The 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD came to a close last weekend as the top adaptive athletes competed in San Antonio, TX, at Morgan’s Wonderland and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
The details: CrossFit made the decision to separate age division and adaptive athletes from individuals and teams this year in hopes of expanding the fields and giving more exposure to the separate divisions.
In previous years, the Adaptive CrossFit Games only featured three divisions in person, leaving most adaptive athletes without a Games end-of-season event. However, with the new format, the field was broadened to 15 divisions. Check out the highlights from the competition below.
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First-Time Games Appearances
This was the first in-person Games appearance for many Adaptive Division athletes.
In 2023, only the Multi-Extremity, Lower Extremity, and Upper Extremity divisions competed at the Games. This year, the top 10 men and women across 15 divisions competed over the weekend.
Tom Green made his first appearance at the Games this year in the men’s Seated With Hip Division. His best placement prior to this year was eighth at the 2022 Semifinals. He came into the weekend in fourth place out of Semifinals.
- Green hit an impressive 190-pound PR during the 1-rep-max clean workout. He attempted 195, but it unfortunately didn’t count towards his official score. He finished the weekend in fourth place.
Another athlete who hit the Games floor for the first time was 27-year-old Jordan Cabrita in the Intellectual Division.
- Cabrita, who hails from Australia, fought hard all weekend. His best finish was seventh place during “Hanging Frace.” He ended up taking 10th place in the competition.
The male Short Stature Division champion, Sean Dolphin, was a dominant force throughout the weekend. He managed to take the last qualifying spot out of Semifinals and proved that he was exactly where he was supposed to be.
He had five top-five finishes after it was all said and done, with his worst placement being sixth in two separate events.
- Dolphin hit 148.5 pounds on his 1-rep-max clean.
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Notable Performances
Josue Maldonado, winner of the RX Standing Upper Division at this year’s TYR Wodapalooza Miami and the 2022 WheelWOD Games Champion, took home gold at the Games this year.
He had an impressive showing throughout the entire weekend and was back with a vengeance after being disqualified from the Games last year.
- Maldonado hit a 335-pound clean during the 1-rep-max clean event, winning the event plus three others.
Kevin Maijer has had a long road back since his first Games appearance in 2022. His battle with multiple sclerosis has been difficult — he shared that in 2023, he had to withdraw from TYR Wodapalooza due to losing function in his legs.
- Maijer was also notably the first blind athlete to compete at the Games in person. He has since regained some of that vision and competed this weekend without a guide in the Neuromuscular Moderate Division. He finished in first place, a goal of his since the beginning of his CrossFit career.
Lance King came back to the competition floor looking to repeat his title as champion of the Intellectual Division, and he did just that. This was also King’s first time competing at the Games in person.
- He had seven top-five finishes and two event wins. At the end of the weekend, he sat 30 points ahead of the second-place athlete.
Twelve years ago, Victor Assaf started CrossFit. A near-fatal motorcycle accident changed his life forever, but after an extensive recovery, he returned to the sport. Now, Assaf stands atop the podium, winning the men’s Upper Extremity – 1 Point of Contact Division at the Games.
- “I’ve been waiting my entire career for this…,” Assaf said in an Instagram post.
Assaf had five event wins and seven top-five finishes. He hit a 230-pound clean, 15 pounds more than the next-best lift.
Final Leaderboards, By Division
Upper Extremity – 1 Point of Contact, Men | Women
- Victor Hugo Assaf — 660 | Emily Cairns — 660
- Artjom Sandakov — 576 | Debbie O’Connell— 460
- Tyler Peterson — 540 | Emily Avery — 380
Upper Extremity – 2 Points of Contact, Men | Women
- Josue Maldonado — 630 | Mia Van Resburg — 690
- Breki Pórðarson — 568 | Camille Vigneault — 630
- Hadar Kaufman — 546 | Elaine De Rocco — 496
Lower Extremity – Minor, Men | Women
- Jeremy Gordon — 610 | Bayleigh Hooper — 684
- Vincent Cavazos — 520 | Valerie Cohen — 604
- Daniel Washington — 484 | Sandra Moliner Portillo — 396
Lower Extremity – Above Knee Amputation, Men | Women
- Anthony Gutierrez — 670 | Lauren Farhet — 686
- Wietsman Roets — 558 | Katie Foster — 546
- Guiseppe Ciullo — 478 | Tatiana Hoare — 504
Lower Extremity – Below Knee Amputation, Men | Women
- Felipe Maturana — 610 | Grislaine Schueler — 604
- Hildon Carvalho — 604 | Jessica Cox — 556
- Russell Bozanich — 500 | Lexi Kuppler — 444
Neuromuscular Major, Men | Women
- Jeremy Dalton— 680 | Anna Stern — 588
- Russell Allmandinger — 620 | Reagan Moser — 580
- Des Beijloos — 538 | Jules King — 496
Neuromuscular Moderate, Men | Women
- Kevin Maijer — 690 | Letchen Du Plessis — 660
- Mijail Pedrini — 566 | Lauren Taylor — 630
- George Simonds-Gooding — 472 | Courtnei Lopez — 480
Neuromuscular Minor, Men | Women
- Benjamin Fallon — 670 | Alyssa Kobella — 660
- Thomas Szymanski — 570 | Britt Harbaugh — 610
- Josh Robinson — 502 | Sarah Kendrick — 570
Vision, Men | Women
- Glenn Beyers — 630 | Liliane Camargos — 578
- Chris Fair — 560 | Sarah Perry — 546
- Hunter Tribe — 516 | Mary Colin — 506
Short Stature, Men | Women
- Sean Dolphin — 526 | Creusa Angélica — 634
- Tim Murray — 508 | Erin Popovich — 535
- Matthias Wallner — 496 | Juliana Reus — 271
Seated 1 – Without Hip Function, Men | Women
- Joshua Young — 630 | Andrea Wilson — 670
- Nikodem Przadka — 590 | Rebecca Storm Nagel — 610
- Brandon Mantz — 518 | Neslie Bernardi — 590
Seated 2 – With Hip Function, Men | Women
- Tom Miazga — 680 | Amalia Ortuño Lizano — 680
- Mike Egan — 570 | Geraldine Manríquez — 580
- Simon Farre — 518 | Tea Tuohioja — 506
Seated 3 – Quadriplegic and No Hip Function, Men | Women
- Cameron Whittaker — 670 | Anneliese Williams — 700
- Brian Muscarella — 650 | Sophie Wilson — 469
- James Witte — 560 | Marina Theron — 204
Intellectual, Men | Women
- Lance King — 630 | Cassidty Lundskog — 552
- Ricky Landgraff — 600 | Tessa Kirkey — 540
- Daniel Fox — 578 | Kira Weber — 508
Standing Diagnosed, Men | Women
- Elijah Sanchez— 628 | Katie Bures — 690
- Luke Howe — 568 | Giada Cerpolloni — 538
- Florian Gruhlke — 496 | Raquel Oliver Campos — 510
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