The individual athletes take the floor for their final events at the 2024 CrossFit Games.
There are 200 points up for grabs, as the final workout is a two-parter.
While Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr’s coronation is once again locked, only 69 points separate sixth place and first place on the men’s side, so it is anyone’s championship to win.
Individual Event 9: Final 2421
For time:
- 24 thrusters (65/95 lb)
- 24 chest-to-bar pull-ups
- 80-foot yoke carry (245/425 lb)
- 21 chest-to-bar pull-ups
- 24 thrusters
Rest 2 minutes, then…
Individual Event 10: Final 1815
For time:
- 18 thrusters (95/135 lb)
- 18 bar muscle-ups
- 80-foot yoke carry (345/525 lb)
- 15 bar muscle-ups
- 15 thrusters
Final Results Event 9
| Place | Women | Men |
| 1. | Alexis Raptis – 02:28.75 | Austin Hatfield – 02:25.94 |
| 2. | Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr – 02:31.13 | Dallin Pepper – 02:31.58 |
| 3. | Kyra Milligan – 02:33.77 | Sam Kwant– 02:31.79 |
| 4. | Claudia Gluck – 02:34.12 | Henrik Haapalainen – 02:32.98 |
| 5. | Madeline Sturt – 02:37.68 | James Sprague – 02:34.85 |
Final Results Event 10
| Place | Women | Men |
| 1. | Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr – 04:33.89 | Austin Hatfield – 04:40.12 |
| 2. | Alexis Raptis – 05:05.61 | Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson – 05:07.78 |
| 3. | Claudia Gluck – 05:10.75 | Ricky Garard– 05:18.73 |
| 4. | Madeline Sturt – 05:13.58 | James Sprague – 05:22.54 |
| 5. | Danielle Brandon – 05:22.85 | Sam Kwant– 05:23.93 |
Recap
Women’s Division
This event seemed eerily like a harder version of Fran, which we know is every CrossFit athlete’s favorite.
In the first heat, Kyra Milligan took an early lead.
- Milligan moved the yoke with ease, showing off her strength. She won part one in the first heat.
The women enjoyed a two-minute rest after the five-minute cap, and during that time they prepared themselves for a heavier barbell and yoke.
The barbell weight of Event 10 caused the women to move slower as they headed into the more complicated gymnastics.
- Chloe Gauvin-David made her move on the second set of bar muscle-ups, going unbroken and managed to hold off a surging Lexi Neely.
The second heat was full of women who were only around 15 points away from a top-10 finish.
The women came out quickly and Gracie Walton and Claudia Gluck got to the pull-up bar first.
- Madeline Sturt poured on the gas, but a moment too late and Gluck won the heat in Event 9.
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Claudia Gluck held on to her barbell to start the thrusters in Event 10, where most of the other women dropped between sets.
- The fight continued between Gluck, Sturt, and Alex Gazan through the final thrusters as Gluck came out victorious with back-to-back heat wins.
The final women’s heat took place, and although Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr had first place locked up, the finishes were unclear after that. Alexis Raptis and Toomey-Orr raced neck and neck during the first event, and Raptis grabbed the heat and event win.
Migała was not far behind but got called back by her judge to finish her thrusters.
- Rookie Aimee Cringle was last to finish, and the horn was blown prematurely, minutes ahead of the time cap, causing her to stop moving. She was able to finish the workout but lost precious seconds. Expect an appeal.
Event 10 began, and Migała took the early lead but was caught by Toomey-Orr on the first yoke.
Toomey-Orr continued with her lead for the rest of the event and finished with an event win.
- Raptis came in just after Toomey, getting second place in the event.
Toomey-Orr won her seventh CrossFit Games title and became the Fittest on Earth, and perhaps ever.
Men’s Division
The first men’s heat looked like they were shot out of a cannon on the first set of thrusters.
Bayley Martin and rookie Jack Rozema jockeyed back and forth to start. Four men got to the second set of thrusters at approximately the same time.
- Aniol Ekai snuck by everyone and grabbed the heat win, with Martin and Rozema to follow.
Ekai took his Event 9 finish and used it to start Event 10 strong. Harry Lightfoot caught him on the second set of bar muscle-ups.
- Cole Sager tried to catch Ekai at the end in classic Sager form, but Ekai held on and went two for two in the heat.
Henrik Haapalainen got to the pull-ups first but was quickly passed by our resident rabbit farmer, Austin Hatfield.
- Hatfield’s shorter range of motion played in his favor as he won the heat. Haapalainen and Chris Ibarra followed closely behind.
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Hatfield looked like another athlete who could win both events as he came out swinging in Event 10 and was first off the rig and onto the yoke.
He practically ran the yoke down the floor and began to battle Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson on the bar muscle-ups.
- Hatfield beat the time from the previous heat by over a minute.
The final heat of men took the floor and Jayson Hopper jumped out in front immediately, but all the men stayed close. Brent Fikowski caught up on the yoke carry.
It was a fight to the end, with Dallin Pepper pulling out the win in the heat just ahead of Sam Kwant.
- Fikowski, currently in first place, finished in 11th place and lost almost all of his lead.
Pepper cut into the lead by finishing first in his heat in Event 9, and the men continued to battle in Event 10. Vellner got to the yoke first, but Pepper moved it first. Fikowski tried to catch Pepper on the second set of bar muscle-ups.
Vellner put his foot on the gas, and he and James Sprague got to the thrusters together.
Sprague pulled out second place in the heat and with it, the top of the podium.
One Last Thing
That’s a wrap for the 2024 CrossFit Games.
As Khan Porter said after his team Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder won the Affiliate Cup: “Tell someone you love them today.”
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