As we head into the final day of a very emotional week at the 2024 CrossFit Games, athletes continue to compete with a heavy heart.
- Last night, the individuals ended with pushing and pulling, and this morning, the athletes will start the day with a classic CrossFit triplet.
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The athletes ran inside Dickies Arena for this event — a short straightaway into a hairpin turn and then back out onto the competition floor for the other movements.
- Many athletes wore black armbands with the name of their friend, Lazar Ðukić, printed on them.
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Individual Event 8: Dickies Triplet
5 rounds for time of:
- 175-meter run
- 12 toes-to-bars
- 8 alternating dumbbell snatches (70/100 pounds)
Time cap: 11 minutes
Final Results
| Place | Women | Men |
| 1. | Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr – 07:23.69 | Jayson Hopper – 07:04.19 |
| 2. | Gabriela Migała – 07:33.59 | James Sprague – 07:07.98 |
| 3. | Haley Adams – 07:49.22 | Brent Fikowski – 07:14.24 |
| 4. | Emily Rolfe – 07:54.29 | Patrick Vellner – 07:17.10 |
| 5. | Alexis Raptis – 07:56.06 | Dallin Pepper – 07:17.25 |
Recap
Women’s Division
In the first heat, six women kept the same pace, with Emma McQuaid opening a slight lead.
She excelled more on the run, where Kyra Milligan gained ground every round on the heavy dumbbell. Chloe Gauvin-David rounded out the top three.
- Shelby Neal broke up toes-to-bar early but held on during the later rounds. This allowed her to catch up to McQuaid and Gauvin-David and gave her a chance.
Gauvin-David ultimately won the heat.
The second heat was full of women trying to advance to the final heat for the rest of the day.
Abigail Domit moved to the front of the pack immediately, but Alex Gazan and Alexis Raptis took over the lead heading into the second round.
- Heading into round four, Alexis Raptis opened a lead and she started to push.
Danielle Brandon and Alex Gazan joined her on the snatches. Brandon cycled the dumbbell quickly in hopes of catching Raptis but fell just a second or two short.
- Raptis won the heat, giving a lesson in perfect pacing.
The top 10 women took to the floor for the final heat, and the pace on the run was noticeably faster from the start.
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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr got back on the run fast, with her speed on dumbbell snatches helping her gain valuable seconds.
- Gabi Migała stayed close to Toomey-Orr as Haley Adams started to creep up in later rounds.
No one could catch her, as Toomey-Orr’s split times improved with every round.
She won the heat and event — her 40th event win at the CrossFit Games.
Haley Adams snuck in after Migała for third place in the heat.
Men’s Division
The first heat of men came out on the run with a blistering pace, with Bayley Martin in the lead.
The lane set-up on the floor made the men aware of where they needed to push to grab valuable extra seconds coming back in after the run.
- Austin Hatfield increased his pace and set the time to beat. The rookie showed the calculated pace of a veteran.
In the second heat, Henrik Haapalainen came out and looked like a new man. He sped through the first few runs and added to his lead every round.
He was ten seconds ahead of Hatfield’s pace as he began round four.
- Saxon Panchik started to creep up on Haapalainen in the final round but fell less than a second short. Panchik finished second in the heat.
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The battle for the podium among the men is the tightest we have ever seen at the CrossFit Games, and the athletes in the final heat showed it with their pace.
Jelle Hoste was the fastest runner and took an early lead. He knew he had to grab some extra time on the run to compensate for a slower time on the dumbbell.
- James Sprague crept up in the middle rounds, clearly wanting the leader’s jersey back.
In the pivotal fourth round, Sprague, Jayson Hopper, and Brent Fikowski got to the snatches at the same time.
- Hopper made his move on the final run, passed Sprague (after some shouldering), and finished with a heat and event win.
In his post-event interview, Hopper mentioned how his poor finish in last year’s “Helena” pushed him in his training this year and led him to this event win.
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