Sunday was the last day of events of the 2024 CrossFit Games in which James Sprague and Tia-Clair Toomey were crowned the champions. They had to finish 2 workouts until the lights were out and crowned the Fittest on Earth of this year.
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Although many athletes were competing inside Dickies Arena, outside, in the morning, the day started with a memorial service for Lazar Dukic after the athlete tragically passed away during event 1 of the competition. The memorial was held by journalist Brian Friend.
Inside, CrossFit trimmed down the competition floor and only the top 30 athletes continued competing. The number of athletes that were actually cut was significantly small, since 13 athletes already withdrew following the death of Lazar Dukic.
- Luka Dukic
- Jeff Adler
- Laura Horvath
- Karin Freyova
- Emma Tall
- Elisa Fuliano
- Victoria Campos
- Sam Cournoyer
- Guilherme Malheiros
- Moritz Fiebig
- Jacqueline Dahlstrom
- Dani Speegle
- Arielle Loewen
For those who were competing, the day started with event 8:
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Workout 8: Dickies Triplet
5 rounds for time:
175-meter run
12 toes-to-bars
8 alternating dumbbell snatches (70/100 lb)
Female Results
Event 8 kicked off with the women.
The entire run portion of the event took place inside the arena, protecting the athletes from the Texas sun.
The Event was not complicated. However, the separating factor came down to the intensity level that each athlete could maintain throughout each round. The 70lb dumbbell was heavy but the athletes cycled the weight with skill and purpose.
Alexis Raptis put up an impressive performance to win the second heat.
Tia-Clair Toomey and Madeline Sturt led from the front in the final heat. Unsurprisingly, the former Aussie established a pace that nobody else could match and won the event.
- Tia-Clair Toomey
- Gabriela Migala
- Haley Adams
- Emily Rolfe
- Alexis Raptis
- Brooke Wells
- Danielle Brandon
- Bethany Flores
- Alex Gazan
- Caroline Stanley
Male Results
In heat 1 Hatfield came out strong, shifting the 100 lb dumbbell as if it were nothing.
Haapalainen set a blistering pace for heat 2, pushing himself hard and winning the hear.
In heat 3, Hoste set a fast early pace. Athletes barging into one another. Hopper, Fikowski, Vellner and Pepper. Sprague pulled ahead but Hopper matched his pace, with Fikowski right behind. Hopper takes the event.
- Jayson Hopper
- James Sprague
- Brent Fikowski
- Patrick Vellner
- Dallin Pepper
- Henrik Haapalainen
- Saxon Panchik
- Austin Hatfield
- Alexandre Caron
- Justin Medeiros
Workout 9 and 10
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
- 21 thrusters
Time cap: 5 minutes
Rest 2 minutes, then
Event 10: Final 1815
- 18 thrusters (95/135 lb)
- 18 bar muscle-ups
- 80-foot yoke carry (345/525 lb)
- 15 bar muscle-ups
- 15 thrusters
Time cap: 7 minutes
For the last event, two actually back-to-back, CrossFit decided to keep things interesting. Men and women were divided into three heat. Theoretically, only the athletes on heat 3 had a chance to get to the podium, so those athletes went last. We saw heat 1 and 2 go first, then heat 1 and 2 of men, to finally see the top 10 women on the leaderboard go head-to-head and then the men to see who made the podium and who finished on the top of it all.
Female Results
First it was the women who battled for the podium. And to put any questions to rest, Tia-Clair Toomey finished 2nd and 1st the event (Alexis Raptis won the first part of the event) and consecrated herself as, again, the individual athlete with the most CrossFit Games championship under her belt. This was her 7th win, and the first time a mother wins the CrossFit Games in history.
The events were double pointed, so maximum points was 200. Here is the overall of those two events:
- Tia-Clair Toomey – 196 points
- Alexis Raptis – 196 points
- Claudia Gluck – 180 points
- Madeline Sturt – 172 points
- Danielle Brandon – 156 points
- Bethany Flores – 144 points
- Kyra Milligan – 140 points
- Paige Semenza – 132 points
- Alex Gazan – 132 points
- Emily Rolfe – 128 points
Male Results
The final two events on the men shook up the leaderboard. Fikowski had a 41 point lead ahead of James Sprague. Some people said something unheard of needed to happen for Fikowski to lose the crown. And something did happen.
After the first event, Fikowski’s lead shrunk to 17 points. Then Sprague really hit the accelerator. Not only that, but Fikowski also failed a couple of muscle-up on the bar and, in the end, Dallin Pepper pushed Fikowski back to 3rd position.
Adding up both events together, this is the top 10:
- Austin Hatfield – 200 points
- Samuel Kwant – 176
- James Sprague – 172
- Dallin Pepper – 172
- Pat Vellner – 136
- Aniol Ekai – 130
- Saxon Panchik – 128
- BK Gudmundsson – 126
- Cole Greashaber – 119
- Jayson Hopper – 116
Final Results
Female
- Tia-Clair Toomey – 951 points
- Gabriela Migala – 800
- Emily Rolfe – 770
- Bethany Flores – 736
- Haley Adams – 736
- Alexis Raptis – 698
- Danielle Brandon – 639
- Madeline Sturt – 638
- Paige Semenza – 612
- Alex Gazan – 599
See the full leaderboard here.
Male
- James Sprague – 806 points
- Dallin Pepper – 785
- Brent Fikowski – 765
- Jayson Hopper – 742
- Pat Vellner – 742
- Samuel Kwant – 663
- Ricky Garard – 639
- Justin Medeiros – 639
- Roman Khrennikov – 601
- Austin Hatfield – 594
See the full leaderboard here.
Team
- Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder – 624 points
- CrossFit Torian Mayhem – 588
- Peak 360 CrossFit – 582
- CrossFit Mayhem – 564
- 8th Day CrossFit – 498
- CrossFit Invictus – 474
- CrossFit Oslo Kriger BLST – 442
- CrossFit Invictus Unconquerable – 441
- Einhorn CrossFit 422
- Ocean State CrossFit Surge – 401
See the full leaderboard here.
This was the first time an Australian team finished on the podium at the CrossFit Games.
