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With only one event left on the fourth day of competition, the top of the leaderboards in both Individual divisions is the closest they’ve been in years. Defending champion Tia-Clair Toomey was in familiar territory in first place overall, but it was not by too comfortable a margin — 50 points separated her and Mal O’Brien, though it seemed like a two-person race for the title of Fittest Woman on Earth®.
Reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros put in work over in Event Eight and Event Nine to undo Ricky Garard‘s massive lead built over the first two days. Relatively poor showings for Garard in the previous three events opened the door for Medeiros to enter Event 10 with an 11-point lead overall. It was still either man’s competition to win, but the momentum was with Medeiros.
Event 10 saw the CrossFit Games go full strongman. Heavy sandbags, elimination style, to determine who advances to the final day of competition. Dani Speegle left no doubt from the first round that she would dominate this event, and she did.
Event 10 — “Sandbag Ladder” Results
Here are the full results:
Individual Women’s Results
Dani Speegle
Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
Laura Horvath
Amanda Barnhart
Sydney Michalyshen
Brooke Wells
Ellie Turner
Karin Freyová
Tia-Clair Toomey
Paige Semenza
Individual Men’s Results
The Men’s results are forthcoming.
[Check In: 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard]
Event 10 — Sandbag Ladder
Women: Bags from 160-250 pounds | Men: Bags from 240-340 pounds
[Related: Don Faul, a Retired Marine and Former Tech Exec, is the New CEO of CrossFit]
Event 10 Recap
Each woman attempted 160 pounds first. The standard was stabilizing the sandbag to the shoulder and extending the opposite arm to demonstrate control. All the women still in the competition had no issues through the buy-in round, except for Fuselier and Garnes, both of whom fell over on their first attempts. However, both recovered and stabilized the bag to their shoulders to move to round two.
Women’s Round Two
Round two offered up a 170-pound bag. Powers was in group one, but the bag toppled her to the ground. She lapped the bag on her second attempt and cleared it without issue. Loewen received a no-rep on her first attempt but tossed the bag up to her shoulder on her second to advance. Adams followed that toss technique to great effect.
Kato dropped her first attempt at 170 pounds when the bag knocked her in the face. She recovered and advanced. Fuselier couldn’t figure out the proper positioning and bowed out in this round. She was the only casualty as everyone else moved on to the round of 180 pounds.
Pro strongman Jerry Pritchett was present in the building to offer technical advice to the athletes. He said that as the bags get larger at the heavier weights, the athletes would have to roll the bag up to their shoulders rather than load it directly.
Women’s Round Three
Fuliano and Rayl struggled at 180 pounds. Fuliano missed three attempts and was eliminated. Rayl made use of a long break and advanced with a successful second attempt. Choi’s lift looked uncomfortable but successful nonetheless.
Brandon, Turner, Speegle, and the rest of the next two heats ran through without issues. Horvath followed suit. Kato missed her first attempt again. She tried to close a second attempt but had to bow out. Everyone else made it through, so the Atlas Stone tiebreaker was between Fuliano and Kato — they each lifted three sandbags (50, 100, and 150 pounds) over a bar and raced to a finish. Fuliano made quick work and won the tiebreaker convincingly for 35th place overall.
Women’s Round Four
Thirty-four women entered the round with a 190-pound sandbag. Powers, in the first heat, didn’t have issues lapping the bag but struggled to clean it and was eliminated as a result. Rayl also couldn’t handle the 190-pound bag and headed to the tiebreaker.
Many athletes leaned back with their shoulders before extending their hips, and it cost them the necessary leverage. Carratala Sanahuja was one of those athletes and went to the tiebreaker. Lawson made it a four-way tiebreaker after failing to stabilize the bag despite getting it to her shoulder. Lawson got in first for 31st overall in the event.
Women’s Round Five
At the 200-pound bag, Raptis could not clean the bag and was first to the tiebreaker zone. Barnhart and Eramo O’Connell struggled but conquered the bag while Prevost became the round’s second casualty. Speegle made every bag to this point look like a feathered pillow and would likely contend for a top spot in the event. The same couldn’t be said for Loewen or Adams, both of whom went to the tiebreaker zone.
Helgadottir had to ditch the 200-pound bag just in time so it didn’t fall on top of her as she tumbled to the floor. She couldn’t recover on a second attempt. Moosbrugger continued to struggle round after round but continued to advance. Six athletes were in the tiebreaker for the 200-pound round. Helgadottir got in first as Adams got in last.
Women’s Round Six
The round of 210 pounds immediately claimed Campos for the tiebreaker. Speegle made the round look easy as Merand wrestled for her event life but survived. McQuaid and Choi squared off, but only McQuaid was successful.
Turner shadowed Speegle’s ease and made quick work of 200 pounds. Campbell was the opposite story and headed to the tiebreaker. Semenza move her bag cleanly to her shoulder, but Spencer and Miga?a fell to the tiebreaker in that same heat. Horvath advanced on her first attempt, but Garnes did not, making this round’s tiebreaker the largest of the event thus far.
O’Brien and Saunders both had their first missed attempts of the event at this weight. O’Brien couldn’t close the deal. Saunders danced with the bag for a long time. Though it looked like she’d make it, the stability wasn’t there, and she joined the tiebreaker.
Toomey cleared the weight, meaning her overall lead would only grow heading into the final round. Wells missed her first attempt, but her heroic return to the Games continued with an advance to round seven. Moosbrugger, again, cleared the round even and got the dopamine hit that came with the joy of advancing.
The tiebreaker for this round was so large that it was broken up into heats. Heat one took a long time to get underway, giving the athletes still in the event a lot of extra recovery time. Brandon cleared the heat first in under nine seconds. Heat two saw Saunders cross the finish first.
Women’s Round Seven
Dahlstrøm cleared the 220-pound bag first, but her heat-mate, Spencer, couldn’t do the same. Barnhart and Horvath cleared the round without much issue, but Sigurdardottir followed Spencer to the tiebreak, as did McQuaid.
Wells’ story continued as she moved on to the round of eight. Moosbrugger’s Cinderella story in the event came to a close and headed to the tiebreak with Toomey, who also couldn’t clear the bag. Turner tried to play stability to the judge, but the bag wasn’t high enough on her shoulder. Toomey took third in the tiebreaker as Turner took first.
Women’s Round Eight
Speegle was the clear frontrunner in the event as nothing looked heavy in her hands. Wells was the underdog and certainly already overperformed expectations in this event, given her elbow surgery after the 2021 CrossFit Games.
Dahlstrøm attempted first in the round of 230 pounds and inched the bag steadily up her torso to a successful lockout. Barnhart made quick work of the round and advanced. Wells attempted a third and missed both attempts to be the round’s first casualty.
Horvath was fourth in the turn order and muscled the bag to her shoulder, appearing comfortable from start to finish. Michalyshen continued to look flawless in the event and advanced easily. Speegle made easy work of the round — the camera even cut to a laughing Toomey, presumably due to how simple Speegle made 230 pounds look.
Women’s Round Nine
Dahlstrøm again lifted first in the round of 240 and again got the bag nearly 100 pounds heavier than her to her shoulder. Barnhart put in a ton of work on a first attempt but decided to bow out before a second attempt. Horvath went third and continued to muscle the bag but struggled to turn the bag to position it to her shoulder. She ended up joining Barnhart in the tiebreaker.
Michalyshen missed her first attempt but was the first athlete in the round who made a second attempt. It was not to be, as the tiebreaker became a three-way. Speegle had a slight hiccup but still powered her way to the next round. Horvath won the tiebreaker to take third overall in the event.
Women’s Round 10
Only Speegle and Dahlstrøm entered the round of 250 pounds. A huge deep squat with a smile on her face for Dahlstrøm as she attempted a bag over 100 pounds heavier than her body weight. While she put it an incredible effort, it wasn’t enough to advance. Speegle had a lift for the win and made it look like child’s play. A huge win in the Coliseum for Speegle to end the fourth day of competition for the women.
[Related: Kealan Henry Withdraws From the 2022 CrossFit Games on Day Three]
Men’s Heats
Men’s results are forthcoming.
Three Events Left to Crown the Fittest
The final day of competition will only see the top 30 Individual Men and top 30 Individual Women compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®. Athletes ranked 31st or lower on the leaderboard after the Sandbag Ladder event have been cut from the competition.
There are three events scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 7, but none of them were revealed at the time of this article’s publication. We’ll see if O’Brien can close the gap between her and Toomey to keep Toomey from scoring her sixth consecutive CrossFit Games title. The battle for the title of Fittest Man on Earth® is between three men — the defending champ, Medeiros, Garard, and Khrennikov.
Featured image: @dellespeegle on Instagram
With only one event left on the fourth day of competition, the top of the leaderboards in both Individual divisions is the closest they’ve been in years. Defending champion Tia-Clair Toomey was in familiar territory in first place overall, but it was not by too comfortable a margin — 50 points separated her and Mal O’Brien, though it seemed like a two-person race for the title of Fittest Woman on Earth®.
Reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros put in work over in Event Eight and Event Nine to undo Ricky Garard‘s massive lead built over the first two days. Relatively poor showings for Garard in the previous three events opened the door for Medeiros to enter Event 10 with an 11-point lead overall. It was still either man’s competition to win, but the momentum was with Medeiros.
Event 10 saw the CrossFit Games go full strongman. Heavy sandbags, elimination style, to determine who advances to the final day of competition. Dani Speegle left no doubt from the first round that she would dominate this event, and she did.
Event 10 — “Sandbag Ladder” Results
Here are the full results:
Individual Women’s Results
[*]Dani Speegle
[*]Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
[*]Laura Horvath
[*]Amanda Barnhart
[*]Sydney Michalyshen
[*]Brooke Wells
[*]Ellie Turner
[*]Karin Freyová
[*]Tia-Clair Toomey
[*]Paige Semenza
Individual Men’s Results
The Men’s results are forthcoming.
[Check In: 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard]
Event 10 — Sandbag Ladder
Women: Bags from 160-250 pounds | Men: Bags from 240-340 pounds
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[Related: Don Faul, a Retired Marine and Former Tech Exec, is the New CEO of CrossFit]
Event 10 Recap
Each woman attempted 160 pounds first. The standard was stabilizing the sandbag to the shoulder and extending the opposite arm to demonstrate control. All the women still in the competition had no issues through the buy-in round, except for Fuselier and Garnes, both of whom fell over on their first attempts. However, both recovered and stabilized the bag to their shoulders to move to round two.
Women’s Round Two
Round two offered up a 170-pound bag. Powers was in group one, but the bag toppled her to the ground. She lapped the bag on her second attempt and cleared it without issue. Loewen received a no-rep on her first attempt but tossed the bag up to her shoulder on her second to advance. Adams followed that toss technique to great effect.
Kato dropped her first attempt at 170 pounds when the bag knocked her in the face. She recovered and advanced. Fuselier couldn’t figure out the proper positioning and bowed out in this round. She was the only casualty as everyone else moved on to the round of 180 pounds.
Pro strongman Jerry Pritchett was present in the building to offer technical advice to the athletes. He said that as the bags get larger at the heavier weights, the athletes would have to roll the bag up to their shoulders rather than load it directly.
Women’s Round Three
Fuliano and Rayl struggled at 180 pounds. Fuliano missed three attempts and was eliminated. Rayl made use of a long break and advanced with a successful second attempt. Choi’s lift looked uncomfortable but successful nonetheless.
Brandon, Turner, Speegle, and the rest of the next two heats ran through without issues. Horvath followed suit. Kato missed her first attempt again. She tried to close a second attempt but had to bow out. Everyone else made it through, so the Atlas Stone tiebreaker was between Fuliano and Kato — they each lifted three sandbags (50, 100, and 150 pounds) over a bar and raced to a finish. Fuliano made quick work and won the tiebreaker convincingly for 35th place overall.
Women’s Round Four
Thirty-four women entered the round with a 190-pound sandbag. Powers, in the first heat, didn’t have issues lapping the bag but struggled to clean it and was eliminated as a result. Rayl also couldn’t handle the 190-pound bag and headed to the tiebreaker.
Many athletes leaned back with their shoulders before extending their hips, and it cost them the necessary leverage. Carratala Sanahuja was one of those athletes and went to the tiebreaker. Lawson made it a four-way tiebreaker after failing to stabilize the bag despite getting it to her shoulder. Lawson got in first for 31st overall in the event.
Women’s Round Five
At the 200-pound bag, Raptis could not clean the bag and was first to the tiebreaker zone. Barnhart and Eramo O’Connell struggled but conquered the bag while Prevost became the round’s second casualty. Speegle made every bag to this point look like a feathered pillow and would likely contend for a top spot in the event. The same couldn’t be said for Loewen or Adams, both of whom went to the tiebreaker zone.
Helgadottir had to ditch the 200-pound bag just in time so it didn’t fall on top of her as she tumbled to the floor. She couldn’t recover on a second attempt. Moosbrugger continued to struggle round after round but continued to advance. Six athletes were in the tiebreaker for the 200-pound round. Helgadottir got in first as Adams got in last.
Women’s Round Six
The round of 210 pounds immediately claimed Campos for the tiebreaker. Speegle made the round look easy as Merand wrestled for her event life but survived. McQuaid and Choi squared off, but only McQuaid was successful.
Turner shadowed Speegle’s ease and made quick work of 200 pounds. Campbell was the opposite story and headed to the tiebreaker. Semenza move her bag cleanly to her shoulder, but Spencer and Miga?a fell to the tiebreaker in that same heat. Horvath advanced on her first attempt, but Garnes did not, making this round’s tiebreaker the largest of the event thus far.
O’Brien and Saunders both had their first missed attempts of the event at this weight. O’Brien couldn’t close the deal. Saunders danced with the bag for a long time. Though it looked like she’d make it, the stability wasn’t there, and she joined the tiebreaker.
Toomey cleared the weight, meaning her overall lead would only grow heading into the final round. Wells missed her first attempt, but her heroic return to the Games continued with an advance to round seven. Moosbrugger, again, cleared the round even and got the dopamine hit that came with the joy of advancing.
The tiebreaker for this round was so large that it was broken up into heats. Heat one took a long time to get underway, giving the athletes still in the event a lot of extra recovery time. Brandon cleared the heat first in under nine seconds. Heat two saw Saunders cross the finish first.
Women’s Round Seven
Dahlstrøm cleared the 220-pound bag first, but her heat-mate, Spencer, couldn’t do the same. Barnhart and Horvath cleared the round without much issue, but Sigurdardottir followed Spencer to the tiebreak, as did McQuaid.
Wells’ story continued as she moved on to the round of eight. Moosbrugger’s Cinderella story in the event came to a close and headed to the tiebreak with Toomey, who also couldn’t clear the bag. Turner tried to play stability to the judge, but the bag wasn’t high enough on her shoulder. Toomey took third in the tiebreaker as Turner took first.
Women’s Round Eight
Speegle was the clear frontrunner in the event as nothing looked heavy in her hands. Wells was the underdog and certainly already overperformed expectations in this event, given her elbow surgery after the 2021 CrossFit Games.
Dahlstrøm attempted first in the round of 230 pounds and inched the bag steadily up her torso to a successful lockout. Barnhart made quick work of the round and advanced. Wells attempted a third and missed both attempts to be the round’s first casualty.
Horvath was fourth in the turn order and muscled the bag to her shoulder, appearing comfortable from start to finish. Michalyshen continued to look flawless in the event and advanced easily. Speegle made easy work of the round — the camera even cut to a laughing Toomey, presumably due to how simple Speegle made 230 pounds look.
Women’s Round Nine
Dahlstrøm again lifted first in the round of 240 and again got the bag nearly 100 pounds heavier than her to her shoulder. Barnhart put in a ton of work on a first attempt but decided to bow out before a second attempt. Horvath went third and continued to muscle the bag but struggled to turn the bag to position it to her shoulder. She ended up joining Barnhart in the tiebreaker.
Michalyshen missed her first attempt but was the first athlete in the round who made a second attempt. It was not to be, as the tiebreaker became a three-way. Speegle had a slight hiccup but still powered her way to the next round. Horvath won the tiebreaker to take third overall in the event.
Women’s Round 10
Only Speegle and Dahlstrøm entered the round of 250 pounds. A huge deep squat with a smile on her face for Dahlstrøm as she attempted a bag over 100 pounds heavier than her body weight. While she put it an incredible effort, it wasn’t enough to advance. Speegle had a lift for the win and made it look like child’s play. A huge win in the Coliseum for Speegle to end the fourth day of competition for the women.
[Related: Kealan Henry Withdraws From the 2022 CrossFit Games on Day Three]
Men’s Heats
Men’s results are forthcoming.
Three Events Left to Crown the Fittest
The final day of competition will only see the top 30 Individual Men and top 30 Individual Women compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®. Athletes ranked 31st or lower on the leaderboard after the Sandbag Ladder event have been cut from the competition.
There are three events scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 7, but none of them were revealed at the time of this article’s publication. We’ll see if O’Brien can close the gap between her and Toomey to keep Toomey from scoring her sixth consecutive CrossFit Games title. The battle for the title of Fittest Man on Earth® is between three men — the defending champ, Medeiros, Garard, and Khrennikov.
Featured image: @dellespeegle on Instagram
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Reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros put in work over in Event Eight and Event Nine to undo Ricky Garard‘s massive lead built over the first two days. Relatively poor showings for Garard in the previous three events opened the door for Medeiros to enter Event 10 with an 11-point lead overall. It was still either man’s competition to win, but the momentum was with Medeiros.
Event 10 saw the CrossFit Games go full strongman. Heavy sandbags, elimination style, to determine who advances to the final day of competition. Dani Speegle left no doubt from the first round that she would dominate this event, and she did.
Event 10 — “Sandbag Ladder” Results
Here are the full results:
Individual Women’s Results
Dani Speegle
Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
Laura Horvath
Amanda Barnhart
Sydney Michalyshen
Brooke Wells
Ellie Turner
Karin Freyová
Tia-Clair Toomey
Paige Semenza
Individual Men’s Results
The Men’s results are forthcoming.
[Check In: 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard]
Event 10 — Sandbag Ladder
Women: Bags from 160-250 pounds | Men: Bags from 240-340 pounds
[Related: Don Faul, a Retired Marine and Former Tech Exec, is the New CEO of CrossFit]
Event 10 Recap
Each woman attempted 160 pounds first. The standard was stabilizing the sandbag to the shoulder and extending the opposite arm to demonstrate control. All the women still in the competition had no issues through the buy-in round, except for Fuselier and Garnes, both of whom fell over on their first attempts. However, both recovered and stabilized the bag to their shoulders to move to round two.
Women’s Round Two
Round two offered up a 170-pound bag. Powers was in group one, but the bag toppled her to the ground. She lapped the bag on her second attempt and cleared it without issue. Loewen received a no-rep on her first attempt but tossed the bag up to her shoulder on her second to advance. Adams followed that toss technique to great effect.
Kato dropped her first attempt at 170 pounds when the bag knocked her in the face. She recovered and advanced. Fuselier couldn’t figure out the proper positioning and bowed out in this round. She was the only casualty as everyone else moved on to the round of 180 pounds.
Pro strongman Jerry Pritchett was present in the building to offer technical advice to the athletes. He said that as the bags get larger at the heavier weights, the athletes would have to roll the bag up to their shoulders rather than load it directly.
Women’s Round Three
Fuliano and Rayl struggled at 180 pounds. Fuliano missed three attempts and was eliminated. Rayl made use of a long break and advanced with a successful second attempt. Choi’s lift looked uncomfortable but successful nonetheless.
Brandon, Turner, Speegle, and the rest of the next two heats ran through without issues. Horvath followed suit. Kato missed her first attempt again. She tried to close a second attempt but had to bow out. Everyone else made it through, so the Atlas Stone tiebreaker was between Fuliano and Kato — they each lifted three sandbags (50, 100, and 150 pounds) over a bar and raced to a finish. Fuliano made quick work and won the tiebreaker convincingly for 35th place overall.
Women’s Round Four
Thirty-four women entered the round with a 190-pound sandbag. Powers, in the first heat, didn’t have issues lapping the bag but struggled to clean it and was eliminated as a result. Rayl also couldn’t handle the 190-pound bag and headed to the tiebreaker.
Many athletes leaned back with their shoulders before extending their hips, and it cost them the necessary leverage. Carratala Sanahuja was one of those athletes and went to the tiebreaker. Lawson made it a four-way tiebreaker after failing to stabilize the bag despite getting it to her shoulder. Lawson got in first for 31st overall in the event.
Women’s Round Five
At the 200-pound bag, Raptis could not clean the bag and was first to the tiebreaker zone. Barnhart and Eramo O’Connell struggled but conquered the bag while Prevost became the round’s second casualty. Speegle made every bag to this point look like a feathered pillow and would likely contend for a top spot in the event. The same couldn’t be said for Loewen or Adams, both of whom went to the tiebreaker zone.
Helgadottir had to ditch the 200-pound bag just in time so it didn’t fall on top of her as she tumbled to the floor. She couldn’t recover on a second attempt. Moosbrugger continued to struggle round after round but continued to advance. Six athletes were in the tiebreaker for the 200-pound round. Helgadottir got in first as Adams got in last.
Women’s Round Six
The round of 210 pounds immediately claimed Campos for the tiebreaker. Speegle made the round look easy as Merand wrestled for her event life but survived. McQuaid and Choi squared off, but only McQuaid was successful.
Turner shadowed Speegle’s ease and made quick work of 200 pounds. Campbell was the opposite story and headed to the tiebreaker. Semenza move her bag cleanly to her shoulder, but Spencer and Miga?a fell to the tiebreaker in that same heat. Horvath advanced on her first attempt, but Garnes did not, making this round’s tiebreaker the largest of the event thus far.
O’Brien and Saunders both had their first missed attempts of the event at this weight. O’Brien couldn’t close the deal. Saunders danced with the bag for a long time. Though it looked like she’d make it, the stability wasn’t there, and she joined the tiebreaker.
Toomey cleared the weight, meaning her overall lead would only grow heading into the final round. Wells missed her first attempt, but her heroic return to the Games continued with an advance to round seven. Moosbrugger, again, cleared the round even and got the dopamine hit that came with the joy of advancing.
The tiebreaker for this round was so large that it was broken up into heats. Heat one took a long time to get underway, giving the athletes still in the event a lot of extra recovery time. Brandon cleared the heat first in under nine seconds. Heat two saw Saunders cross the finish first.
Women’s Round Seven
Dahlstrøm cleared the 220-pound bag first, but her heat-mate, Spencer, couldn’t do the same. Barnhart and Horvath cleared the round without much issue, but Sigurdardottir followed Spencer to the tiebreak, as did McQuaid.
Wells’ story continued as she moved on to the round of eight. Moosbrugger’s Cinderella story in the event came to a close and headed to the tiebreak with Toomey, who also couldn’t clear the bag. Turner tried to play stability to the judge, but the bag wasn’t high enough on her shoulder. Toomey took third in the tiebreaker as Turner took first.
Women’s Round Eight
Speegle was the clear frontrunner in the event as nothing looked heavy in her hands. Wells was the underdog and certainly already overperformed expectations in this event, given her elbow surgery after the 2021 CrossFit Games.
Dahlstrøm attempted first in the round of 230 pounds and inched the bag steadily up her torso to a successful lockout. Barnhart made quick work of the round and advanced. Wells attempted a third and missed both attempts to be the round’s first casualty.
Horvath was fourth in the turn order and muscled the bag to her shoulder, appearing comfortable from start to finish. Michalyshen continued to look flawless in the event and advanced easily. Speegle made easy work of the round — the camera even cut to a laughing Toomey, presumably due to how simple Speegle made 230 pounds look.
Women’s Round Nine
Dahlstrøm again lifted first in the round of 240 and again got the bag nearly 100 pounds heavier than her to her shoulder. Barnhart put in a ton of work on a first attempt but decided to bow out before a second attempt. Horvath went third and continued to muscle the bag but struggled to turn the bag to position it to her shoulder. She ended up joining Barnhart in the tiebreaker.
Michalyshen missed her first attempt but was the first athlete in the round who made a second attempt. It was not to be, as the tiebreaker became a three-way. Speegle had a slight hiccup but still powered her way to the next round. Horvath won the tiebreaker to take third overall in the event.
Women’s Round 10
Only Speegle and Dahlstrøm entered the round of 250 pounds. A huge deep squat with a smile on her face for Dahlstrøm as she attempted a bag over 100 pounds heavier than her body weight. While she put it an incredible effort, it wasn’t enough to advance. Speegle had a lift for the win and made it look like child’s play. A huge win in the Coliseum for Speegle to end the fourth day of competition for the women.
[Related: Kealan Henry Withdraws From the 2022 CrossFit Games on Day Three]
Men’s Heats
Men’s results are forthcoming.
Three Events Left to Crown the Fittest
The final day of competition will only see the top 30 Individual Men and top 30 Individual Women compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®. Athletes ranked 31st or lower on the leaderboard after the Sandbag Ladder event have been cut from the competition.
There are three events scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 7, but none of them were revealed at the time of this article’s publication. We’ll see if O’Brien can close the gap between her and Toomey to keep Toomey from scoring her sixth consecutive CrossFit Games title. The battle for the title of Fittest Man on Earth® is between three men — the defending champ, Medeiros, Garard, and Khrennikov.
Featured image: @dellespeegle on Instagram
With only one event left on the fourth day of competition, the top of the leaderboards in both Individual divisions is the closest they’ve been in years. Defending champion Tia-Clair Toomey was in familiar territory in first place overall, but it was not by too comfortable a margin — 50 points separated her and Mal O’Brien, though it seemed like a two-person race for the title of Fittest Woman on Earth®.
Reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros put in work over in Event Eight and Event Nine to undo Ricky Garard‘s massive lead built over the first two days. Relatively poor showings for Garard in the previous three events opened the door for Medeiros to enter Event 10 with an 11-point lead overall. It was still either man’s competition to win, but the momentum was with Medeiros.
Event 10 saw the CrossFit Games go full strongman. Heavy sandbags, elimination style, to determine who advances to the final day of competition. Dani Speegle left no doubt from the first round that she would dominate this event, and she did.
Event 10 — “Sandbag Ladder” Results
Here are the full results:
Individual Women’s Results
[*]Dani Speegle
[*]Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
[*]Laura Horvath
[*]Amanda Barnhart
[*]Sydney Michalyshen
[*]Brooke Wells
[*]Ellie Turner
[*]Karin Freyová
[*]Tia-Clair Toomey
[*]Paige Semenza
Individual Men’s Results
The Men’s results are forthcoming.
[Check In: 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard]
Event 10 — Sandbag Ladder
Women: Bags from 160-250 pounds | Men: Bags from 240-340 pounds
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[Related: Don Faul, a Retired Marine and Former Tech Exec, is the New CEO of CrossFit]
Event 10 Recap
Each woman attempted 160 pounds first. The standard was stabilizing the sandbag to the shoulder and extending the opposite arm to demonstrate control. All the women still in the competition had no issues through the buy-in round, except for Fuselier and Garnes, both of whom fell over on their first attempts. However, both recovered and stabilized the bag to their shoulders to move to round two.
Women’s Round Two
Round two offered up a 170-pound bag. Powers was in group one, but the bag toppled her to the ground. She lapped the bag on her second attempt and cleared it without issue. Loewen received a no-rep on her first attempt but tossed the bag up to her shoulder on her second to advance. Adams followed that toss technique to great effect.
Kato dropped her first attempt at 170 pounds when the bag knocked her in the face. She recovered and advanced. Fuselier couldn’t figure out the proper positioning and bowed out in this round. She was the only casualty as everyone else moved on to the round of 180 pounds.
Pro strongman Jerry Pritchett was present in the building to offer technical advice to the athletes. He said that as the bags get larger at the heavier weights, the athletes would have to roll the bag up to their shoulders rather than load it directly.
Women’s Round Three
Fuliano and Rayl struggled at 180 pounds. Fuliano missed three attempts and was eliminated. Rayl made use of a long break and advanced with a successful second attempt. Choi’s lift looked uncomfortable but successful nonetheless.
Brandon, Turner, Speegle, and the rest of the next two heats ran through without issues. Horvath followed suit. Kato missed her first attempt again. She tried to close a second attempt but had to bow out. Everyone else made it through, so the Atlas Stone tiebreaker was between Fuliano and Kato — they each lifted three sandbags (50, 100, and 150 pounds) over a bar and raced to a finish. Fuliano made quick work and won the tiebreaker convincingly for 35th place overall.
Women’s Round Four
Thirty-four women entered the round with a 190-pound sandbag. Powers, in the first heat, didn’t have issues lapping the bag but struggled to clean it and was eliminated as a result. Rayl also couldn’t handle the 190-pound bag and headed to the tiebreaker.
Many athletes leaned back with their shoulders before extending their hips, and it cost them the necessary leverage. Carratala Sanahuja was one of those athletes and went to the tiebreaker. Lawson made it a four-way tiebreaker after failing to stabilize the bag despite getting it to her shoulder. Lawson got in first for 31st overall in the event.
Women’s Round Five
At the 200-pound bag, Raptis could not clean the bag and was first to the tiebreaker zone. Barnhart and Eramo O’Connell struggled but conquered the bag while Prevost became the round’s second casualty. Speegle made every bag to this point look like a feathered pillow and would likely contend for a top spot in the event. The same couldn’t be said for Loewen or Adams, both of whom went to the tiebreaker zone.
Helgadottir had to ditch the 200-pound bag just in time so it didn’t fall on top of her as she tumbled to the floor. She couldn’t recover on a second attempt. Moosbrugger continued to struggle round after round but continued to advance. Six athletes were in the tiebreaker for the 200-pound round. Helgadottir got in first as Adams got in last.
Women’s Round Six
The round of 210 pounds immediately claimed Campos for the tiebreaker. Speegle made the round look easy as Merand wrestled for her event life but survived. McQuaid and Choi squared off, but only McQuaid was successful.
Turner shadowed Speegle’s ease and made quick work of 200 pounds. Campbell was the opposite story and headed to the tiebreaker. Semenza move her bag cleanly to her shoulder, but Spencer and Miga?a fell to the tiebreaker in that same heat. Horvath advanced on her first attempt, but Garnes did not, making this round’s tiebreaker the largest of the event thus far.
O’Brien and Saunders both had their first missed attempts of the event at this weight. O’Brien couldn’t close the deal. Saunders danced with the bag for a long time. Though it looked like she’d make it, the stability wasn’t there, and she joined the tiebreaker.
Toomey cleared the weight, meaning her overall lead would only grow heading into the final round. Wells missed her first attempt, but her heroic return to the Games continued with an advance to round seven. Moosbrugger, again, cleared the round even and got the dopamine hit that came with the joy of advancing.
The tiebreaker for this round was so large that it was broken up into heats. Heat one took a long time to get underway, giving the athletes still in the event a lot of extra recovery time. Brandon cleared the heat first in under nine seconds. Heat two saw Saunders cross the finish first.
Women’s Round Seven
Dahlstrøm cleared the 220-pound bag first, but her heat-mate, Spencer, couldn’t do the same. Barnhart and Horvath cleared the round without much issue, but Sigurdardottir followed Spencer to the tiebreak, as did McQuaid.
Wells’ story continued as she moved on to the round of eight. Moosbrugger’s Cinderella story in the event came to a close and headed to the tiebreak with Toomey, who also couldn’t clear the bag. Turner tried to play stability to the judge, but the bag wasn’t high enough on her shoulder. Toomey took third in the tiebreaker as Turner took first.
Women’s Round Eight
Speegle was the clear frontrunner in the event as nothing looked heavy in her hands. Wells was the underdog and certainly already overperformed expectations in this event, given her elbow surgery after the 2021 CrossFit Games.
Dahlstrøm attempted first in the round of 230 pounds and inched the bag steadily up her torso to a successful lockout. Barnhart made quick work of the round and advanced. Wells attempted a third and missed both attempts to be the round’s first casualty.
Horvath was fourth in the turn order and muscled the bag to her shoulder, appearing comfortable from start to finish. Michalyshen continued to look flawless in the event and advanced easily. Speegle made easy work of the round — the camera even cut to a laughing Toomey, presumably due to how simple Speegle made 230 pounds look.
Women’s Round Nine
Dahlstrøm again lifted first in the round of 240 and again got the bag nearly 100 pounds heavier than her to her shoulder. Barnhart put in a ton of work on a first attempt but decided to bow out before a second attempt. Horvath went third and continued to muscle the bag but struggled to turn the bag to position it to her shoulder. She ended up joining Barnhart in the tiebreaker.
Michalyshen missed her first attempt but was the first athlete in the round who made a second attempt. It was not to be, as the tiebreaker became a three-way. Speegle had a slight hiccup but still powered her way to the next round. Horvath won the tiebreaker to take third overall in the event.
Women’s Round 10
Only Speegle and Dahlstrøm entered the round of 250 pounds. A huge deep squat with a smile on her face for Dahlstrøm as she attempted a bag over 100 pounds heavier than her body weight. While she put it an incredible effort, it wasn’t enough to advance. Speegle had a lift for the win and made it look like child’s play. A huge win in the Coliseum for Speegle to end the fourth day of competition for the women.
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Men’s Heats
Men’s results are forthcoming.
Three Events Left to Crown the Fittest
The final day of competition will only see the top 30 Individual Men and top 30 Individual Women compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®. Athletes ranked 31st or lower on the leaderboard after the Sandbag Ladder event have been cut from the competition.
There are three events scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 7, but none of them were revealed at the time of this article’s publication. We’ll see if O’Brien can close the gap between her and Toomey to keep Toomey from scoring her sixth consecutive CrossFit Games title. The battle for the title of Fittest Man on Earth® is between three men — the defending champ, Medeiros, Garard, and Khrennikov.
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