okay, I did that."

Now what's the next thing?

Coming into
the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit games,

the major storylines were one,
the most dominant athlete

the CrossFit games
I've ever seen,

Tia-Clair Toomey is gone.

We are all waiting
to see Tia-Clair Toomey.

This is our sixth
time coming to the Games.

So we've been here
five of the years at Tia won.

Um, so it's very different
not seeing her competing.

2022, Tia-Claire Toomey wins
her sixth straight championship,

more than
any individual, male or female,

in the history
of the CrossFit Games.

With Tia-Clair Toomey
in the field, if she showed up

at an event,
regardless of what it was,

everyone else
was competing for second place

and they all knew it.

This time last
year when I was competing,

my emotion was so up and down,

I just couldn't
pinpoint what was going on.

And then fast forward
two and a half months

after competing,
to find out that I was pregnant

made so much sense.

I'm sorry
I'm not out there competing.

- It's so nice to meet you.
- So it's worth it.

- Look it.
- It totally is worth it.

It totally is worth it.

I used to say, y'know,
"There's death,

taxes, and Tia Toomey."

She was just going to win.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.

Oh, my gosh.
I came all the way

- from the Netherlands.
- Oh, whoah!

I never dreamed
I would meet you, it's amazing.

Aw! Thank you so much.
That's so sweet.

She's just
rattled off six in a row.

But now Tia Toomey
for the first time in six years,

is stepping out
of the female field.

Which now opens
the doors pretty much

for anyone available.

And that was the exciting part.

And it was
the same thing for the men.

We have Justin Meideros, who won
back to back championships.

A lot
of the athletes that have been

in the sport lived
through a four year champ,

a five year champ,
and now they see this young,

up and coming dude
with the mullet

win two years in a row.

The sentiment's like,
"Oh, no, here we go again."

He didn't
just win the games twice.

He won everything
two years in a row.

Every competition he went,
he won for two years in a row.

And that doesn't come easy.

In the men's field
this year, there's not another

male athlete
that has won the games.

So I definitely, like, felt
the target that was on my back.

Well, it's
the day before competition,

so my family's been
at the RV park.

Hey-hey.

- Hey.
- Brought a crew.

This is Mama Medeiros
and Papa Medeiros.

Little sanctuary?
I was like,

I have no idea
who's gonna be here.

This is uh, my Papa Wally.

Um, this is my sister Megan,

my mom, my sister
Jessica, her boyfriend.

Lookin' good!

Thank you. Tryin' to.

Tryin' to look the part,
at least. You know?

Well, it's better
to act the part now.

Yeah. Now I gotta act the part.

But look it.

They put your face
with your mullet in the "R".

That's pretty cool.

You don't have
to win singular tests,

but if you're always somewhere
in the top five, that's fine.

And that's where Justin
was just undeniably great.

But coming into semifinals,
didn't seem like himself.

Here's Medeiros at 275.

- Oh!
- And a miss

for Justin Medeiros.

His performances have
gotten worse throughout

the competition.

Hasn't looked like the champion

we're used to seeing
on the competition floor.

You were
fifth in the Semifinals.

What am I
to make of that?

'Cause I don't feel
like I'm necessarily, like,

the most physically
gifted guy that's out there

on the competition floor.
But I'm gonna get every ounce

out of my fitness
possible and maybe even perform

higher than, like,
what my fitness is capable of.

So at Semifinals,
that was kind of one of

the first
competitions that I had

where that didn't happen.

And I think it was almost
like a wake up call,

you know?
Like, it's time to get this,

like, train back on track,
because that's not who I am,

that's not who I want to be.

Let's go Tristan!

Like, as a games competitor.

So that's
the goal of this weekend.

I mean, it's a long weekend,

but the motto for the Games
is "Just die for points,"

like, "no matter what comes up."

So that's the plan, starting
with Event Number One.

- All right.
- All right. Love you.

- Love you.
- Get some rest.

Can't wait to see you.

- Love ya.
- Love ya.

- Be careful on the bike.
- Yup. Will do.

- Have fun tomorrow.
- Yeah.

All the fun.

I've had
some good luck over the years,

and I've been the victim
of some bad luck at times.

I think the worst luck
I've ever had is

that I've kind of straddled
two dynasties.

I had to deal with
Matt Fraser for a better

part of five years,
and he was the force.

And as soon as he retired, I got
to deal with Justin Medeiros.

I've been competing a long
time at the CrossFit Games,

and the majority of that time
has been here in Madison.

There's lots
of memories, good and bad,

from events,
times on the competition floor.

You know,
it's weird to think that we were

going to be moving
next year and finding

a new home for this sport.

It's bittersweet.
I think I'm excited

to move on somewhere new and try
something new, but, you know,

you have to mourn a little
bit what you leave behind.

Welcome to the 2023

NOBULL CrossFit Games.
Congratulations for--

I expect
to see the best version

of my competitors
that there could possibly be

every time I take the floor.

And I picture
every worst case scenario

that there could possibly be.

I want to know every mistake

I could possibly make
so I can plan for it.

And so, over the years,
I've made a lot of them.

I've had a lot of bad events.

I've had to
make some epic comebacks.

But points
on the last day are worth

just as many
as points on the first day.

I think
the best way to describe

the CrossFit Games
would be to call it

the Woodstock of fitness.

It is a huge festival
where we not only

have a competition to
crown the fittest on Earth,

but where people
who are involved in the CrossFit

community can come
and gather in one place.

You guys may have heard,

but this is the last season

that we will be in Madison.

We've got an awesome
program set up for you guys.

It's going to be
a great week of competition.

It's a showcase of the fittest
people on the planet.

We can do everything.

It really is crazy.

Like, we have to be at the--

like, we have to do the absolute
best on this one weekend.

Like, this one weekend
is like defining our whole year.

If an athlete misses
a test due to an injury

or while receiving
medical attention or assessment,

they may not return
to the competition.

It's
really tough to translate

to people that just
aren't familiar with it,

because it looks like we're just

doing stupid
human tricks all the time.

So what we'll do,
press, we'll walk off,

and then within this chalk
square to the tape line,

we'll do a pirouette
and then carry on.

But as you start to kind of peel
back the layers a little bit,

you start to see these amazing
stories in athletes

that have really just
found something unique.

Pirouette,
nice and tight.

Good job, Olivia.

Olivia is a phenomenal athlete.

Such a raw, young talent,
especially at a 17 year old.

She just turned 17 as well.

We often
joke in the warm up area,

like, "What were you doing
ten years ago", you know?

Dang, Olivia.

Gotta get this camera
on you more often.

These athletes
are doing this year round

for multiple years in a row.

This will look weird.

This will look weird

For some athletes,

I mean, Annie Thorisdottir,

this is her third decade
competing at the CrossFit Games.

Yep.

Okay. It's a lot better.

What time is it?

- Are we pretty much uh...
- Thirty-six.

Yeah.
We gotta go head over.

Noah might be the best
dude in the sport.

- My man.
- Thank you brother.

I think
it's a testament to him

that he's won
the Spirit of the Games,

- he's made the podium and...
- Cool. Bounce back.

Keep climbing, baby.

He's in rarefied air

going ten consecutive
trips to the CrossFit Games.

- Just getting started.
- Yeah, it doesn't feel like

that, but
I like that perspective.

The basis of the CrossFit Games
is the unexpected.

Some years we've had
events where you don't know

what's happening until
you're actually on the floor

and movement by movement,
they're telling you

what's coming up next.

- Yeah. That was a sick one.
- Yeah.

We watch football.
We watch basketball.

We watch baseball. We know
what the field structure is.

We know what the plays are.
We know what the rules are.

And when you come
to the CrossFit Games,

there's a lot of
the unknown and unknowable.

It's definitely
a cat and mouse game,

though, where like,
we're always trying to make it

through the hints that they
provide or, like, freeze frame

a video in front of a whiteboard
and, like, see if you can

parse out
what's on the--

- Do you play that game?
- Oh yeah, 100%.

I think
we all do to some degree.

I think that's
what makes it is so special.

I mean, we train all year
across so many different

modalities of strength,
endurance gymnastics,

and we're trying to put all
these things together and become

the most well
rounded athlete we can be.

So when we get ready
for the CrossFit Games,

we're literally ready
for anything.

It is the beginning of the end.

The fittest athletes
in the world have descended

on Madison,
Wisconsin, for one last ride.

Basically,
this first group of 20,

we're going
to get you guys briefed up,

walk through the stages where we
need to get you on the course.

This is the first event of
the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games.

They got a long ride,
40 minutes event.

So it's a stamina test,
a bit of a skill test.

On each and every lap,

they'll have 2400 meters of
biking, 200 meters of running.

If we look at
the CrossFit Games as a whole,

it's not won
or lost on one event.

Now you can set yourself
up in a pretty deep hole,

have some work to do to
try to climb back out of it.

Scared.

But these athletes
are going to experience

a range of tests,

and they're going to have
to be good across the board

if they want to be on
top at the end of the weekend.

There you go.

- Say it one more time.
- H-O-R-V-A-T-H, Horvath.

- There.
- That's me.

Perfect.

Laura Horvath is one

of the greatest athletes

this sport has had.

She doesn't talk a lot.

She's quiet
and reserved by nature.

But underneath all that
is an absolute monster.

And she was
the woman that was consistently

able to navigate the waters
of Tia's wake of dominance.

So we saw just
this carnage behind Tia

when she showed up to the games.

And Laura was the one that was

the most comfortable
in that chaos.

Stand by.

Cross the country.

Let's ride.

There is
Laura Horvath, who is now

starting to pull away.

She has stood
on the podium before

at the CrossFit Games,
including the last two years,

but this year she's
looking to stand on top.

Katrin Davidsdottir
was able to close the gap

significantly on Laura Horvath.

Katrin Davidsdottir
is out front now.

She has overtaken
Horvath for the lead.

I think
I'm comfortable on the bike

because I like it, um.

So my plan was
to go out aggressive and--

and see if I could hold.

And I think
I went out too aggressive.

I was leading
the second lap

and then I was-- I fell behind,

I'm like, "Oh. Oh, shit."

Great transition
from Emma Lawson as she is

now on the run
portion of this third lap.

Emma Lawson, another
former teenage competitor.

Last year
she made her individual

debut and
finished in 6th place overall.

I went super,
super hard on that event,

basically 'til my legs cramped.

She is all by herself right
now.

I basically destroyed myself.

I was thinking,
what a rookie mistake,

even though
I've been here before.

So Emma Lawson,
100 points as she wins Ride.

Just like the women,
all forty men out on the
course.

Pat Vellner,
he's towards the back here.

He just has
Day One, Test One woes.

He's got a 36th,
a 35th, a 35th and a 20th.

That 35th place
finish in 2021 effectively was

the reason why he didn't win.

Pat just can't get
out of his own way, can he?

It wouldn't
be a Pat Vellner performance

without a couple
punts into the stands.

Pat Vellner is going to

once again have to dig
out of an early hole here.

Justin Medeiros
is back in the pack.

Your two time
defending champion.

Definitely a lot of nerves

the first event of the weekend.

Like, it's kind of let
in a recipe of disaster for me.

Medeiros gasping for air.

We're just past the halfway
point here.

I came out hot,

trying to maximize,
try to draft off people,

trying to
like, take corners sharp.

Something happened

between lap four and lap five.

He was about mid-pack
on lap four and almost

dead last after lap five.

- Are you OK, man?
- Yeah, I'm good.

What happened out there?

Just got cut off twice.

I, like, tried
to take the inside cut

on somebody and then I think
they tried to squeeze the turn,

so I didn't.
Just caught up.

Eatin' it, like, getting
the wind completely knocked

out of you, having to restart.

You're obviously throwing off
your mental game and now you're

battling from behind and
it's event one of the weekend.

Yeah, it wasn't the best
start to my CrossFit Games.

Okay, so...

You finished your
first CrossFit Games test,

how was it?

Yeah, I was super nervous.

But, um, probably
went away within like

two or three minutes.

So I'll probably be nervous
before most of the events.

Olivia Kerstetter is a savage.

You know, competing
at the teenage division,

winning her division.
But you never really quite

know when
you step onto the big stage.

Olivia Kerstetter

will be in lane eight.

Her goal was for her
to carry on this weekend,

create this fun environment,

allowing her
to comprehend, absorb it,

and just
take one event at a time.

Well done, Olivia!
Take a breath!

This year,
I think it was like five

of the top ten athletes
last year

weren't here, so there
was a lot up in the air,

and I think that kind
of might have brought

a little bit
of the pressure off of me

because everyone
had a chance of winning.

The crowd was insane.

I mean, I competed in the
teenage division for two years,

and it was never like that.

Good job, girl.

Olivia Kerstetter

continuing to work here.

Come on, Oliv! Come on!

Let's go, Liv!

Come on.
Come on, run it through.

Run-run-run-run-run-run-run!

I think that's one of the things
I love most about CrossFit.

The crowd is part
of the big community,

and me as a rookie,
sometimes I would run

by and they would know my name,
and I'm like, that's crazy.

My legs were
a little tired on the--

Forearms? How were they?

Surprisingly good.
They were just sweaty.

- Any rips?
- Nope.

Okay, so we'll dry them off too,
just so they don't get soft.

Yeah, I need to, like,
shave 'em down.

Okay.

The goal is
to be on the podium.

It was my rookie year,

so the chances
of that were really slim.

But that's definitely
what I was shooting for.

I wish I had a PB and J.

Annie Thorisdottir is now

neck and neck
with Laura Horvath.

Thorisdottir,
a two time champion,

won the CrossFit Games
in 2011 and 2012.

I couldn't win that event.

I thought people would maybe be
ahead of me going to the Pig.

And then I was like,
I'll catch them on the Pig.

'Cause, like,
it's so easy for me.

And then on the way back,

my calf cramped
on the very first rep.

Laura Horvath is leaving

everybody behind right now.

So it was
just very, very unfortunate.

That was, like,
one of my events.

So that's frustrating.

But I hate saying
that I could have done better,

because then
I should just do better.

But something like
this is out of my control.

One final rep for Laura
Horvath.

Looking to
pick up the test win here

in the Pig Chipper,
and she will do it.

100 points for Laura Horvath.

With a smile on her face.

Does this feel
awesome right now, or is it

just like, "You gotta do it"?

This is not awesome, ever.

Afterwards is awesome.

It's not bad,
but it's not something I love.

It's something you have to do.

Justin Medeiros,

your two-time
defending champion,

he had a slow start.

27th, this is the worst finish
of Justin Medeiros Games
career.

He had two crashes, but it has
nothing to do with his fitness.

It just could
have been a bad break.

But then he got to the second
test and just looked gassed.

And now Justin Medeiros is
the last man on the wall balls.

That's a Justin event.

And Justin Medeiros

is gonna get time-capped.

And then he gets 37th,

his now worst finish coming off
his previous worst finish.

That was
the first time we've seen him

not look superhuman.

And that was
the big question of,

is this a product of pressure?

Is this a product
of maybe what happened

in Test One with the bike wreck?

Or is it something
else that we don't know?

It's none of our business.

It's not for me
to go asking, "Hey, Justin,

what's going on?"
Like, no, he's doing his thing.

And if I'm thinking
this is a four day event

and there's plenty
of points on the table,

then two-time champ
Justin Medeiros

also thinks it's not done.

Roman Khrennikov,

who made his in-person debut
at the CrossFit Games last
year,

finished second overall,
off to a strong start.

Khrennikov coming
off a fourth place finish

in the opening test ride.

We're standing
underneath the sun right here,

and we're not doing anything.
And it's hot.

Khrennikov underneath the pig.

Dukic slamming it down
there, going rep for rep.

His uh, his saying is always,

he goes, "Just endure.
Just endure. Come on."

15. 16. 17. 18.
Be patient a little. Just a little more.
Come on, give one more. Come on!

Come on, come on, three more!

Three more.
You got this. You got this.

Come on! Come on!
Roman, Roman!

Let's go, let's go! Two more!

Let's go, let's go!
Come on, come on, come on!

Come on, come on, come on!

Come on, Roman, another one!

Come on!

Ladies
and gentlemen, a big round

of applause
for Roman Khrennikov.

Holy crap.

Does Roman still
need you for the interview?

My heart, oh, my god.

I want to give him a hug,
but I won't.

I'll wait until the end,
but I've got my bananas.

It's just... cool!

He is very excited.

So it's cool. But there's
a lot of work to be done.

It's a four day event.

How do you make sure
you save energy?

Lots of food, stretching and good sleep.

A lot of food, mobility, sleep.
Lots of food.

Bananas?

Bananas?

Bananas.

What's up with the bananas?

Have you ever seen
a very weak monkey?

That's what Roman
says all the time.

Like the big giant,
like orangutan.

Have you seen a weak one?

There you go.
They eat bananas.

That's hard.
It's hot out there.

Yeah. You know what's terrible
is the sun came out right

- on time for your heat.
- Ah.

And when I got to
the flips at the end,

every single one was like,
my planting foot in the front,

my calf would cramp up.
So you just try to, like,

I was, like, all arms at the end

because I just
couldn't pop off my feet.

So you, I don't know,
you just do what you can

until you get to the end.

I thought
you were gonna get Roman

in that last set of
chest-to-bars.

I was like, aw,
looks like he's racing.

I could have caught Roman
the chest-to-bars if the workout

- ended there.
- Yeah.

- I was what? Sixth?
- Sixth.

Yeah.
Should have been top five.

We have two tests in the books.

The competition heads
indoors for the first time

at the 2023 NOBULL
CrossFit Games.

As we have relocated
to the coliseum.

It's time to get inverted.

I'm looking
forward to this,

it's a little bit
of a change up.

Our legs have
taken an absolute kicking, too.

So I'm excited to not have to
use my legs, literally at all.

The athletes
are going to be upside down

doing pirouettes,
pullovers on the bar.

You got to be able to keep
your bearing straight.

The control it takes to
balance,

come down to
your head, kick back up

and move to the next mat.

It's really hard
to keep your balance

in this inverted position.

Roman Khrennikov,

your overall leader in the
white jersey,

looks to continue
his great Day One.

He leads here going
into the final section.

And Roman Khrennikov will be
the first man to the pullovers,

as Pat Vellner takes a spill.

The first event just breeds

catastrophe every year.

But he's like the comeback kid.

It's fun to watch
'cause then you get to watch

him just kind
of claw his way back up.

Justin Medeiros
just went unbroken.

No one. No one has
done that today yet.

This is Justin's
time to chip back

out of that hole.

As Medeiros
manages to save that.

Oh! Hold on!

That is big.

He ain't dead yet.

And Roman Khrennikov
with another solid performance

here in Test Number Three.

Roman Khrennikov, our leader.

How does it feel to have
that white jersey

finishing Day One?

Good performance.
Okay, everything's great.

He doesn't think he's
dominating. And I'm like, okay.

And now Noah Ohlsen gets safely

through that final section.

That will be good enough
for 12th place in Test Three.

I swung and I hit it,

but didn't make it
over the fence.

Sometimes if you take a chance
and swing for the fence,

you strike out, but sometimes
you hit a big home run.

I think Danielle Brandon,
she's kind of the punk rock of

CrossFit.
Sort of on the outside,

kind of metaphorically given
and sometimes literally giving

the middle finger to people.

Is this
a friendly atmosphere for you,

or is this competition--
is there a fierceness in this?

I'd say more fierce.
Like, I'm not--

Even if I'm friends
with you before this,

we're not friends now.

She's got
a little bit of an edge to her.

She's got a little bit of
a chip on her shoulder.

But very
popular in the community

because of that attitude.

I just think
I'm never satisfied.

I truly am not.

Like, I remember
winning gymnastics meets or

track meets and
I would throw away my medal.

'Cause I'm like,
it could have been better.

Danielle Brandon,

she has been waiting
to get to this test.

This is where
she made a name for herself,

and she does need it with
those two 21st place finishes.

I was calling
that test, and I remember it

started, and I looked down
to check something,

and I looked up, and
she was halfway down the floor.

Daniel Brandon,
shot out of a cannon,

is already on her freestanding
handstand pushups,

and she has yet to kick down.

Sean,
that's called rage walking.

She's already
way out in front and still

has yet to
come off of her hands.

It's like,
I have all the things.

I can be strong, I can be fit.
I'm a gymnast. I can run.

Like, I can
do essentially everything.

I think this was
the first year, I, like, truly

wanted that to, like, win
and podium. Right?

And she's gonna
head back down the floor.

As she gets up.

360 spin, and down the steps.

That is kind of
one of the cool things about

the CrossFit Games
is that you can take

men and women and put
them through the same test...

One more rep to go!

...and oftentimes,
women will beat the men.

She is going to absolutely

demolish the top time.

Danielle Brandon
takes Test Number Three

in convincing fashion.

The fastest time by
more than 30 seconds.

By 30 seconds is, like,

ridiculous. That's--

I don't know. She wasn't even
competing against us. She was--

She was just playing.

What does it do for the rest of

your competition weekend,
having this win under your belt?

Yeah, and ending the day on
a win is amazing,

but it's a really long weekend

and I'm here
to fucking fight, so.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Smiling, though!

That event,
we were very excited about.

Tears, cheering.
Thought we were gonna lose

our voice
that very first few minutes.

And we just had this knowing.
We just-- we knew.

We're like, later, boys.
Later, gals.

You about to see a show.

I've been so lucky, like,

every walk of my life,
like, I've had family

that, like, are my friends.

The best is when we're
like, "That's our family."

And they're like, "Oh,
Danielle Brandon's your family?"

We're like, "Yes." And they're
like, "Okay, super fans."

We're like, "We are."

My parents weren't around.

I was raised
by my aunt and uncle.

It was kind of like
a chaotic situation.

It wasn't necessarily,
like, the best home environment,

but I was really lucky,
and I was doing gymnastics,

like, eight hours a day
at the time.

So I really found, like,
that solace in gymnastics.

A lot of the anger probably
came after and later, you know?

When I was like,
dang, like, you know,

I have, like, sort of some
of these issues. And I'm like,

I wish-- you know, like,
I wish I didn't have to go

through that, but,
like, I'm glad I did because

I really am, like,
a fierce competitor,

and a lot of the qualities that
I have now are because of that.

I wouldn't take those away.

So it's like going
on the CrossFit floor

and struggling with
something like, that's easy.

Like, that's so easy
compared to some

of the stuff
that I've been through.

Yes. Yeah.

Whoa.

"Butterfly".

You put your Russian music on.

In 2017,
my husband asked me to go to

the CrossFit Games.

That's when the CrossFit Games
came to Madison.

In 2018, a Russian athlete
wins the regionals

in Germany, and that was Roman.

He didn't get his visa
and he didn't come,

which was like a big shock
to everybody because most times

people were able to obtain
the visa and come compete.

Then comes 2019.
Roman qualifies again,

doesn't get the visa again,
and then 2020, 2021,

I turn to my husband, I go,
I know how to get the visa.

We should contact the guy.

His life is exactly the same.

He wakes up,
works out, eats, sleeps,

wakes up, but just location
has changed,

and now he's able to compete
in the United States,

which was his dream.

Any elite athlete, they moved to
a different state, maybe, right,

but there's guarantees.
So you sign a contract.

He moved to a different country
without a guarantee.

So I think part of his drive
and willingness to succeed is,

he has no other choice.

Three tests are down,

one day in the books.

It's day number two here at
the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games.

You got this, Justin!

Overall
standings after three tests,

Roman Khrennikov has yet to
finish outside the top 5.

279 out of
a possible 300 points.

We are kicking things off
with a test that we were

supposed to see in
its entirety last year.

It's the Alpaca.

Running it back,

Alpaca sled, push down.

No missed rope climbs.

There's no room for that here,

and there's no rest
for the grip.

And make sure
the clean and jerks are

quick, crisp and fast.

You don't
want to hang on to those

longer than you need to.

And Khrennikov
is in the lead here.

Roman won Alpaca last year,

which is the beginning
of his campaign

to get that
second place position.

Roman has had a very tough time

getting to the CrossFit Games.

He left his home country

under difficult circumstances.

He left his young family behind.
He missed the birth of his son.

All in the pursuit
of this dream.

This last climb is so important

between Fikowski and
Khrennikov.

When to go?
Are you going to go?

There goes Roman Khrennikov.

Everyone had been
looking forward to seeing him

because he had
home run potential.

And when you have
a guy like that who can

win events and win tests,

that's someone who can really
affect the competition.

He is leading
everybody who is immediately

behind him in the overall
standings and now looks to

tighten his grip on that
top spot on the leaderboard.

Here we go.
Now is the a pedal to the metal.

Come on, Roman.

Now we're going to go over there

and just start screaming at him.

Let's go.

Let's go, Roman. You can.

- Khrennikov...
- Ready to scream?

...is halfway
through his final set.

Roman, who we thought could
be one of those athletes

to unseat Justin...

Right now
Medeiros is taking another
break

on this sled push.

His family in the crowd here,
trying to urge him on.

You're so close!

Pat Vellner,
meanwhile, has just run into

just all kinds of problems
here on this rope climb.

That's his third attempt
that he has failed.

And Roman Khrennikov
is halfway home.

Oh, my God,
he might do this again.

Come on, Roman. Push, push, push!

Takes a break.

Come on, come on, Roman! Come on!

Almost, almost. Let's go!
Come on, come on, come on!

Well done! Push, push, push!

Roman Khrennikov,

- Well done!
- second win in three events.

And Roman
is reigning right now.

Excuse me.
Sorry. Jeremy!

Jeremy, can you give him
this? Thank you.

Another 100 points,

he'll have 379 out of
a possible 400.

Give me the banana.

Roman Khrennikov has
a giant lead

and I think the question was,
okay, not, you know,

"Was he gonna win it?",
but, "By how much?"

If we're trying to find

the fittest man and woman
on earth,

to back that claim up,
is a lot of pressure.

Here you go.

Drive, drive, drive, drive,
drive. You're almost there.

Come on. Come on, babe.

Drive, drive, drive.

There you go.

- Let's go, Danielle!
- Let's go!

Just gotta be
smart on these, you know?

No, she good. She good.

Get up there. Yeah.

Come on, girl.

Oh, fuck.

Just a little rest.

No rep. Yeah,
she just lifted up her leg.

Oh.

Oh, no!

It's all right. That's
all right. It's all right.

She's mid pack.
She's mid pack. It's okay.

Mentally,
I was just going through it.

Like, it was really hard
just cause I'm so competitive

that I think
I'm just really hard on myself.

So you convince yourself,
right, that, like, you know,

whatever you're going through,
like, I almost convinced myself

that, like, you know, I didn't
deserve to win or something.

It's okay, it's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.
It's okay.

Yeah, DB!

Like, I'm suffering, like,

immediately out there.

Yeah.

We didn't prepare.
All those times I said,

"I need to do more"
I needed to do more.

Like, I'm not just
being a bitch. Like, for real.

I'm not prepared for this.

Like, last year was so easy.

This year I'm, like, fighting
for my fucking life right away.

How do you feel after that?

Like, shit. Yeah.

I don't know.

It just seems like my body's

working against me
right now, so...

I don't think a lot of athletes,
at least in our sport,

are very vocal about
how difficult what we do is.

I think it's
evident that the training

for CrossFit is very difficult.

Everybody can see that
and understands that.

But talking about the emotional
and psychological side

of being a high-level
competitive athlete

doesn't get spoken about much.

And it is really tough.

I think that I've dealt
with doubt, nerves,

the discomfort of the unknown.

Many times. I've felt so
uncomfortable that I'll think,

I don't want to put myself
through this again.

I learned this the hard way.

You know, I just always
thought that in order to be

a CrossFit Games athlete,

you just have to be physically
fit and physically athletic.

But the CrossFit Games,
even though it's titled,

The Fittest on Earth",
it should be titled,

"Who's the mentally strongest."

The
CrossFit Games is a wild ride,

and competitors have to be
comfortable with reality.

And the reality is that you will
not win every event.

If you can't stop

the roller coaster
from plummeting,

it's going to consistently
be a thorn in your side.

Above everything
else, it's the mental aspect.

It's not physically
the fittest will win.

It's the person
that's mentally prepared to

go beyond what
their physical limitations are.

And now, Chandler Smith,

top of your screen,

moving up to challenge
Roman Khrennikov

for first place in this heat.

Watch out for Chandler.

Chandler Smith
looks like he has a faster
pace.

And it's Chandler Smith.

Chandler Smith gets
the heat win.

I thought I was catching
somebody because they started

to get a little bit louder,
so I was like,

maybe this is the time
to push a little bit,

go a little bit faster,
and I did and worked out well.

Did you know that it was Roman?

No, I had no idea.

When I finished, and I was
like, oh, that's pretty cool.

You were right there--

Did you know
I was right on top of you?

He was like,
his ears popped.

That's what-- I felt like
ringing like, you know.

That was solid.

That was really loud.
A lot of fun.

Tell Roman thanks for letting me

have one moment for the weekend.

God, Chandler's the best.

The only ability
that matters is durability.

He's humble, he's charismatic.

It's not true, but it rhymes.
It's one of those things.

He's just a genuinely good dude.

I think the big win for today
would be getting this glove on.

I feel like you could do it.
I did it pretty easily.

He's dealt
with some adversity, too.

Having to deal with trying
to compete while being deployed.

His finger got cut off
by a tank.

Dude, I wonder if I can play
a trick on the new guys.

"Can you help
me pull this part down?"

He's just one
of those guys that you just

gravitate and pull for.

You can't help but
want the best for him.

And I think you're
going to move the dumbbell

better than most in this heat.

I keep telling
everyone that we are going out

swinging for singles.

We've hit a few doubles.

For me, I'm just a first
year coach, and we've proven

a lot of methodologies
in the last couple of days.

Not gotten too high,
not gotten too low.

And I think that's
what's carried us here.

Last year, Chandler Smith had

a really bad asthma attack

during semifinals that kept him
from even qualifying.

But then he qualifies
again this year,

gets to the CrossFit Games.
And he was pretty incredible.

Chandler Smith working his way

towards the podium
like we have been waiting

since he started
competing in the games.

That's points on the board!

I don't know
if a lot of people

expected him to be there.

And I think it is a little bit
of a Cinderella story for him.

Chandler Smith comes in
in third place overall.

This is very transitory.

I missed it last year.

Like, I know that there's going
to come a time where my body's

not gonna allow me to do this
in front of, like,

these type of crowds
and these sorts of arenas.

So I know this is only part
of my life, but, like,

the memories I make
and the connections I make

with folks that I meet here,
like,

that's gonna last me
for the rest of my life.

I actually
don't think I could win.

I have to block here.

Make sure you guys get this.
I'm about to win this game.

No!

- I concede.
- You tried your best.

- I did.
- That's what counts.

It's been really cool
because I was a fan of Noah from

way before I even got
the chance to meet him.

And then in 2016,
when I was first starting

to compete,
he was able to help me

out through my
first big time competition.

And we've been
training partners since then.

You're a natural, kid.

He's really
the one who taught me...

Make sure you lock your arms.

...pretty much everything
I know, I guess,

about being a Games athlete,

and obviously there's
a training aspect to that.

Like how hard you needed
to train, what training

needs to look like,
what the outside forces

around training
need to look like.

The first couple you,
like, rolled

- through like that without...
- Without punching,

...doing the extension, which--

just make sure
on game day, you do it.

And Noah Ohlsen,

making his 10th straight
appearance here

at the CrossFit Games.

What I've learned from him more

than anything else,
is how to navigate

and be an athlete worthy of,

or at least I hope that
I'm as worthy as he is of,

like, of respect.

And looking
to improve on that here in
2023.

And he will be
the first man back.

I think his legacy that
he's developed in the sport

goes way beyond

the results that he's had.

Because he's chosen
to position himself as

a person who influences people
with his personality

just as much as he does
with his physicality.

And so I've kind of just always
been following his footsteps,

and it's been cool
to transition from, like,

fan to competitor to friend,
and couldn't ask for

a better guy to have
learned everything from.

Dude, is that a "Noah" sign?

Let's go!

It's, uh...

it's been really tough for me
to come to terms with

the last couple years.

I think I'm
a little bit past my prime.

And it hurts to admit that,
and I've been through,

like, a mental battle,
but I think it's the truth.

I'm not as good as
I was back in the day,

and so this year,
I'm just trying to embrace

the fact that this is
such a cool opportunity.

Like, maybe I'm not gonna win
the CrossFit Games overall,

but I can win by making it
an amazing experience for me,

for my family,
for my friends, for the fans.

So that's what I'm trying to
do.

Day Number
Three of competition for

the individuals kicks off here
on Saturday morning

at the 2023
NOBULL CrossFit Games.

Saturday,
Day Three of the CrossFit Games

is moving day.

We've already completed

six events up to this point.

After the first two days,

pecking order is kind
of established,

but Saturday we're
just starting the halfway
point.

So this is where you really
start to see people

either climb up
and establish

some dominance on
the leaderboard, or,

some of the early leaders
may start to fall off.

And we're only taking
20 forward into Sunday.

It's a turning
point in the weekend where

now fatigue gets in,
and with the cuts,

the point table changes,

so you can gain
some more points easily.

If you have a good Saturday,

like, you're moving up
the leaderboard.

It's an interesting moving day

because the events
are very singular.

Like, we run a straight up 5k.

We do a straight up
Olympic weightlifting total.

So you're gonna see a bit
of a spray where the people

individually who are
successful in those events

will get a huge bump,
maybe in the run.

Cause they're really aerobic,
really lean guys,

and they're gonna take an ass
kicking in the weightlifting.

So, you know,
it's gonna level off.

The most well rounded athletes
are gonna be probably
moderately

successful at both, so it'll be
an interesting day, you know.

I blundered,
like, spectacularly,

tore my hands up pretty good,

and now I'm trying
to claw my way back out.

Won't bug me on the 5k.

Roman is a specimen,

so he's in the zone right now.

He's one of those guys.
He's seeing the ball.

Maybe we start
talking around the back.

We start working together,
trying to get in

his head a little bit, but...

hard part,
he doesn't speak much English,

so it's like
I can't even trash talk the guy.

- 5k.
- Roza.

I'll make you die on the 5k.

I didn't see him, that's why he won.

Uh, he-- he hasn't seen you.
That's why--

He hasn't seen me?

I'm coming, bro, I'm coming.

- It's four days.
- Yeah.

You start like this,
finish like this.

I do the opposite. I'm good.

Athletes, this way!
Let's go, athletes

It's a beautiful day for a run.

All the athletes, men and
women,
will be running this together.

And right now, Roman Khrennikov
has really separated himself.

He's the only guy who has
every finish in the top ten.

He has a 100 point cushion
on Jeff Adler,

who sits in second place.

The 5k, I think,
was a big turning point

in the competition,

because it was like starting

from all over again
from the bike ride.

Stand by.

Two, one...

That's what
the programming felt like,

a long cardio piece that's
going
to put a toll on your body.

Roman's got this giant lead.

He's not making mistakes.
And all of a sudden,

Jeff Adler starts
to reel him in a little bit.

I volunteered
at the CrossFit Games

in Carson in 2016,

and then I volunteered
a second year in 2017,

the first year here in Madison.

And I was able to see all
these athletes do crazy things.

And I saw if you can
strategize somehow

to gain an advantage,

every competitor
is going to do it.

I want to
point out what I just saw.

Jeffrey Adler is
coaxing Roman Khrennikov.

I know Roman has a huge engine.
He's a great runner.

So I was like,
well, I gotta bait him

to go a bit quicker
than he wants to.

And it was a gamble for me,
too,
because baiting someone

to go fast that's already fast

means I have to go ham
on the first K.

Adler looks very comfortable.

Conversely, Khrennikov,

just gulping air,
looks very uncomfortable.

And we're seeing distance
between Adler and Khrennikov

start to spread out a little
bit
of which is key for Adler to
try

and chase down Khrennikov
over these final two days.

And it caused Roman to kind of
crash a little bit in that test.

Just look
at Roman and the heaviness

of every step that he's taking.

It's lethargic almost.

That was the only trick
I had up my sleeve, honestly.

And then I finished before him.

Now
here comes Annie Thorisdottir

making her way.
Former two time champion.

Has competed in three different
decades at the CrossFit Games.

2009 to 2023.

No one has spanned that long.

You have people that--

you have broadcasters
that competed with her in 2009,

talking about her in 2023.

It's absolutely incredible.

I do think it's a little crazy.

I think time has flown by.

It's funny
to think back, because

ever since 2013, when I had
a pretty serious back injury,

I actually thought
I had maybe one more year in
me,

maybe one more year.

And then I did
that one more year,

and then I felt,
I have more in me.

That's absolutely incredible

that she's been able
to accomplish that.

We're gonna get some carbs

and then we're gonna go

straight over
all the way to the hotel.

Okay?

I'm gonna swear.

Fucking run.

Warning. Warning.

I haven't
quite hit stride this weekend.

Ready, sir.
Let's fix this.

I've done my very best
in most of the events,

but it hasn't quite gone
the way I wanted it to.

Like, some things
have come up and so on.

That's life.
That's competing, right?

I've done it for
multiple years, and I'm not

doing it for the experience
of doing it anymore.

I'm doing it because
I want to show

how good
I am, and I haven't quite--

I-- I'm better than I've
been able to showcase here.

I obviously
want to do my best and win.

But I have an amazing life,
no matter what.

Man, I mean,
I actually have goosebumps

just thinking about Annie
and what she is done

for our community,
but also for athletes.

And she's really paved the way.

Abracadabra!

And if we had a Hall of Fame,

Annie is definitely
one of those athletes that is

- leading from the front.
- Rabbit.

And, you know, she is a mother.

Her daughter
has grown up so fast.

And if I can be half
the mother that she is,

you know, showcasing
that anything is possible...

Oh, man, I would be so proud.

I find it so nice

to go a little bit away
from the competition.

Hello.

It's obviously
a little bit distracting,
right?

And she, like, wants me
to play with her, and then she,

like, wants me to do,
like, movements and dance.

And I'm like,
oh, my god, so stiff.

But it makes me
see what life's about.

I get to be here and be me.

And then I go out
and I need to put on, like,

now I am Annie the competitor.

Oh, my god,
I'm excited for the new

generation in CrossFit,
but I want them to fight for
it.

Not gonna just give it to them.

They're supposed to beat me.

Emma Lawson is a stud. Like,

I don't know what
they're doing in Canada,

but they're
doing something great.

Your overall
leader, Emma Lawson.

What we're seeing
this day and age is these

young teenagers
coming into our sport.

Our future of
our sport is very bright.

Emma Lawson's
performance is tremendous,

but not entirely unexpected.

There has been a theme
in the last couple of years

of these
former teenage competitors,

particularly on the women's side,

making the jump up to the adult
individual divisions early.

I likened it to the Bannister
Effect when Roger Bannister

broke the four minute mile
for the first time.

Once people saw it was
possible,

there was this belief
that I can do that now

and I can emulate that.

And we saw that with
Emma carrying that forward

last season as the rookie
of the year and finishing sixth.

I had put a lot of pressure on
myself coming into this season.

Because I felt like I needed
to place sixth or better.

We are back
inside the coliseum for

Test Number Eight.

Test Number Eight is intervals.

Lawson trying to get
some more breathing room

when it comes to the battle for

the top spot
in the overall standings.

I've just always
had so many doubts about
myself.

I was never naturally
the smart kid.

I was never naturally
the flexible kid.

So I just felt like
I always had to work a little

bit harder than other people
to be at their level.

But just because
I work hard doesn't mean

I'm necessarily gonna win it.

Emma Watson will be done,

and she, once again,
leading the way.

I always just try
to remember back to why

I started doing
CrossFit in the first place,

and that was just because
I loved it.

Lawson is getting set

to finish up here,
and she's looking to get

her second test win
of the CrossFit Games,

and she will do it
in convincing fashion.

It just makes me feel happier.

I'm just a happier person
because I get to do it.

Are you pleased so far?

I'm very pleased, yeah.

I mean,
I am surprised, I'm happy.

But I'm just gonna try
to go each way,

one event at a time, execute
the best I can in each of those,

and then whatever happens
after that happens.

What I think is,

the box jump-overs have become
a major factor.

Yeah.

So you have
to control that portion.

So they're gonna--
to get off the rower,

you have one last stroke,
and you get off the rower.

That's the difference,
it looks like.

The men will be up next.

All right, Patty, Now or never.

Patrick Vellner,

who has a history
of digging himself

an early hole here at
the CrossFit Games,

did it again.

But right
now he's making slight work of

these burpee box jump overs,
looking very smooth.

We've seen
other athletes be able

to climb
out of that hole before.

Vellner does that
as well as anyone else.

There's plenty of time,
but it has to change now.

Pat Vellner
continues to attack this test.

He is in the lead here.

Roman Khrennikov ran past the
box and got himself on the
rower

and everybody in this
building is waving him back,

and that is a big mistake
for Khrennikov.

Oh, Roman. Poor guy.

He ran right past it. Buddy.

In a test
where every second matters,

that could be huge
for our overall leader.

It is Vellner.

Come on, Pat!

Let's go, Pat!

Final rep for Pat Vellner,

he'll be the first man

to his second
and final 15 calories.

And Pat Vellner is leaving
everybody behind him here.

Go Pat!
Let's go.

I'm so sorry.

- No apology needed.
- Sorry.

Roman Khrennikov
is towards the back.

He is in last place.

But Pat Vellner,
as the crowd comes to his feet,

is getting set to win this
test.

Woo! Woo!

Vellner is done!

And Pat Vellner
is going to stroll across

the finish line and
put 100 points in his pocket.

How important
is your veteran status,

all the experience
that you have in managing

the highs and lows of
a competition?

I think it makes
a big difference,

just knowing and having the
experience

that it's a long weekend and you
can climb back out of a hole.

And, you know,

I've unfortunately
made a bit of a habit of it.

It takes me
a few days to get rolling

now that I'm getting
a little older.

But once the young guys
start feeling sore,

that's where I thrive, you know.
That's how I live every day.

So in the CrossFit Games,

recovery is a bit of a myth
almost, like, nobody's fully

recovering any time,
but it's just,

it's eating, sleeping,
it's doing all the things--

I was telling my wife
this morning.

Saturday, it starts to
be tough to eat, you know?

I've been shoveling it
in my face.

Whether I want it or not.

It's all me.
It's all me.

And on Saturday and on Sunday,
that's where it pays off.

Well, moving day today,

and you're moving closer
to the podium, Pat.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you very much.

Hope to see you here again soon.

Catch a little bit of a break

with the athlete
you're chasing making a mistake

and you pounce on it.

And sometimes at the games,
for an athlete

to have that little momentum
shift like that is all you need.

Did you not
realize you had to do it?

What happened there?

You missed the obstacle. This jump...

Yes, I forgot about it.

I didn't pay attention and ran on.

To the rowing.

Uh, he uh-Uh, he,
forgot there was twenty-one.

He thought it was fifteen.

So, like, he just, like, just
a mistake on his part, for sure.

Sometimes you make mistakes
and they cost you.

Final rep for Roman Khrennikov.

And start printing
the leader's jersey

with that man's name on it.

Roman Khrennikov.
Second win in three events.

Roman, for the first

two and a half days of this
event was probably as dominant

as we've seen anybody be
in the CrossFit space.

Fourth in the Ride,

first in the Pig Chipper,

fifth in the Inverted Medley.

As that was happening,
we were like, wow,

we're witnessing
something really special.

And right now, Roman Khrennikov

has really separated himself
from his fellow competitors.

Big weights in
a big pressure situation.

You gotta love this setting
on Saturday night,

as Day Number Three of
competition for the individuals

comes to a close with Test
Number Nine, the Olympic
Totals.

Saturday night, I felt great.

And we get to Jeff Adler,

who's going to 340 pounds.

And Adler is good.

He only trails
Roman Khrennikov by 59 points.

The crowd was insane.

Like, the vibe in
the Coliseum was very electric.

Now, Jeff Adler at 360 pounds.

This is a big lift for him.

At that point in
the games, anything can happen.

Like just one miss on
one lift and everything changes.

And that is good for Jeff
Adler.

Yeah!

Jeff Adler
is in the lead right now.

Now we go to Brent Fikowski,
343 pounds.

Okay,
now the field

kind of has to look around.

They're gaming the field
and figuring out

how much more do I need to add.

- How much do I need to take
off?
- Chandler!

Forty-six.

This puts him five pounds
ahead of Pat.

And that's, I think, who he's
trying to create space on, so.

Now we go
to Chandler Smith at 335.

Little split-clean action.

And that is good
for Chandler Smith.

Trying to hold off
Vellner for that third and

final spot on the podium.

He says to his coach,

I should've gone up
to the crowd.

And the jerk is good for Noah.

Great lift by Noah.

Test number nine
is in the books,

and Jeff Adler is going
to take a tie for fourth,

unofficially.
Khrennikov listed at 16th.

And the race
for the top of the podium

just got really interesting.

Dude! No, man,
I needed one more pound, guy.

- Huh?
- We lost two spots, there.

I needed one more pound.

I thought you were trying
to go over, uh, Vellner

No, I was try-- If I have
one pound, just hang with Brent,

that's two spots, man.

I literally thought you were

- pointing to Pat.
- If it's one pound we need,

we needed that pound.
I thought you were tracking it.

That's why I asked, like,
if this was okay.

I-- I thought you were asking me
if you were ahead of Pat.

We-- we haven't done this
before, so that's good.

- I apologize.
- Oh, we're good, man.

We're last, probably like
14 or something?

- No, tenth.
- Tenth? Really?

- Yeah. And you would've needed--
- ...fucking seventh, man.

- Nice lifting, kiddo.
- Thanks, dude.

Olivia Kerstetter

currently sits
in 21st place overall.

Needs to get into the top 20
to survive the final cut.

- Okay, let's go, Liv!
- Let's go. Liv.

237 now for
Olivia Kerstetter.

- This is 107 kilos.
- Come on.

And that is good.

It's Olivia Kerstetter
that will move up into

third here in the heat.

This one might have
been the most nerve wracking,

just because
you have to make the cut.

This pretty
much assures that you are...

We did it!

Give Olivia a hug.

Okay, we don't know yet.

No, we did the math.

He said that it's,
like, guaranteed.

Oh, absolutely. We're good.

- We're golden.
- Yeah, you're golden.

Annie Thorisdottir,

back to back champion
in 2011 and 2012.

225 on the barbell for her.

And Thorisdottir makes it.

And here's Katrin Davidsdottir
who started CrossFit in

Iceland because
she was inspired by

what Annie Thorisdottir did.

It's just really,
really special

to be able to make a friend

at the same level as you,
at being the best in the world.

Our platforms ended up being

right next to each other.

So it was her lift,
and then right away, me.

When she hit her lift,
the crowd went roaring.

Thorisdottir is good.

The crowd goes wild,
and that just...

it gives me the--

And suddenly I can't
even feel the weights anymore.

And that is good for Katrin.

And it was just
the greatest thing in the world

to then get to turn around and
just, like, high five her.

She is my competitor,

yet she is my very best friend,

and having someone that
you can share that with,

you can't take for granted.

I'm standing out on this floor

with my best friend
in the entire universe,

and we get to do this together.

Like, that's badass.

Annie Thorisdottir
keeps herself in fifth place

right now in this heat.

Now we go to Laura Horvath.

This will give her
the overall lead if she hits
it.

At 245.

And there is a lot more
in that gas tank.

245 is good.
Horvath has the lead.

Laura Horvath,
she has a skill that is

tough to quantify in
that as the weekend goes along,

she seems to be gaining steam.

Now Laura Horvath, 265.

Laura already had won
the event at that point in
time,

but she decided to add
a 20-pound onto the barbell.

And that is good
for Laura Horvath.

Let's go!

For me, watching Laura do that,

it's incredible, you know,
like, it's...

That's sheer dominance.

Laura's all about
the psychological warfare.

I think
she understands very well

how to win, and I think
she also understands very well

what message that sends
to some of the other field.

I think she's one of
the few athletes that relishes

making those statements.

I'm not just gonna beat you,

I'm gonna blow you away
in this test.

Laura Horvath is
gonna get the test win,

and looking to move
inside the top three.

Yeah, one more day.
Here to fuck shit up.

That's always the motto.
Just here to fuck shit up.

Yeah,
a big stash over here.

We have nice cookies...

- Rosie Joes.
- ...apricots, peanut butter.

That's one of
the biggest traps we have,

is you never really
feel like you want to eat.

But when you're
exercising all day

and putting out
pretty hard, you have to,

like, you have to keep fueling.

I got to get all this in,

and then I got to lay
down for a bit,

and then I gotta eat
a whole bunch more again, so.

It's, like,
been a roller coaster,

but it's cool to feel like
he's still in the game and

still shooting
for the podium, which is

kind of a fun spot to be in,

going into the last day.

I have a huge
amount of respect for how--

this sounds bad, but
he's-- he's a good loser.

We joke. He's pretty--
He's pretty even-keeled,

which is why I think
he can get away

with weekends like this,

where he's had just onto
the next thing.

You know,
it's a big day tomorrow,

like, where I'm 16 points
back from third.

Things are tight
in the top five.

Roman, he obviously,
he blundered a little bit today,

and there's blood in the water.
That's the thing.

So it's, uh, gonna be
very exciting tomorrow, I think.

There's gonna be a very
exciting hunt for first place.

- Roman!
- Hey.

That's my man.

Here you go, my man.

- Morning, buddy.
- Go get him, buddy.

Get 'em, buddy.

The tone of the men's
competition

shifted on
day three dramatically.

Roman looked like
he was comfortable,

but some
mental mistakes on his part

in the middle of Saturday,
I think,

started to turn the tide
a little bit.

Jeff Adler,
he was 100 points behind.

He made up 83 points in one day.

So Jeff Adler
had all the momentum.

Front row out towards me.

We are three tests
away

from crowning
the Fittest On Earth.

Test number ten,
it's Muscle-Up Logs.

The workout that was announced
on Sunday morning,

I knew I could do really,
really well on that workout.

That's two
Canadians leading the way,

Pat Vellner and Jeff Adler.

Let's go, Jeff! Let's go, Jeff!

I felt like I was in
control of that event,

and that's
a very good feeling to have.

Let's go! Woo!
Come on, babe, come on!

So Adler is now in front.

Roman Khrennikov right now
is in fifth place,

tied with Pat Vellner.

Adler has the bag up.

Yes! Come on,
come on, come on, come on!

And Jeff Adler
is going to win

and possibly lead with
two tests remaining.

Woo! Yeah!

Woo!

Roman Khrennikov
actually should be getting

a top five finish here.
So that is a great finish.

That was better than expected.

He wanted top five.

He won, so we can't ask for
any more than that.

And we get to wear the white
leader jersey, and that will be

checking off one of
Jeff's goals this year.

So, at a good time.

Good job, babe.

Jeff Adler's
now in the lead with two points

and two tests to go.

And we're like,
this is everything

we hoped Sunday would be.

Roman has
a history of battling back

and digging deep,
and so to see two athletes,

like, at their peak
and in the tightest point

spread we've seen in probably
eight years, I think,

was kind of what
you play the game for.

Sorry, boys.

All right,
well, I wanted to

release your climbing test
of the weekend.

One parallel bar traverse,

30 weighted up unders,

pull sled one section.

Where's Roman?

He was standing on
the side back there with

his crutches
and ice pack on his foot.

Sunday morning,
we have the muscle up log test,

which looks like
it's in Roman's wheelhouse.

Gets the final bag,
gets it over the log,

comes down on
his left foot awkwardly.

We get word
from one of our producers

that it's possible
Roman broke his foot.

It was all speculation
at that point.

I didn't know anything

until we got back
to the Coliseum

and I saw him with
his leg wrapped up,

and I was like...

He's in crutches.
He's got ice on his foot.

I hear that he broke his foot.

You have two events left,

and this happens
so close to the end?

It's just heartbreaking.

Here's the ice and crutches.

Are you okay? What's going on?

Landed bad--
poorly on the sandbag.

Like, rolled the ankle,
a little fraction on the bone,

and, like, in ligaments.

...maybe you can
finish these events?

Do you think you can handle it?

We'll see. He doesn't know.

Maybe adrenaline rush

will carry him over.

We're all trying to move up

that leaderboard
the best you can,

but there's no one there
that wants to see that.

The next test
involves double unders,

which is a bounding
jumping movement,

where you jump in the air,

spin a rope twice
on your feet,

do that 30 times
for eight rounds.

You can't do that
on a broken foot.

Test eleven
is the parallel bar pull.

Emma Lawson and Laura Horvath
still battling for the top
spot.

Lawson has a 23-point lead
over Horvath.

Horvath was able
to shave 25 points off

of that deficit
in the prior test.

It's very rare
that the jersey

changes hands on Sunday.

I think there's this feeling
when you enter Sunday

and you have that on,
that this is my opportunity.

I'm on the doorstep
of my ultimate goal,

and anything less is maybe
a little bit of a failure.

And especially for
an athlete that's so young,

it's really tough
to mimic that adversity.

Emma Lawson
is one of the last women done

with her first
of eight sled pulls here.

She struggled on
the turn of the traverse.

Sit up. Keep moving,
keep moving!

Laura Horvath is, once again,

on the war path here.

Think about what
she did last year,

making the late charge to get
herself onto the podium.

She is dominating
so far here on the final day

to try to put herself on top.

Laura Horvath is very much
a home run hitter,

especially
on the final day on it.

She has a killer instinct,
and I think she knew that

the title was within reach
coming into Sunday,

and that just fueled that fire.

There are
people that compete not to lose

and there are people
that compete to win.

She came in to win.

...giant pull.

Horvath all by herself,

working her way down the floor.

She wants that white
leader jersey, Shawn.

I can see the look in her eyes.

And Laura Horvath,
two for two on Sunday

and will be number one
with one test remaining.

Emma Lawson
finished in 10th place.

Laura,
that is two wins,

200 points on
the last day of competition.

How do you find
the strength and the energy

after four days of competing

to continue to charge up
the leaderboard like this?

I love Sunday. That's
my favorite day of the week.

I love it.

Given what Laura's history
at the games has been,

it maybe felt like
the door was closing for Emma.

Good job.

Make yourself proud.

Don't worry about the podium.
Make yourself proud. Okay?

Yes, but that's okay.
You're still in the fight.

Hey, hey. Come on,
let's go over here.

Hey. Hey. Look,
this doesn't define who you are.

You're still in second place.
You still have a fight.

Hey...

She's okay. She's okay.

Hey, [indistinct].
It's not over, baby.

It's not over. All right?
You got this. You got this.

Hey, you have been
freaking showing

how big of a champion you are
all freaking week.

Anything can happen, Emma.

You got this, girl.

It's not over. Come on.
You got it, guys.

We got it.
Yeah. Let's go.

Being a young athlete,
you know,

obviously she's
been leading for so long,

and for
that second last workout,

not to go her way,
it's a little emotional.

But what
she's got to realize is,

hey, she could do this still.

You know, I think
at the end of the day, what is

consistent about CrossFit is
the heart that all the athletes

do put on the floor, and it's
absolutely incredible to watch.

I think everyone was

feeling for Roman
in that moment.

'Cause you just recognize
someone's down and out,

and there's some empathy there.

He was in the position

to win the CrossFit Games

and having
that accident, it's...

It's hard as
an athlete competing

not to get emotional
about it.

The question just became,
was he gonna continue?

Were they gonna
let him continue?

From the event side,

it's really difficult
because he's an athlete.

He knows his limits.
He knows his body.

We have our medical staff.
They have their recommendations.

What happens is
it hurts right here.

It doesn't hurt anywhere
in the ankle whatsoever.

Roman came here
to win some money.

He really wants some money and--

Let me just go out, and that's it.

Please allow him to compete.

The points that he had
at that time would have held.

Now he wouldn't
have earned the points for 20th

without taking the field there.

So arguably, that would
have bumped him out of position.

This is why he moved
his family from Russia

to the United States,
to be a CrossFit Games champion.

And he's two points away.

Two tests to go,

and now something
out of his control

is taking that away from him.

The question is, if you let him
take the floor or not,

and if he takes the floor,
can he do some stuff?

- It's against medical advice.
- It's against medical advice.

He's taking it
into his own risk.

As long as everybody
is aware of it.

At the end of the day,
we decided that it would be

his choice to compete, knowing
the risks involved in that.

Khrennikov,
he has a 150 point cushion

as far as staying on
the podium is concerned.

So if he can just
do some damage control here,

finish these tests,
he still has a chance.

There's the left foot
of Roman Khrennikov

wearing the lifter.

We'll see how
he can get through this.

First parallel bar
traverse comes over,

and he picks up his jump rope,
and I think everybody just

kind of held their breath.

Roman Khrennikov in the middle.

He's going to
be able to do this on one foot

Oh, Roman.
Oh, my goodness.

There was
that pop of the crowd because

they recognized
what was about to happen

and the effort that he was
going to put in no matter what.

These are
the loudest cheers we've had

all weekend, Shawn.

He goes out there and
starts doing these on one leg

while everyone else
just starts to blow by him.

Brent Fikowski
and Jonne Koski are currently

battling for the lead here.

Pat Vellner and Dallin Pepper
rounding out the top five.

- Woo!
- Go Pat! You got it, pull!

Roman Khrennikov is still on

his first round
of double unders.

And he's able to get through
it.

The dude was pushing himself
in that workout

and obviously, like, he was...

There was no way
he was not gonna get last.

I mean, he's
competing against guys that are

fully healthy,
and just to see the drive

that he had, it was
a pretty crazy special moment.

Come on, Roman.
You got it!

That leaves Chandler
Smith and Roman Khrennikov

the only two men
left on the floor here.

Roman Khrennikov is on
his third of those eight
rounds.

Just trying
to gut through this thing.

And Smith is across.

And here comes the crowd
behind Roman Khrennikov.

I've never seen a stadium

chant someone's name like that.

It's that moment when you see,
like, a fighter get off the mat

and it looks
like they're beaten

and they're just
gonna keep pushing forward.

Everybody in
that arena has been probably

in that situation
that Roman was in.

You're struggling,
you wanna quit.

You don't wanna do this anymore.

And the people around you rally
to get you through it.

What he did was incredible.

Everybody was cheering him on,
me included.

Now Adler
trying to get the crowd

behind Roman Khrennikov.

I've always said that
we speak a universal language

in CrossFit,
and it's effort.

Roman's performance,
in some ways, can directly

impact not only my performance
with the rest of the fields

by, like,
being inspirational and,

like, setting a new
standard for toughness.

It kind of
makes you question, like,

dang, would I, like,
would I do that?

Like, I don't know.

I would have done
the exact same thing.

I love that they allowed
him to fight.

Watching the fans cheer for him

louder than any cheer

anyone has gotten
all weekend long,

because they know
what that means to Roman

and how close he was
to winning the CrossFit Games.

Roman,
this is one of

the most emotional moments
I've ever seen

on the Coliseum floor at
the CrossFit Games.

What was it like coming
out here with your injured foot?

I just want to be a hero for my son.
For him to see...

He wants to be
a hero for his son.

He just wants him to
see him fight till the end.

That's every dad's dream, right?

Every dad wants to be
the hero for their child.

That's our opportunity
to be superheroes.

And for him
to put himself out there

through pain, both physically
and emotionally...

it's my favorite moment
of the CrossFit games,

Really, what Roman did

embodies everything that
we hold dear

in the CrossFit community
as a whole.

One final test
remains here

at the 2023
NOBULL CrossFit Games.

I think that you want
to get better every year,

so now that I know
where I'm at,

I just want to keep going up
from there.

Olivia Kerstetter.

What a way to finish out
her 2023 Noble CrossFit Games.

Olivia, her event win to
finish off the competition,

just showcased what her true
potential can really be.

This year's rookie
of the year is...

-Olivia Kerstetter!

For her to be standing there
at the age of 17,

the rookie of the year,
top 20 in the world in a sport,

is unfathomable.

From a budding superstar

to the original superstar,
Annie Thorisdottir.

It is special to get to compete
after this many years,

and I am so grateful that
I am still able to do this,

and I am so grateful
to all the people

that have been
supporting me for so long.

Annie Thorisdottir
has the barbell back overhead.

And, like...

...I don't think people realize.

Give it up for
Annie Thorisdottir.

Just hearing them every
single time I took the floor...

It's special.

Here comes Justin Medeiros.

And the two-time champ
is across.

Obviously,
after winning it twice,

the goal was to be
on top of the podium.

Every day when I'm training,
like, that's what's on my mind,

and I don't think
that's who I was

when I started CrossFit,

and I think that has kind of
consumed me

just a little bit too much.

And I think the realization came
that that spot on the podium

might not mean
as much in reality.

So I'm excited for the rest
of this year to kind of

not have that outside pressure,
like, affect me.

And Noah Ohlsen,
looking to close out

what he says will be his final
time here as an individual.

It was really, really special
knowing that I was taking

the floor for the final time,
I kind of felt like all

ten years of doing this rushed
back to me in that moment.

Make some noise
for Noah Ohlsen!

Hearing all the noise
from the fans,

and I felt like I was going
to explode with gratitude.

I just felt full of energy
and passion and love.

I have heard people say that
I've given a lot to

the CrossFit community, and
I'm honored by that sentiment.

But I feel like I've
gotten back even more from them.

You guys, this sport has
changed my life completely,

and it will
have changed it forever.

I'm so grateful to all

of you, to all these people
in the front row.

That's my family,
my best friends, beautiful wife.

I felt like
in that moment, I had won.

CrossFit has helped me

realize you can get
through a lot.

No one enjoys it
while they're in it,

but when you look back
on the experience,

it's a pretty cool feeling
to know that I didn't quit.

Sunday morning,
I straight up, I was sitting

in the hotel room,
like, what's the point?

Like, just going through it,
like, a mental battle.

Like, I had
such a trash weekend.

Like, physically, I cannot
explain what happened,

but, like,
you know, I still have

that capability to one day win.

But my goals just
drastically changed to,

like, I was
just trying to have fun,

To be, like, more in
the moment and enjoy myself.

And I remind myself my friends
are going through it with me.

- Atta girl, rebalance.
- Yes!

There's such a bigger
purpose to this than, like,

just myself.

Come on.
She's off. She's off.

Yeah!
Let's go get it!

Without people,
I could have just easily gone

down this rabbit hole and
not finished inside the top ten.

Make some noise
for Chandler Smith!

I had a tough day on Sunday
from a standings perspective,

but having that
time off last year

and being able to
watch things from the outside

kind of was a good
reminder to experience it

as it's happening, but also
be ready for things to change.

Being in podium position was
awesome, and I was very grateful

for it at the moment,
but I'm just grateful that I had

the chance
to be back here at all.

There is no
tomorrow for Emma Lawson.

Laura Horvath just needs to
finish in fifth place or
better,

and there's
nothing anybody else can do.

Emma Lawson,

she was leading for
a very long time

throughout the weekend and
showcasing all of her hard work.

Emma Lawson is in.

As the youngest competitor
to stand on the podium,

what does this moment
mean for you?

Thank you.

Sometimes I just get so caught
up in the moment that I'm not...

fully realizing what I just did.

Like, it hasn't sunken in yet.

And to be honest,
I don't know that it ever will.

But, I mean,
at the end of the day,

I wasn't surprised to
see Laura standing at the top.

Now, if there's
one person I wouldn't want on

my back, chasing me down for
overhead walking lunges,

it's probably Laura Horvath.
She has no problem lifting

- heavy weight across...
- Laura is a force, you know?

And Laura did Laura things
this weekend to be a champion.

Today,
the woman from Hungary

is Superwoman.

Laura Horvath!

Ladies and gentlemen,

introducing the Fittest Woman
on Earth, Laura Horvath.

You are
a role model for athletes,

for women,
and especially for young girls.

How does it feel to you to
be a role model for all of them?

It's a little pressure, but...

I just very happy
that I'm not looking

at the new Barbie movie.

"Oh, I want to look like that."

I want to look
like what I look like.

And I'm just very excited
that little girls look up to

all these amazing girls
that are here, because it's

amazing what our bodies
can do if you put the work in.

I feel very good. It feels very
good to win the CrossFit Games.

That's been my goal for
the past ten years of my life.

She definitely deserves
the spot this year.

But I'm back in the gym training
as hard as I possibly can be.

Not just to participate
at the 2024 CrossFit Games,

but to win
the 2024 CrossFit Games.

To be honest, I haven't even
think about tomorrow or an hour

from now, so I don't really
think about next year right now.

But whoever comes comes,
it doesn't really matter

if it's Tia or anyone else.

We are ready to crown
the Fittest Man on Earth.

Jeff Adler,
he has an 86 point lead

over Pat Vellner
for first place.

Let's go, Pat. Come on, Patty.
Come on, babe.

Jeffrey Adler looks
to be the first Canadian man

to win
the CrossFit Games since 2007.

Let's go, Jeff!

There is
a new king in the north.

Come on, Jeff. Let's go!

His name is Jeff Adler

and he is the Fittest
Man on Earth!

The feeling's quite weird to be
called the Fittest Man on Earth.

It's-- I don't know.
It's something I...

I didn't think
I would call myself one day.

Jeff, back in 2017,
you were at the CrossFit Games

as a volunteer
on the event team.

Six years later, you're
the CrossFit Games champion.

So what would 2017 Jeff's
reaction be to this moment?

Keep pushing barbells, man.
Why not?

My journey is very exponential.

Every year, just a little bit
higher, a little bit higher,

a little bit higher.

Now, we've done first, so...

it's either first
or don't come back.

You want to
earn every point and,

you know,
with Roman being injured,

he was putting up
a show the whole weekend.

So I think he got
robbed a little bit.

So next year will be
a fair fight.

I think some people
would feel like

Adler's victory is dampened.
I don't think so.

Sure, it may have been a battle,
and we don't know what have

happened in those last two,
but he was the leader.

He took the white
leader's jersey off of Roman.

That's the thing.
It's like, Roman was so good

up until that point
and so consistent

and had built such
a big cushion.

The fact that he could go out
and finish dead last in the last

two tests and still wind up on
the podium is pretty incredible.

Next year,

we're gonna demolish everyone.

These guys don't have a chance.

- I'm old.
- Yeah, he's old,

he's falling apart,
his fingers are off...

You're gonna win this.

We have an award that they give
out at the CrossFit Games

every year called
the Spirit of the Games award.

It's really kind of a way of
exemplifying the best of us as

a community, not just from
what you can do on the floor,

but how-- how you carry
yourself as a human being.

This year's Spirit of
the Games award winner

is Roman Khrennikov.

When you watch

what Roman Khrennikov went out
and did,

a man who basically
is losing everything

that he's trained for
for years,

but appreciate still the
opportunity to go out there

and not waste a single second of
that

and to still come off smiling,

to still be the man he is on the
floor as he is off the floor.

That encapsulates
the depth behind what we do.

I think it shows that
the athletes

are more than just machines,
that we have hearts,

and we care
a lot about what we do.

As Roman showed,
athletes don't quit, never quit.

I remember in 2016
when I volunteered,

I have my picture with Pat
with his medal on his neck,

and now this year, he's
right beside me on the podium.

Like eight,
seven years ago,

he was light years ahead of me.

That felt pretty great.
I was really happy

to share the podium with Pat.

Uh, I could be better,
but you can't ask for much more.

I finished second place
overall in the end,

and Jeff Adler
had an amazing weekend.

I think he deserved to win.

So, you know, trying to focus on
some targeted aggression

and taking
some lessons back home.

Maybe, uh, let my hands heal up
and get back to it soon.

Well, this got serious
really fast.

Yeah. Anyway. I know,

I feel like we need music
or something.

Yeah, don't you have, like,
three bottles of wine or

- something like that?
- Did I?

I came in here and I ate
my entire fridge.

You just been
not eating all week?

I haven't eaten past probably
noon for most days.

- Why?
- Because you're stressful.

Over the seven years
that I've coached him,

it has never once
not been like that.

Like, it's
always been Pat climbing

his way up every single year.

If you come back next year,
you will see that probably...

...something will happen.
He's gonna climb way up, and--

and it wouldn't be
a Patrick Vellner games,

and it wouldn't be
this sweet if he didn't.

Keeps all the family
and friends on their toes.

Makes it very exciting
for everybody.

Oh, yeah.
Super exciting.

I mean, veggies and stuff
I'm kind of into.

I haven't really eaten
a good vegetable in a few days.

- Cheers to another year.
- Another one.

The 2023 CrossFit
games will be remembered

for the opening of a new era.

And you see that in
the stories that get told.

There's gonna be

one winner
at the CrossFit Games.

There's gonna be
three podium finishers.

There's gonna be highs,
and there's gonna be lows,

and there's gonna be battles,

but there's so much more.

All sports and
communities have those stories.

But we like to root ours
in things that

go beyond just working out.

Stories up and down
the leaderboard,

like Laura Horvath
and Jeff Adler.

And to see
the Roman Khrennikovs,

and the future of the sport,
like Emma Lawsons.

The unwavering,
won't-ever-go-away Pat Vellners,

this is who we really are.

We are a worldwide community
of people that want the best

for everyone more than
we want for ourselves.

And that's
the spirit of CrossFit.

I think he's ready
for his big giant bone.

Yeah. Ready-ready.

Look at that.

Let's go, start eat, bro.

Yes. Let's go start, please.

He's quite sad.
The reason why he's still

feeling happy
is because he has a team

around him and friends
of all of us here.

Roman, not
the outcome you wanted, right?

But you're gonna come back.

If anyone can do it,
we know you can.

And proud to call you a brother.

We love you
and come back next year.

Thank you. Thank you, Pat.

The only goal he has

is to come back
stronger and win.