Friday AM Briefing

Individual athletes wrapped up briefing a few minutes ago. We now have the details for event 3 and a 10 athlete cut down to 40. For our take on how cuts will play out, read up here.

Individual Event 3 – Ruck

For time:
6,000-m ruck run
20-30-40-50 lb., increasing each lap
*Men and women use the same weights for this event.
Athletes will run 4 laps of 1,500-m course, adding weight each lap.
Time cap: 40 minutes 

A quick look at the ruck course.

Some stats on who’s left on the field.

Countries with both National Champions still competing (note that some countries still have a Man and Woman competing, but not their National Champs – South Africa and Canada):

• United States
• Australia
• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• France
• Hungary
• Ireland
• United Kingdom

Quick shout out to three former team athletes still in the fight: Haley Adams, George Sterner, and Guilherme Malheiros. The fourth that made the Games – Gabriela Migala was just cut after the first event in 77th. Note, this was the first time that we have had past Teenager Games Competitors compete at the Games as Individuals.

Individual Rookies remaining (50 total):

Women (27)

• Haley Adams – 6th
• Danielle Brandon – 7th
• Dani Speegle – 14th
• Anna Fragkou – 18th
• Emma McQuaid – 19th
• Feeroozeh Saghafi – 20th
• Carole Castellani – 27th
• Lindsay Vaughan – 28th
• Colleen Fotsch – 29th
• Emily Rolfe – 30th
• Karin Freyova – 33rd
• Alessia Joy Walchli – 34th
• Emma Tall – 35th
• Katie Trombetta – 36th
• Carolyne Prevost – 37th
• Leonie Henrich – 38th
• Carrie Beamer – 39th
• Jacqueline Dahlstrom – 40th
• Michelle Mermand – 41st
• Simona Quintana – 42nd
• Rachel Garibay – 43rd
• Thelma Christoforou – 44th
• Carmen Bosmans – 45th
• McKenzie Flinchum – 46th
• Hanna Karlsson – 48th
• Carol Colling-Romero – 49th
• Ksenija Kecman – 50th

Men (23)

• Samuel Cournoyer – 7th
• George Sterner – 13th
• Jeffrey Adler – 16th
• Chandler Smith – 18th
• Bronislaw Olenkowicz – 21st
• Connor Duddy – 22nd
• Casper Gammelmark – 25th
• Michael Smith – 27th
• Ryan Sowder – 30th
• Simon Mantyla – 33rd
• Aleks Kostomaj – 36th
• Joshua Wichtrup – 37th
• Nicolay Billaudel – 39th
• Amrinas Balevicius – 40th
• Uldis Upenieks – 41st
• Nick Bloch – 42nd
• Mohamed Elomda – 43rd
• Guilherme Malheiros – 45th 
• John-Paul Hethcock – 46th
• Matt Mcleod – 47th
• Agustin Richelme – 48th Tie
• Gabor Torok – 48th Tie
• Ant Haynes – 50th