Women’s Final Heats — 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games

all 40 women will be out on the  course for this opening test [Music]   20 women in front 20 women in back the higher  ranked athletes will be towards the middle   and for the second straight year we are starting  with a test on the bikes the top two finishers   from ride to work not here that's Haley Adams  and tia Toomey Laurel Horvath is here she has   stood on the podium before at the CrossFit  games including the last two years but this   year she's looking to stand on top of it she  got fifth at bike to work last year she also   got second into crit in 2018 and two second  place finishes and a third this is the year   that Laura is looking to win the CrossFit Games  she was second overall her rookie year in 2018   then struggled a couple years in 2019 and 2020.  the last two years though third in 2022 second   in 2021 and once again the favorite to win the  whole thing here at the 2023 Noble CrossFit Games across the country let's ride yes and one  thing to note is that it's going to be a   rolling start so the once they get past this  basically starting point is where the chip   timers activate and the race Begins the reason  for that is they'll have to stay behind Adrian   Bosman he'll peel off and then the race will  begin instead of a mass start where there could   be some jostling for a position and putting  athletes in a dangerous spot that rolling   start helps them get a safe start to the race  the numbers on front of the bikes those are the   lane numbers there'll be a different number on  from the bikes and on the athlete Jersey as well   and Sean as you said This is 40 minutes max labs  but once they close that 40-minute gate you're   either past the gate or you're not and then  it's your time it takes to cross the finish   line it is still a race to the finish for  all these athletes out here on the course so already we're starting to see some separation   amongst the leaders now these athletes have had  an opportunity to ride this course previous to   this get used to their bike get fitted for  their bike you see it's a pretty slow start   you've got all 40 athletes jammed up we have 22  total turns in this race 14 or 15 of them are a   bit more technical it's almost at 180 turn or or  loop back and what you'll probably see is a lot   of the athletes are going to take their time in  the first lap if there's a big group in front is   just get used to the course kind of wake their  body up get used to the racing the turns the   elevation changes and then we'll start to see  some separation about the last or first two   laps Jamie Simmons followed by Laura Horvat and  Emma Lawson those are your top three here [Music]   40 minutes is when the gate will close as you  heard Nikki mentioned earlier any athlete makes   it through the gate will complete one final lap  first person on the Finish Line wins and again   your score is number of laps completed so if I  do nine you do eight I get the winning time but   if there's half the field on lap nine then that's  when the time element comes into play the first   one across the Finish Line that's their time  plus the nine laps Catherine David's daughter   has now moved into fourth place Laura Horvath is  out front ahead of Jamie Simmons and Emma Lawson Emma Lawson who last year got third  in Bike To Work behind Haley Adams but   just behind Tia Toomey where she spent  the majority of the race drafting off   of her and that's an element to this  race that some athletes really could   work together potentially for 40 minutes  to make the 40 minutes easier as a group there is Laura Horvath who  is now starting to pull away   from the three win behind her Jamie Simmons  Emma Lawson and Catherine David's daughter [Applause] you can see these little switchbacks on the course  and in this course overall it's a bit of a blend   of cycle cross and cross-country mountain biking  the time domain 40 minutes you know Sprint course   races in Mount cross country mountain biker  about 20 minutes Olympic distance 70 to 80   minutes this is right in between cycle cross  is a bit more muddy right it's a it's usually   a wintertime sport so the technicality of the  turns uh cross-country biking there's there's a   bit more things in the way so this is a nice  blend of the two when it comes to this race   Horvath still out front followed by Simmons  Lawson Davis gutters in the top five as well now there is a scenario where the leader and the  eventual winner of this test could hit the gate   that would happen if Laura Horvath for example  laps the field is a lap ahead gets cut off at   40 minutes but she would still win because she  would be a lap ahead of everybody else and would   have the best time and the reason being is that  that finish line or or timeline for the lap is   actually before the actual physical gate itself  so she could be on lap 10 and gets basically her   time of 40-01 would be her race split time for the  10th lack where everybody else would be behind her or about taking a look over her left  shoulder to see where her pursuers are and   she is all by herself right now we approach the five minute Mark 40 minutes before  they close the gate now that is a soft 40 minutes   as horror bath will hop off the bike now and and  to her first running portion but if there is a   pack approaching the gate they're not going to  close it at 40. they're going to let those people   through they're not trying to we're not causing  any wrecks out there uh into it but this is the   Run portion of the race course so as you see on  your screen 2400 meters on the actual bike 200   meters on the run this Run's gonna take summer of  team I would say 45 to 60 seconds 45 maybe a bit   aggressive on that time check it's enough time to  have a decent impact on the way people navigate   the course and what's going to be interesting here  is that the Run portion every lap is going to get   tougher and tougher as their legs get more tired  as the race continues we've ever done a triathlon   getting off a bike if you've been on it for 10 12K  those first I don't know 800 to 1600 meters off   the bike it's a little swirly imagine Davis Auto  was able to close the gap significantly on Laura   Horvath as David's outer moves in the second  Lawson is behind them and it's Harin freyova   in fourth [Music] the back wheel and this is the  backside stretch this will be the longest stretch   these athletes will have on a I would say close  to a straightaway as you can you're coming off   the turn it's downhill half the way through you  got an eye straightaway but this is the issue   sometimes when you run yourself into the front of  the pack is that everyone's just gonna sit on your   wheel and that was some of the problems we saw in  crit where nobody was going to take a head or take   charge there but at the same time you can also  dictate the pace as well a lot of times you'll   see okay this straightaway is where I'm gonna try  to gain the most time where I can go the fastest   but with the amount of turns that we have on  this core shot it's actually the turns where   you want to try to lose the pack those technical  turns where maybe you can gain a second every   turn let the straightaway I think this is your one  chance to recover every lap approaching the seven   minute Mark here timing presented by G-Shock  the official watch of the noble Crossing games and it's still format David's daughter  and Lawson your top three so Annie Thor's   Daughter now starting to make a bit of  a move she's on the number three bike   it's good to see Annie back in competition and  Katrin back in competition annuit team last   year Katrin missed the games for the first time  since 2014. and Catherine Davis are if you look   at events that are very similar to this we'll go  back to 2017 and 2018. 2017 cycle Crossing same   course not exactly the same course map but the  same place she got third in crit in 2018 which   was just 10 laps for time around the uh the campus  she got third Katrin is a very good biker when   it comes to the CrossFit Games Annie Thor's  Daughter Fifth and seventh Bethany Flores is   another athlete that we may not be thinking about  a fifth and second it is toward the back here   but it's still early is we're one lap completed  and here's the replay of what happened Matilda garnis sahir Kaya  got mixed up in the turns   oh wow Emma off the side of the course [Applause]   now if that were to happen later in  the race it'd be a bit more devastating   um hopefully nothing technical happened  to the bike nothing physically damaging   happened to Emma she's got 32  minutes to try to catch the pack   for her it'll be playing called the fishing  game right you pick someone in front of you   slowly try to reel them in maybe use them to  draft your way up through the the main pack nine minutes gone by here Laura Horvath had the   top split time on her first  lap of six minutes 26 seconds [Music] and Laura did the same thing on the  first lap where she pulled ahead of   the field but then they all caught  her after that first 200 meter run Catherine David's daughter I believe is out front  now as she has overtaken or that for the lead one   of the big questions coming in this weekend was  how is catching David's daughter going to fare   after basically missing a year from last year  and you know if you look at stats of catching   neighbors that are making the games and missing  the games and then her performance when she comes   back to the games pretty solid missed in 24 made  in 2013 missed in 14 one back to back 15 and 16.   Emma Lawson is now in second place  ahead of Laura Horvath and it's Emily Rolfe in the number 24 bike on  the outside they're moving up as well   Annie Thor's Daughter still there [Applause] we saw him at all the number seven bite  and now it's Catherine Davis out of here   lap number two see the field starting to  separate themselves in little clusters   of athletes is catching Davis out on  the bottom right part of your screen   is leading the field but we saw Laura  Horvath do the same thing in the first   lap now can the field cat catch Katrin as  the field did for Laura on the second one Catherine David's daughter was able to make up   significant ground on Horvath  on that first transition area as now it's Emma Lawson in second format in third  and Emily Rolfe in fourth Emily Rolf only event   she did last year at the the CrossFit Games was  bike to work as she had a basically a blood clot   that was basically stopping any circulation that  I believe is in her left arm but Emily Rolfe is   a great endurance athlete especially when you  talk about running and she's still got I think   like a top 12 finish last year in bike to work  and that was with pull-ups in chest and toes   to bar mix in there they had to have emergency  surgery to get that blood clot out of her arm   as Davis otter is off the bike here's Emma Watson  Horvath and Emily Rolf there as well and Sean Lee   she had an extensive lead but in one bit stop in  obstacle everyone's caught wrapped back up to her   it's it's not really beneficial to send yourself  out by yourself early in in these laps working   together they do this in cycle cross they do this  in in road races work together it's an individual   event across the board but work together as a  group to get ahead of this other pack of the field   Emily Roth on the outside has moved into third  ahead of Horvath and looking like she's trying to   chase down Lawson for seconds [Applause] now ahead of David's daughter this  transition is Big here keep her on   the transitions how people get  on the bike [Applause] [Music]   Alexis Raptors number eight just  dumped her bike but she's back   to work here so she has moved up  towards the front of the pack is   now Emma Lawson Your Leader followed by  Catherine Davis daughter and Emily Rolfe Lawson back stretch good straight  away opportunity to catch your   breath a little bit it's slightly  downhill here not by a whole bunch now lap two is done magala coming across  for lap number two we are here comes and it was Emma  Lawson who had the fastest split   ER on that lap got across in 1253 that gravel  line is about the base of the the downhill   portion when it goes slightly uphill there's  not a massive elevation changes on this course   but there are six significant ones usually around  some of the more technical turns so a turn at the   base of it 180 degrees but then you go straight  up the hill so navigating your gears that's one   thing we really haven't discussed yet that's  part of the technical aspect of this race the   course I would say again it's relatively flat  more just like rolling up and down so you're   probably working of that make two to three gears  back and forth against each other two Canadians   out front Emma Lawson and Emily Rolfe here on lap  number three and we're not even halfway through   the 40-minute cap where the gate will close  and close in the leaders who make it through   race to the Finish third lap third lead change  we've seen so far but the same result is that   the top Rider got about 10 to 20 meters on  the second place athlete or even the second   place pack this is a bit more of a stretch  than we've seen any athlete take so far you mentioned that Bike To Work test last year  Emma Lawson finished third in that opening test and was one of the reasons why she had the  overall leaders jersey at one point last   year in her rookie year and the question in the  beginning of the year last year is like would she   even go individuals she still had one more year  of eligibility in the team Division and ended up   wearing as you said Sean the leader Jersey at one  point and the the confidence that you could gain   from something like that not just qualifying as an  individual as a teenager I think it just turned 17   when she made the CrossFit Games as an individual  last year but to put on the jersey with the likes   of Laura Horvath Tia toomeies the mall O'Briens  of last year it's got to be a great confidence   boost for a young actor Emma Watson finished  sixth overall last year of the 14 tests she was   inside the top ten and seven of them faded  a little bit towards the back but did finish   third in three separate tests bite to works the  skill speed medley and then up and over so slide   downhill on this ground but just got to be careful  in this turn because the the most dangerous turns   you can make or something like loose sand lose  Scrabble so it's not the most imperative term   to get a little bit of speed maybe Coast let that  quad pump settle down a bit on the bike horses you   know Sean we let off is like this is the longest  bike race these athletes have had programmed at   the CrossFit games yes there's a 200 meter run  portion of this but different than bike to work   right you went out there did 75 toes a bar five  laps around the course only five miles at Chester   Bar you had some breaks in here this is constant  this is constant pedaling constant pushing up down   to rain all these turns it's gonna be it's more  physically draining than any bike test they've had   at the cross of games it's Emma Lawson Emily Rolf  and then about six Riders behind them in a pack leaders on lap number three here Ralph made a decent push on the  Run portion of the second lap   but we've seen every lead dissipate  after that 200 meter section Davis daughter leads that pack she  was the leader on lap number two [Applause] [Applause]   Lawson a former team champion   finished first in the 16 to 17 year old division  of the Cross of games at 2021. and was third in   the 14-15 year old division in 2019. she started  crossfits from when she was seven years old I ran into a young fan yesterday and she  had some aspirations I think he was on   the hotel room or the uh the hotel lobby  as well eaten and yeah yeah it's exactly   a fellow Canadian and she had you know games  aspirations they only said it's like you got   time you got time but that should go great  but you know someone like Emma Lawson just   did it the right way slow steady decent  progression great transition from Emma   Watson as she is now on the Run portion  of this third lap Emily Roth behind her the one thing about this run portion it is a  decent part of this race but the other part   is that what it does is it disrupts the Rhythm  a little bit you get used to your bike used to   the turns and you start to settle in when you  have to hop on and off the bike it's just that   little wrinkle that boss is throwing in there  to disrupt The Athlete's Rhythm on and off   the bike now that pack that is behind Lawson  and Ralph they are well into this run portion and if you watch Tour de France or any type of  road race when it comes to cycling the hardest   thing you can do is break away by yourself  and what you'd like to hope to have is maybe   two or three riders with you that you can  collectively work together to get away from   the pack and if you can do that if Emily and  Emma can somehow work together they'll both   benefit from that when it comes to drafting  because when you've got 10 athletes in a pack   even if they're not working together  they're helping each other because of   the building not to have to pull that  group the entire time by themselves so Bethany Flores is one of the last  women to get on the bike there to   close out that transition area who did  extremely well in the cyclocross event   that we had here 9th in 2017 encyclical  cyclocross fourth in 2018 in the crit   another athlete it's I'm just saying it's good  to have her back she couldn't compete in 2021   injured in 2022 and it's good to see her back in  competition year 2023. remember Lawson and Emily   Rolf are ready to close out lap number three Emma  Lawson is the first athlete of any that took the   lead that maintained it after the first two laps  Laurel Horvath leading lap one fell behind the   pack Catherine Davis utter leading lap two fell  behind the pack Emma Lawson is extending her lead   not just the pack but on second  place Emily Rolfe [Applause]   how's Jamie Simmons who sits in third ahead of  Laura Horvat [Music] and it's Alexis raptis on   that number eight bike behind them on the outside  that's current for Elva the number nine bike I said the the challenging part of leading by  yourself the other is if the the chase pack   does not know how to work together they're  at the mercy of the speed whoever's leading   that pack because at this point Emma Lawson has  basically we call it breaking the rubber band   and that's when you have this line of sight  of someone you're chasing so you're somewhat   emotionally or or mentally Tethered to them I'm  still within Striking Distance I have that she's   snapped it she hasn't snapped it on Emily Rolfe  just yet but she has broken contact with that   lead pack now that lead pack is no longer pacing  off Emma Lawson or Emily wrong they're pacing   by whoever's leading that pack and if whoever's  leaving that pack is not doing their job to run   down Emma Lawson Emma Lawson can now extend her  lead without having even you have to try that much   I mean she's trying very hard but it's pushing to  get away from a pack and back behind Emma Watson   that pack they are communicating with each other  and we've seen that before in bike races here   where athletes start to work together whether  it's drafting in the crit a couple years ago   figuring out who's gonna try to push the pace here  communicating in the crit a few years ago was more   like get your butt up here and lead the pack so  it depends on what the communication actually is past the halfway point before that gate  will close at the 40 minute Mark and   Emma Lawson continues to lead here grab that lead in lap three and here in lap four is looking  to build on it Emily Rolf is the only woman who   within Striking Distance of her right now and  what's nice here on the switchbacks for Emma   Lawson is that she can see how her lead is you  start to get familiar with the course okay every   time I get to this turn this is where my Chase  athlete is this is where the pack is okay now okay   I haven't lost any ground I'm in a good Pace right  now oh it's starting to catch me maybe you need to   turn it up a little bit for more on ammo let's go  down to the course that's where Nikki Brazier is a competition and she actually told me that she  was most looking forward to this bike event she   said she really enjoyed the bike Implement  last year and so she was happy to see it back   again now her personal goal for this season  is to to really just execute each test with   the best effort that she possibly can and leave  the competition with absolutely no regrets while   having fun which she said is a little bit tough  given all the pressure coming off of last season I was able to talk with Emma Lawson in the weeks  leading up to this and you know asked her about   what it was like to wear the leaders jersey  last year when she said she had no expectations   says it didn't seem real and it definitely  validated for her the fact that she belonged   with the world's best well I mean how many times  have you seen someone wear the leader jersey for   the last six years previous to that then Tia  to me rarely was she ever out of that Jersey so   almost to be wearing someone else's what you would  consider uniform in the competition is probably a   surreal feeling indeed yeah one of the easiest  jobs is the past six years here in Madison has   been printing the leaders here because you just  got to put toomey's name on it call it a day yeah well Emma Lawson is all by herself in the background you can see the pack  behind Emily Ruffin Emma Carey Emma Lawson is   possibly going to lap Emma Carey we showed  you earlier Emma Carey involved in a wreck   that saw her go over one of the barriers let's  send it down to Mike Arsenault yeah Sean as you   mentioned Emma Carey had the difficulty earlier  in this test and we mentioned off the top would   we see athletes lap other athletes that's exactly  what we're gonna about to see right here on this   lap because Emma Carey and Emma Lawson are  both on this transition and Emma Carey since   she fell has not looked comfortable on this  bike in this test whatsoever so we're going   to see Emma lost and catch Emma Kerry two of  our youngest stars in CrossFit uh very shortly   here potentially by the end of this lap there  is Emma Carey who is still on her third lap [Applause]   you know it's a good sign for him a loss  and it's just one-handing the bike a lot   of times you'll see people hold two hands  when they start to get fatigued almost like   a little bit of a crutch but he got that  one hand that's a that's a little bit of   a Swagger hold when it comes to running  with the bike same thing for Emily roll   doesn't give up really any ground to Emily  Rolfe who is now solidly in second place so now here comes the pack and one thing with  the transitions here Sean is that you don't   want to just hop on the seat when you get over  this barriers you want to run with it and get   some momentum this is Emma tall who is now in  third place leading that pack as Captain Davis   daughter is going to be the fourth woman onto  her bike [Music] there's Jamie Simmons [Applause] Jamie Simmons making her first individual  appearance here at the Crossing game since 2020.   when she took 12th she has stood on the podium  here as an individual in 2019 Simmons finished   third place overall [Music] James had some  decent finishes in bike events here in Madison [Music] [Applause] start I mean got about 13 minutes left here  Sean and so you start to look at body language   breathing how the how relaxed are they Emma Lawson  looks very relaxed look how comfortable she is   some of the people in the backpack are laboring  I just you know just talked to Chris Henshaw he's   out there on the course watching these athletes  and there some of these athletes he says look   like they're on the verge of hyperventilation and  I don't think sometimes people understand is that   how much cycling racing in particular will just  suck the absolute life out of you and a big reason   is that because your main movers are the quads the  glutes the hamstrings those things suck up oxygen   out of your body faster than any muscle because  it's the largest one that you have and the main   one that you're using so if you start too fast  here there is really no time to recover on the   on this course other than to just drop back  and go slower approaching the 28 minute mark   you can schedule a no-cost 15-minute evaluation  to find out if a rosti treatment is right for   you get pain-free now available across the  U.S you can scan the QR code to get started and the Lawson looking for her first  Career Test win as an individual   here at the CrossFit games for best finish  prior to this three third places last year look at that just how far she's  out of that and that again that's   that's racing here in the CrossFit realm  of just understanding the in race strategy   when working with other athletes that these  athletes just don't have the experience with also known lap number five Emily Rolf sits in second behind Raw when we  last checked in it was Emma tall Karim freyova   an athlete in that pack I don't think we  we mentioned or saw is Gabby magalum and   after the first lap she was in 17 second lap  moved up to ten third lap moved up to seven keep an eye on you know she can  continue that Trend just slowly   moving herself through the course 10  minutes is a long time on the bike   still opportunities to make a  move there are your top three on their fifth lap a tough spot I obviously  amalos into the back part of your screen   she's you know you got that leader energy trying  not to get caught the toughest one is probably   Emily Rolfe on that second mid turn and she's  just kind of in no man's land a little bit of   bike Purgatory so to speak is that okay I can't  quite catch her I'm slowly getting caught here   and that's a tough spot to be in less than  10 minutes to go before that gate will close then we will have one final race to the Finish bikes have been a regular occurring Implement  here at the CrossFit Games we first saw them   way back in 2012 at Pendleton oh Pendleton  a day that lasted 73 hours if you were there   the next time we saw it was in cyclocross here  in Madison the second year required pardon me   the first year we were here in Madison  and then we did road bikes with a crit   Morgan Hill California in  2020 we had the bike repeater and then last year's bike to work that's right you're talking about lap splits and  how we're we're looking at our time and   judging about 6 45 to 7 minutes so for Emma  Lawson it's going to be hugely important on   this coming lap as we're right about the 31  minute Mark she may be hitting that lap gate   time about 33. this next lap is going to  be the most important laptop because she   could have the potential to be maybe the  only person to get an extra lap done if   she can race basically put the pedal down no  pun intended to get an extra lap timing wise Lawson back on her bike Here Comes  Emily Rolfe around the corner seven and a half Roth has two test wins in  her career at the cross of games won The   Ruck in 2019 and then event 10. 2021 and Ralph  is slowly getting caught by that chasing pack   and this is the battle for third the Bethany Flores now moving up ahead of  David's daughter Emma tall is there [Music]   and Gabby mcgawa on the number one bike so she  continues to move up Jamie Simmons has been a   fixture in this lead pack I wouldn't be surprised  if this Chase pack catches Emily Rolfe in this   next lap just because they're slowly catching the  distance she's she's Tethered to them a bit more   she's in within Striking Distance Alexis raptis is  back there on the number eight bike as well this   test is presented by O2 hydration the official  sports drink of the 2023 Noble Crossing game   find O2 online at drink02.com and across the  gyms Nationwide and hydrate like you mean it   hey Emma Lawson's lap time was at the 32-29  Mark so that's seven and a half minutes to   get an extra lap her last split time for her  previous lap was right around 6 37 or 6 35 so   she can do that pace again she will get past that  lap gate closed by 30 seconds the chase pack is   30 to 40 seconds behind her why is that important  because they may not be able to make the gate at   the 40 minute Mark if they don't increase their  speed right now they're behind that pace as I   said Emma Lawson is in a position to be the only  person to maybe get an extra lap after this lap number 39 bike listeners Alexia  Williams she just got laughed by   Emma Lawson Lawson on her sixth lap here less than six minutes to go [Applause] [Music] and Lawson is at 32-29 at the  time check Ralph was at 32-51 it's about 22 seconds behind  her the chase pack 3304 3305 so again 30 seconds 30 to 35 seconds behind   Emma Lawson but they could be gaining  speed because now they see Emily Roth   and like I said before is that unless they're  tethered they can see the person they're trying   to chase they're at the mercy of their own  pace they can't Pace off anyone [Applause]   right now it's looking like a handful of athletes  will get through the gate at that 40 minute mark [Applause] still have yet to see there he is Emily Roth  over there in the background you can see her   just passing out of the time before  the top of your screen continues to   sit in second place and  we'll Lawson grab this lead   on the third lap and has continued to build on it  as Bethany Flores has now moved into third place four minutes until that time gate closes and  that again that chase pack is right there on the   second so that scenario of a potential cluster  of athletes within seconds of the gate closing   depending on how they navigate that the the games  team could be right there on that cut line to get   an extra lap and that's another opportunity  that's another six to seven minutes they have   to potentially reel in Lawson so this is the the  most important lap for these top seven athletes [Applause] I'm a loss in third last year and bike to work and getting closer to her first Career Test  win here as an individual at the CrossFit Games less than three minutes to go foreign area coming up for Emma Lawson and Lawson's going to make the gate but that pack  in the top left corner of your screen they have to   make this cut they have they have to otherwise  I mean otherwise they don't get an extra lap   but an extra lap like I said is a massive  opportunity to work together to chase down   Lawson because Lawson has been flying solo for  almost the last 30 minutes by herself working by   herself pushing on her own [Applause] pack with  the potential to catch her is huge [Applause]   Here Comes Emily Rolfe and now that pack behind  Rolf hopping off their bites say Ralph has done   a great job on this lap actually she is she has  extended her lead slightly on the chase group battle for third is Catherine Davis daughter and  Bethany Flores are towards the front emital is   right behind them Lawson back on the bikes  he's got less than 90 seconds to go to make   that game shouldn't be a problem here comes  Emily Ross she should get through as well [Music] [Applause] yes Bethany Flores who is back in front  of that patch Abby mcgawa and she comes   continues to creep up got one minute to get  to the gate Alexis raptis is on the bike ahead   of Flores third to 28th Dave is out of  trying to move up there in the back as well   and Jamie Simmons on the left side of  your screen so less than 40 seconds   to go before the gate closes but look how  hard they're pushing to just make the gate 30 seconds left [Applause] [Music] [Applause]   able to move into another lap all right they all  make the gate but now look at them okay there's   one thing to make the gate but what you had to  do to get there and that's another Pace a part of   being in the chase group if you're in the lead by  that much you dictate your own pace they'll have   to spend so much energy just to make the time  cut that might have been too much for them to   have enough to chase down loss in his final lap  got another couple women get through and now the   gate has closed and you can see the event staff  on the field will now be waving the riders in   their test is done the last ones to squeak  through the gate looks like Forest daughter lowen   just squeezed in so we have I think it  looks like 11. athletes made the game and one we did not see Laura Horvath  who was the leader early on in this test I think Horvath did squeak in there well that's may still be  alive the 11 women got through Paige Powers is exit the course so their laps  they'll will all be say a specific that laps six   or seven they'll all get seven laps but their tie  breaker is their Time Crossing that Finish Line   at the gate that's how they're going to separate  the field it's a race to the Finish regardless   but the number of laps separate the field but the  time it takes them to complete is the main goal and the losses fans cheering her through this  final lap as she looks to bring home her first   test win here and lock up 100 points to  kick off her 2023 Noble CrossFit Games   and we'll try to keep an eye on the  battle that is ensuing behind her [Applause]   again nice getting out of the turn getting  on the line of side of that chase group the tall has now passed Emily Rolfe for seconds there's Catherine Davis daughter  who sits in four [Music] minutes so as you mentioned getting to the gate  was huge for that pack is that a an extra not   an extra lap an extra near seven minutes of  opportunity to move yourself up in this group loss and Tall Ralph and David's  daughter your top four right now [Applause] [Music] [Applause] again Emma Watson has led since the  third lap they are lap seven right   now are the leaders the women  who made it through that gate [Music] [Applause]   just so impressive with Lawson  has done since that third lap   all by herself and so hard to do [Applause] the Run portion of this lap it's coming up  as Lawson's looking to lap even more Riders Lawson off the bike for the final time [Applause] [Music] now Emma tall is off along with  Emily Rolfe in the background there   that group is so tight this  run is going to be a factor   Visa coffee is the woman who's about to get lacked  by Lawson tall just ahead of Emily Rawl [Applause] done back on the bike for  the final time [Applause] [Applause] [Applause]   Lawson trying to pick up the pace now and  get across the finish line and close things   out to Emma Lawson her first Career  Test win 100 points as she wins ride and now Emily Rolfe back in  front of Emma tall so Roth is   going to finish in second and tall will take third [Applause] s a Catherine David's daughter is in   I believe that's Alexis raptis  next to her we had another athlete [Music] Jamie Simmons cross about  to wait for the official results   as we're weren't able to tell who  got across after David's daughter there is Emma Lawson who will  be wearing the leaders jersey   as we head to the North Park  for the second test later today it looked like maybe Lawson as soon as that was  over came off the bike immediately here's Laura   Horvath who did make it through the gate obviously  so she'll get a top 10 finish great start for her Crayola is done all over the 47 minutes there's  caring for Elva [Music] only eight women able to   get inside the 18 minute time cap 20 more athletes  on the field here and keep an eye in the middle   Lane's 9 10 and 11 three women who are all looking  at finishing on top of the podium on Sunday and he   throws outer Gabby mcgawa and Laura Horvath  Gabby mcgawa and Laura Horvath Fifth and six   Gabby magawa got fifth place in this 84 saunter  with 11. she's back in individual competition for   the first time since 2021 and this is a test that  shakes out well for all three of these athletes same bye we are underway second and final  heat time the beat belongs to 17   year old Olivia Kirsten her 15  minutes 49.36 seconds [Music]   right away it's Annie thorosotter how fun early  along with Laura Horvath in the middle of the   field and looking at very smooth Corvette lost  her grip a little bit on that second Pig flick and   that's what happens you don't really get a good  grip with this pig it's almost a fingertip Rim   think about if you were to do a pull-up on a door  frame type of grip it's going to tax the forms   it's gonna attach to biceps all of which you need  for those middle 150 gymnastic reps on the rig your top three right now ten total flips here  scoring hat on top of your screen The Athlete   on the far left side is your leader and  the number in the white box will indicate   how many repetitions that athlete has  completed the number in the white box   next to all the other athletes names  is how many reps they are behind and   he thought she had done 10 and had to uh take  a second to come back and do that final flip first two women to the 25 Chester Bar Pull-Ups   and that's what it pays to be a veteran in the  sport for so long between these two athletes   is sticky said earlier there is no pig in the  warm-up area and unless somehow you have one   of these or built one of these for home like  these aren't for sale this is all they have   is again what boss told us the other night  so unless you have experience with this in   competition at the CrossFit games you don't have  an advantage when it comes to those Pick Flicks   Alex Kazan was the third woman to the chest  Squad Pull-Ups along with Christine coleenbrand   35 reps is what they need to complete before  they will get to work on the 50 toes the bar and now Thor's Daughter Horvath  are both working on those challenge [Music] 85 is the number that Horvath is looking  to get to to move on to the 100 wall balls [Music] and Thor solder is right up there with  more Horvath I don't think her numbers are   actually getting registered at the moment  their rep for Rapid at this point in time 270 total reps here in the pick chipper  Alex gazan on the left side of your screen currently behind or bath and Thor's Daughter very  curious to see how gazan builds off that finish in   semi-finals this year she was a rookie last year  you see those rookies at the CrossFit Games to get   a little big eyed and that performance doesn't  really indicate their ability how she did in   semi-finals this year I'm very curious to see that  leap she takes from year one to year two hey throw   a solder is now neck and neck with Laura Horowitz  on the right side of your screen Thor's Daughter   a two-time champion won the crossing games in 2011  and 2012 she's the only woman to compete in three   different decades here at the games instead of  the podium in three different places as well I   think she's two for two for all for all uh first  seconds and thirds Christine colon brander has   started to put some pressure  on Horvath and Thor's Daughter [Music] made her first individual appearance at the  CrossFit games last year finished 27th overall   Thor's Daughter is now on to the wall balls 700 reps that she needs to complete Thor's  Daughter is the only woman on this portion of the   test [Applause] for these Elite athletes 100 wall  ball shots 14 pound ball to a nine foot Target is   a minor inconvenience at best for them and  this is not where you're gonna pull away from   the rest of the field but this is a this is  an opportunity for these athletes to kind of   settle down get their breathing back get their  heart rate under control approaching the five   minute Mark here timing is presented by G-Shock  the official watch of the noble CrossFit Games sitting on the right Emma Carey took dead last  in test number one this morning and she's one   of those athletes that had top ten maybe  outside chance of Podium potential so she's   got a big hole to climb out of this weekend  Lord without any Thor's Daughter are your   leaders right now in this second heat Christine  Colin brander is in the top three and Emma Carey   is starting to make a charge  here as well foreign number eight corrects behind your current  leader Penny Thor's Daughter so your top athletes in the previous heat all  doing sets of 20. I have a carry on the right side is challenging for the top spot in  this heat 15 minutes 49.3 seconds   six seconds is your top score from  Olivia kerstetter and Heat number one I think Harry holds the med ball where  those hands are fairly narrow flares   her elbows out of line when you do  that you're actually taking away from   the chest and shoulders ability to press  and push that wobble and it's just going   straight to the triceps in the back of the  shoulders is that gonna mess up your toes   bar and chest part no is it gonna have an  effect on the Ping later yes [Applause] Emma Carey continuing to work   are just starting their 30 years gaining  number one competition looking to be proud   to do this on Earth at the end of Sunday I  know there's a lot of work that thing it's   like Carrie is about 70 reps in Horvat 10 behind  her raptis and Kazan all within about five reps Emma Carey is trying to make a move  here in the hundred wall ball shots top athletes on the screen right now Thor's Daughter trying to hang on to the  lead that she built in the opening portion   of this task received cold bradner on  the left side toward the top three so   you see a good difference of just levers  like the length that any Thor solder has   to go to get below that in that below  parallel position versus in the carry of a carry back to work right side of  your screen she had a rough goal in the   opening test so she really needs to have  a strong performance here to start working   her way up the standings obviously it is  early but you never want to start foreign first woman back to the boulevard followed closely   by the former two-time Fitness woman on earth  and he throw his daughter and any Thor's Hunter   is very steady very smooth ability to kind of  catch your breath let your heart rate settle   down and the carry push those hundred wall ball  shots extremely hard but that's the athlete that   she is I mean here Matt Torres talk about almost  having a control her intensity that she doesn't   really feel pain or or is afraid of going to  that dark place and that's all good and well   but in that dark place is Gonna Hurt You on the  back end of this race it's not worth it 50 reps   here on the toes The Bard throws daughter and  Carrie the only two women to have made the turn get your official 2023 Noble Crossing  games gear and score a bonus gift with   the purchase scan the QR code now  to redeem a few terms and conditions Christine cohenbrander is now on to the toes  to bars Laura Horvath is there as well and   Ariel loewick will keep an eye on her at  the far end of the field from Christine [Music]   I have a carry taking another break  she and Annie Thor's Daughter the first   two women to start their second  and final set of 50 toes the bar there is Ariel Owens making her third straight appearance  here in the crossing games her best   finishes last year she took 11th Place overall [Music] approaching the 10-minute Mark 18 minute time  cap here and it's Olivia cursetter who does   have the top score from Heat number  one 15 minutes 49.36 seconds [Music]   banana sets of five she only have five more  toes of already going Thor solder but three   reps behind her real fast [Applause]  Harry is now done with her second set   of toaster bar gone through those in  about two and a half minutes [Music]   Christine cohenbrander currently sits in a battle  for third place with Ariel lowen they're separated   by about a rep is now Emma Carey gets to work  on her set of 25 chest of our pull-ups got about   10 reps on that first set from Eric Emma Carey  right side box left side of Annie Thor's Daughter right about seven as far as the time between  these two we talked about the race at the pig   and McCurry was about 30 to 35 seconds slower  than Annie's 10 flip so if That Remains the Same   if Annie stays within about 30 seconds of Emma  out of these Chester Bar pull-ups she has the   potential to pass her in the last 10 flips 260  reps is the mark that Emma Kerry needs to get   to and she is done and now 10 Puck final pigflips  for Emma carry a former teenage Champion finished   first in the 14-15 year old division in 2019 made  her individually debut in 2021 took 16th overall   and then last year a back injury  forced her to take the season off 350 pounds on the pig but Kerry trying to chase  down Olivia kerstetter here Annie thoris daughter   is getting close to finishing she's in her final  three reps now way ahead of Thor solder but she's   taken enough of a break to open that door a little  bit for Annie to possibly catch her and that was   a fight for Emma carries he's got nine reps left  and now Annie Thor's Daughter is done will be the   second woman to the pig and look how wider oh  wow and Sean we talked about this in heat one   it doesn't matter how fast you get to  the pig it matters how you got to the pig   Here Comes Laura Horvath into Joy  Thor solder and oh what a move just [Applause] rip through two reps  and now three for Laura Horvath   Andy Thor's Daughter is getting to work Ariel  lowen is also on the pig but Laura Horvath is   leaving everybody behind right now someone  checked the weight in that pick for Horvath she's got five reps remaining as Laura  Horvath and she has more than two and a   half minutes to go before the top  time from Olivia Kerr Center hits [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in check-in   he said I'm paraphrasing here Sean  I'm here to F some stuff up [Applause]   and that she is in this test one final rep for  Laura Horvath looking to pick up the test win   here in the big chipper and she will do it 100  points for Laura hollback with a smile on her face Ariel lowen has moved into second place he's  at the top part of your screen [Applause] and in the back bottom middle part  of your screen in the blue hat   is Alexis raptis raptis who got fourth this  morning in the bike ride Horvath got sixth in   this if raptis can get inside either Ariel lowest  time or per centers time she actually may find   herself in first place after this test Larry alone  is done so she's gonna take second place in the   test and second place in the heat as now Olivia  Kirsten's time slides the Third great finish for   lowen if you look forward to the final event of  the day with that gymnastics skills test and I'm   looking right at Ariel lowen as one of those that  could have a top three finish in that one as well raptis only has a couple of reps remaining  here that's her final one and she's done   so raptis is a cross and that'll be good  enough for a third place finish in the test as Horvath lowen and raptis all get in ahead of the top time from Olivia Kerr Center Emma Carey is on her final flip and now Emma Carey will come across  and Carrie will take fourth place   in the test as she is able to beat  Kirsten as well [Music] [Applause] Christine colebrander and Annie thoris  daughter and Alex gazan your leaders   on the field [Applause] and look at Annie  thoris on her top part of your screen and   we talked about the back half save some for  the return the last 10 clips for Annie are a   drastic difference in the first and as Alex Kazan  who's going to win that battle so gazan is in   all right fifth place in the heat six in the test  and here comes Annie Thor's Daughter [Applause]   good enough for an eighth place finish  in this test for Thor's Daughter there's Emma tall [Applause] less than 90 seconds  to go before we hit the 18 minute time cap [Music] is in [Applause] I'm a loss have a Lawson who won the  opening test why she's wearing the   leaders jersey leader overall leader  will always be dressed in white and red [Applause]   Lawson will take 10th in the  heat 15th Place in the test and here comes Gabby mcgawa 30 seconds to go before we  hit the time cap [Music] final flip and she'll get in with  time to spare Danielle Brandon is in Irene for Elba in your leader on the  field right now and she will sneak in Corbett just demolishing this test 10 women  on the floor for this fourth and final Heat   you heard Annie Sakamoto talking about  Danielle Brandon with the chip on her shoulder   she has been waiting to get to this test I  mean this is really where she made a name   for herself in these handstand walk pure  tests and she does need it with those two   21st Place finishes right next to her the woman  who won the opening test that's Emma Lawson Emma   Lawson wore the leaders jersey after event  one and now test two belongs to raptis and   raptis in the red and white your overall  leader is also one of the better gymnasts   in the field Daniel Brandon shot out of  a cannon is already on her freestanding   handstand push-ups if she has yet to kick down  Sean that's called rage walking [Applause]   she's already through four way out in front  and still has yet to come off of her hands he has to get over the yellow line and her head  has to touch that mat and Danielle Brandon is   done and now finally takes the break Alexis raptis  sits in second place and Emma Lawson is in third   Brandon done with the steps onto the pullovers  in 45 seconds she has 16 reps to complete here   I don't know what else to add to that Sean but  the speed in which he has that is going to pay   huge dividends for her on the return trip because  of the time she had to spend inverted almost a   third of the time that other athletes were taking  to get the best time we've seen so far 20 is the   number she has to hit in order to work her way  back down the floor you can buy tickets now for   the fifth annual Rogue Invitational taking place  in Austin Texas from October 27th through the 29th   there are 24th total scored repetitions in this  test the leader in the heat will have her name   on the far left side of that scoring hat and the  number in the white box will indicate how many   repetitions that athlete has completed the number  in the white box next to everyone else's name Will   indicate how many reps by which they Trail the  leader so Brandon has just one more pullover and   she's gonna head back down the floor the time to  beat is 346.89 seconds from Elisa puliano in the   prior heat and that is in serious danger right  now when you look at her background competitive   gymnastics but also Paul vault in track back in  the day and Brandon with a false he's just got   to retreat to that yellow line so not too costly  there for her and that goes back to the position   the Precision and the patience element listen  we all want to race but when it comes to this   having to be unbroken in these yellow to Yellow  Line sections is a massive element to this test   is there behind Daniel Brandon she has yet to get  through the first four sections she's in second   place overall coming in but Daniel Brandon who  comes in in 21st Place overall looking to Rocket   herself up the standings if she can get a test  win here and put 100 points in her pocket [Music] final rep here for Danielle Brandon and she is over the yellow line and this should  be no problem for Daniel Brandon although she just   got hit with a no rubber hands were not completely  behind the yellow line when she started [Music]   shouldn't matter to Daniel Brandon because  she is going to absolutely demolish the   top time Danielle Brandon takes test number  three in convincing fashion 312.75 seconds   I mean it picked her for a reason Alexis raptis is in second place he's your  overall leader in the white top and red shorts   at the bottom of your screen and next to her is  Paige Powers now Annie thoris daughter on the   left side of your screen third place right  now on the floor the former two-time champ   went back-to-back Crossing games in 2011  and 2012 and is the only woman to compete   in three different decades at the CrossFit  Games cage Powers has pulled ahead of Alexis   raptis as Raptors is going to take a break  Powers is up and over and Paige Powers is in 356.62 seconds will be good  enough for third place in the test   now here comes Alexis raptis trying to  hang on to the overall lead she is in and that will be another top five finish for  Raptors is Thor's Daughter comes off of her   hands and will have to retreat back to that yellow  line to start again that is that that moment that   that tough moment where you have to sit there and  just wait because that Miss was a fatigue failure   type of Miss so you can't kick up too soon but  he also don't waste too much time before getting   over that final obstacle seven minute time cap  here so Annie Thor's Daughter has plenty of time and the woman known as Iceland Annie  is a cross and Annie Forrest daughter   closes out test number three in her first  day of competition [Applause] [Music]   12th in the test with a time of 455.94  seconds and now here comes Emma Lawson Laura Horvath who has struggled  with tests that involved   being on her hands in an inverted position  is having problems again here in this test   it is really just the only hole in her game  everything else is top-notch everything else   is the elite 0.001 of this and it's just  one of those things all athletes have them   some less than others and depending on the other  tests because we don't know all of them yet   hopefully for her this is just the one  test that's she has to basically survive   and then get back for the rest  of the weekend remember Carey is up and over that ramp and she is across Cemetery will take 17th in  the test six minutes 17.68 seconds for her   as Gabby mcgawa and Laura Horvath mcgawa is on  the left Horvath on the right they're training   partners and they are still out there on the  floor along with coming for Elba and Emma tall   20 seconds to go before we hit the time cap [Applause]   now for Laura usually when there's a handstand  push-up event she finds herself in the bottom 10.   cheering up a hole for her is going to  be somewhere in the mid-20s to be honest Danielle Brandon will win the test three  minutes 12.75 seconds and did that first   section honestly probably faster than I  could have won it on my team second and   final heat 20 women will be out on the field  overall leaders will be right in the middle   Alexis wrapped is your overall leader  she'll be in Lane number 10. and Ariel lowen   Who currently sits in third place overall   will be in Lane number nine and for more on her  let's go down to Nikki brazier I am not at all   surprised to see Ariel in that third place spot  because yesterday she told me that she is feeling   so incredibly confident about this season not  necessarily that she'll win but that she's trained   differently and more than ever before though you  may be wondering about that bandage on her elbow   she did say an old injury flared up on Monday  we'll see how she fares with these rope climbs   can we mentioned Alexis raptis your overall  leader 270 out of a possible 300 points and has   yet to finish outside the top five three top five  finishes yesterday this girl's on fire a fifth in   the ride a third in the pig chipper and a fifth  in the inverted medley I like seeing her in that   white leader Jersey Sean I think many people may  be surprised to choose your overall leader after   day one but if you talk to the training Think Tank  crew where she trains they were not surprised by   that at all here's the best part she believes in  it she said it last night she visualizes herself   in that thing I'm all for that I like it I like it  well Jamie Simmons is going to be the first woman   to start unloading her kettlebells completing that  first section and she is right back on the sled Jamie though I don't [Music] order but I would  have recommended taking off the kettlebells at   the front versus the back now you see her  struggling the weight is forward loaded   and she's struggling there she's got to get a  little lower use more legs use more push she's   the only woman that took the back kettlebells  off and now a lot of people are starting to   pass her one of whom is Annie thorstadter who  is right now the leader along with Laura horbach [Music]   he's from the front now Alexis I'm kind of surprised um there's a  few girls with the bent arm but I kind of like   the straight arm strategy a little bit more you  see Annie in front there Horvath next to her two   different approaches with that sled I would want  the blood to just flow down rather than pull in   that elbow bicep position you're going to be using  a lot of that unless they plan on hanging on the   rope with those straight arms and using a longer  kipped swing to get up if you're using those short   choppy Little Steps oh my goodness that could be  devastating and that could be just where all the   muscle fatigue has already accumulated just from  pushing a simple sled you might not think about   that but it accumulates when you're using that  same hand over hand short choppy little step   position on a legless rope climb more horror  bath Andy Thor's Daughter and Catherine David's   daughter will be the first three women to the  Rope or about getting right to work Andy Thor's   Daughter pushed a little extra weight on her sled  you may have noticed she had a water bottle there   it is it's muggy out there I've been here every  year and for some reason this just feels like the   hottest year I agree Sean it is warm I was out  there yesterday at one point they said in some   areas of the turf now we're talking the darker  colored paint there in the finish line and the   start lines it reached 126 degrees I will tell you  though where the Green Field is it's a little bit   cooler and I will also say I didn't get much of  a breeze the last few days when I was out there   competing there is a nice breeze but it is muggy  it is humid it is hot welcome to the Midwest I'm   from Nebraska it's the Midwest different type of  heat around here for more on the weather let's   go down to Nikki brazer I can confirm it is in  fact incredibly hot and humid down here on the   field of play uh the nice thing is though to  note that the alpacas are made of a sort of   like powder coated metal and so those implements  are not getting super hot down here in the sun uh   tested that out before this this test started  but you guys heard it with the men in the last   tasks with Roman chronicov saying that this year's  test is incredibly hotter even more hot than last   year's which definitely changes a little bit  about how these athletes have to approach it   and that's that's probably why you're seeing that  water out there Sean not a bad idea hello bath   is now your leader along with Emma tall and Alex  gazan is moving back to the sled and Jamie Simmons   as well now any thorstadter has done this is  putting her belt on before she attacks those two   53 pound 24 kilo kettlebells the tall looks  great I like her strategy there she was   dipping underneath solid swing really using your  hips to send the kettlebells back between her   legs and then thrusting them forward onto her  shoulders versus Alexis gazan she's taking a   little bit of a break here but you'll notice  she goes straight down with the kettlebells   um it's just a little bit more pull maybe that's  the way she likes to roll but I would prefer a   little bit more of a backswing to to kind of use  more momentum there getting it overhead next round   Alex gazan on the right side of  your screen right now in third place taking a break left side of your screen got Laura  and Annie thoris needs to get to the 17 rep mark   before she will be able to reload  her kettlebells and start pushing   the sled back now Laura did  win this test last year Sean so the ropes were a little bit too slick for  them to actually be in the test so we'll see how   she handles the legless rope climb she handled  the Kettlebell clean and jerks really well so   stronger athlete no surprise there I would like  to see how she does on these legless rope climbs [Applause] on to the sled and now it's Alex  gazan who is slightly ahead of horbath Kazan   is on the left more about that Emma tall are  on the right and mattal is in the dark shorts [Music]   she is the best legless rope climber in both  the men and the women individual age group Yeti the official cooler and drinkware of  the noble Crossing games head to getty.com back to the ropes for round two along  with Emma tall they are your top three now this is where gazan just needs to stay  in her Lane Horvath has a year or two up on   her in the competitive realm because Dan just  use a doer thing if she's feeling like she can   climb the lake with rope climb she needs to  go and not worry about what Laura's doing if   she feels like she needs to rest she needs to  take the time to rest but this is right here   guys this is her Jam she loves those legless  rope climbs Laura on the other hand has that   rock climbing experience so the grip I don't  think for Laura is much of a factor at all it's   literally muscular endurance at this point  for both of them both Kazan and Horvath are   through their first of two rope climbs here  in round number two gazan making her second   straight appearance here at the crops with game  showed up as a rookie last year and finished 24th   hot not a bad start to your rookie season division  here Ariel lowen look to begin round number two   the 20 rep Mark is when they will go back to  the kettlebells for 12 more cleaning jerks might have been Sean that is a physics of Laura meanwhile you see  still kind of shaking things out down there and   your leader won the North America West semifinal  and I got to give you prop Stacy you called that   early on when a lot of people told you about  that might not be the best pick you stuck with   it and she wound up winning I did I talked to  her coach Justin Cutler and he kind of gave   me this little like Swagger of confidence  like you know we've been working on that   she's got the talent she's got the strength  she's got everything she needs we've just   been working on what's happening between the  ears and to me that really said something if   she's got everything she needs and she's just been  working on the mental part of the game man she's a   force to be reckoned with for sure I'm a tall and  Laurel Horvath working their way back to the sled   ding for second place behind Alex gazan  gazan 12 more cleaning jerks to complete here   and then at the 32 rep Mark gazan will push  her sled forward again here comes Horvath who   comes into this test Seventh Place  overall with 202 points but she only   Trails Ariel lowen for third by 23 points  and there's lots of time yet it's Friday   we still have Saturday and Sunday left  to go a lot of tests yet to complete   now you'll notice here Alex Kazan going with a  little bit of a push press doing well with it   um Emma tall as soon as she gets going here she  does a little bit of a push jerk and I'm not   sure the way that Laura is going to approach this  round here we'll see here in a second but a little   bit of a jerk underneath Emma clearly redipping  those knees to get underneath those kettlebells   you want a jerk a little bit like TS mentioned  in the previous uh heat there that it does save   a little bit on the shoulders however  it does take a little bit more accuracy   precision timing underneath some relatively  odd objects two of them heavy 53 pounds each   24 kilos per a piece not light Emma Lawson  has now moved into fourth place in this heat   she's out there in the dark top in those army  green shorts with a belt on it now Emma Lawson   there's only seven reps back to Alex Kazan here   as gazan has loaded her kettlebells  up and she will be the first   to the sled push now here comes Alexis wrap this  in Jamie Simmons and Amy Thor's Daughter as well   and this is the first time we've seen Alex relax  the hands like that before she was pushing it with   those bent arms and now she's kind of letting that  blood cool back down to the fingertips through the   whole arm through the shoulders just relaxing as  she takes a strategic break here and gets ready   to go again nobody in the first heat was able  to complete this test inside the 18 minute time   cap Abigail domic up the farthest she got nine  reps into her final set of 12 Queen and jerks the gazan is going to finish his sled  push right as emital gets started on hers and everything [Applause] because then taking a leisurely stroll back to the Rope lots of time on the clock at Sean 18  minute time cap we're a little over 10   and a half in if she moves as fast as she did  on that last set of legless rope climbs she   will have plenty of time to to cross the  finish line Emma tall has just closed out   her slight push Laura Horvath is looking to  be the next woman to do that and Emma Lawson   they start to creep up on Laura hob out there there is Lawson it's about a sled length   behind Laura hormath Horvath  is done and now Lawson is done Alex gazan two World punch left [Applause] beautiful using those legs that's  the kip I'm talking about short choppy Little   Steps fast hands down the Rope believe  it or not you could blow up just on The   Descent down because you have to control your  descent down you can't just fall [Applause]   Kazan going to the cooler he's  trying to cool herself off [Applause] Emma Lawson and Laura Horvath have yet to start  the Rope plans with me well let's just wrap this   and Annie thorosotter now have finished their  sled pushes the Raptors the overall leader   the leader will always be dressed in that  white jersey with the red shorts [Applause] Alex Kazan finished her last rope climb at the  time on the clock saying approximately 11 45.   took a little bit longer to rest there but looks   great going up so I have a tall get  through her first road climb as well is Anne's starting to go to that Kip   she'll make it now has to control The Descent  just get down with a control get Beyond that'll   do it beautiful work Alex Kazan with five minutes  and change now to get across the finish line and   become the first woman to finish this test inside  the 18 minute time count and without about a 45   second rest there a little water pour down her  spine quick Shake of the hands a little chalk up she got through the hardest part not to say the  rest of this isn't hard that backsled with all   that weight on there 440 pounds you talk about the  pit yesterday in test number two I mean Chase said   it earlier with the men it's like flipping that  thing onto the ground and then push it and adding   more weight on nothing not easy these women are  superheroes you guys I can't express enough how   hard this was after just three other tests  really before this you are fatigued it's hot through 38 of the 47 total scored repetitions   got nine to go we're making that  eight to go now on this final set and I'm at all the calls on the left side of your screen  getting back to work on the kettlebells finally making her way back too long it all has half of her set remaining now she has  six left gazan [Applause] now [Applause] just   four reps away from finishing up this  set here comes Laura Horvath [Applause] on the right side of that box  on the left side of your screen   as Alex gazan is now done and smartly puts  those things right onto the sudden you see   a lot happens just dropping we have to Lug him  over there Brent fakowski did that for the men   and now Kazan is on to the sled Emma tall is just  about done with her final set gazan immediately   comes off the sled she's not only sweaty but she  poured that water down her spine I don't think   she's completely dry she did slip you notice  they're using their trap muscles they're using   their lap muscles they're using their biceps  and triceps to push that sled Emma tall is on   the right gazan is on the left they're about dead  even and here's what you want to do Sean you want   to stay low to the ground you want to keep your  hips parallel to the floor and you want to just   keep moving your feet they do not want to go  trust me your calves are burning at this point   your quads are blowing up but you just got to  keep them moving because Zan finally starting   to push again so it's going to be Emma tall who's  going to get in and Emma tall will take the alpaca she just kept her feet moving she stayed  low to the ground because Anna's slipping   she lost his shoe the shoes matter I mean  Noble hooked them up with some cleats I'm   surprised to see them not more of  them out here now with one shoe   is going to try to announce he's going  to ditch the other one Laura harbath is   threatening to catch Kazan Horvath is on  the right the Kazan now ditching the socks is looking to wrap up a second place finish in  this test head judge comes over to get Dan's   Lane and says you've got to put your shoes back  on my dear holy smokes well Horvath is in that'll   be a second place finish for her remember she was  only out of the top three by 23 points was Horvath   16 36.18 seconds and now a minute and change  before we hit the time cap here comes the leader   Here Comes Emma Lawson Alexis has what do you  think maybe three more feet to get to the blue   line just the front of the sled needs to touch the  Blue Line Sean but oh my goodness she doesn't even   have her second shoe on yet well the two feet  that matter are the ones that she's dealing   with right now she's got to get her shoes back on  and here come Emma Lawson and Alexis wrapped this   raptis is in that white jersey the leaders jersey  and now Kazan her shoes are not on Sean they're   literally toes are in they're in the shoes  oh my God she is Gonna Save it now here comes   Emma Watson ahead of Alexis raptis so Lawson  is done that's big for her and Alexis raptis who has yet to finish outside the  top five is gonna finish fifth Beautiful Finish wow Sean she is going to  have four top five finishes here after this   test that is so impressive so wrap this looking  like she's gonna hang on to that leaders jersey Emma tall is going to take the test Laurel  horvath's gonna move up the overall standings   Alice gazan dealt with a shoe problem she's  still going to take third place ten women   on this floor for this final heat Annie  thorstadter the former two-time champion   the only woman to compete in three different  decades at the CrossFit Games is within Striking   Distance for a spot on the podium and for more  on her let's send it down to Nikki brazier   it is no surprise to see Annie coming into this  test in that fourth place spot she has more   experience than any other competitor out here  13 appearances at the CrossFit Games and when   I asked her what makes this one special she said  having her family here especially her daughter   cheering her on in the crowd and inspiration  to all athletes but especially us Mamas   there is Alexis raptis your overall leader  after four tests three-fifths and a third 24 years old [Applause] the team division  started in 2015 and that's when this   individual woman started [Music] pardon  me says only three women have finished   this test inside the six minute time cap Olivia  kerstetter has the top time at 550.91 seconds time times now these athletes cannot see they're corralled  when the prior heat is already out on the floor   so they don't really know what unfolds they don't  know the paces that were held and the strategy   that we what that was used in the previous heat  now you've had that experience what's that like   so being down there knowing that competition is  going on and that your turn is coming up how do   you manage those nerves well you don't I didn't  just rely on knowing yourself and and knowing   what's best for you if I were to be out on this  floor doing this workout I'd probably ease into   the skiers a little bit and knowing that I have 50  stand back squats to complete knowing that there's   been some no reps in hearing about the chatter  you do hear the noise underneath the stadium   there while you're warming up I'd be like okay I  just need to like stay with the pace consistent   Pace not necessarily Sprint but just stay steady  on the ski and sell my soul to the squats Laura   Horvath is the first woman to the squats and  here comes Andy Thor solder now Emma tall   on the right side of your screen the  30 squats here 125 pounds 56 kilos   they will advance every five reps the leader's  name will be on the far left side of the scoring   hat on the top of your screen and the number of  the white box will indicate how many repetitions   that woman has completed the number in the  white box next to all the other women's names   will indicate how many reps by which they Trail  the leader in the heat now you might just think   squat because we've been talking about the legs  and blowing up the legs and selling your soul to   the squats but you do not realize how much of your  core you are using when you are doing a sandbag   squat you're staying upright you're balancing that  thing on one shoulder you're firmly planting your   feet into the floor there's a lot of accuracy  and precision going on there that it's not   necessarily just involving the quads final five  reps here for Laura Horvath you can schedule a   no-cost 15-minute evaluation to find out if a  rosti treatment is right for you get pain-free   now available across the U.S scan the QR code to  get started and Laura robot's gonna get started   on her 20 calories on the ski here and she is  way ahead of the lead Pace Olivia Kirsten are the   top time again at 550.91 seconds Laura Horvath is  running away with this heat right now Sean I said   it in the previous heat we need about 90 seconds  to get through those last squat 20 squats we were   at three minutes and 30 seconds on the clock when  they were all on their 20 Kelsey so she's well   ahead of the pace right now and knowing Laura as  an athlete like this is what athletes look forward   to is hearing their name on the loudspeaker  getting pumped up knowing that they are in the   lead and just riding with that momentum Alex gazan  on the right side of your screen on the ski she   has moved into second place and those are the only  two women on this portion of the test as we are   more than halfway through the  allotted time here six minute time cap   our leader there struggling to get the stand  back even to her shoulder and Algoa Herbert   getting the crowd behind her and she is looking  to put up a dominant performance here Annie Thor's   Daughter moving to the ski you just saw her  at the very bottom of your screen [Applause]   Emma Lawson is there as well and Laura hormath  came in in third place overall she's only 14   points back at Emma Watson for second and she  is well ahead of Emma right now in this heat   Laura is so ridiculously strong that it  is no surprise that this 125 pound sandbag   is being handled the way that it is right now morath looking for her eighth  career win at the CrossFit Games   and she is absolutely demolishing  this she has five reps to go and this is not fair law Horvath is  gonna win ski bag pick up 100 points   and looks to move even closer to  the top of the overall standings Alexis raptis is towards the back here in  this heat and Laura hobat only has to make   up 59 points on raft is to overtake her  for the overall lead so we'll keep an eye   on that as this heat continues to play out  now one minute to go before we hit the six   minute time cap leader on the floor is Alex  Kazan as she moves forward with 10 reps left   that is the second time she had to drop  that sandbag in these last 20 squats Sean   she's got 45 seconds she can feel heat she knows  exactly where she's at she just has to stay calm   get back in the groove of things find  the balance find the control [Applause]   Alex gazan now with 30 seconds to go to get  inside that six minute time cap she's got   five reps left I talked to her coach Justin  Cutler they've been working on what's been   taking place between the ears this off  season this will be a huge confidence   builder for her if she can finish before the  cat it looks like she's gonna solidify that   Gazette is in it that should be good enough  for second place in the test it was close with 550.32 is going to be six tenths of a fat  second faster than Olivia purse Setter so only   two women finished and if you blink you probably  miss Laura Horvath as she just dusts that test well played Mr Arsenault here are your eight  women in this Fifth and final heat your overall   leader Laura Horvath will be right in the middle  of the floor this is the first time she's worn the   leaders jersey since her rookie year in 2018. from  an emerging star to the first star Annie thoris   daughter a former two-time Champion the only woman  to compete at the classic games in three different   decades and she is within Striking Distance of a  Podium spot here [Applause] and Sean Adrian Conway   was talking about the question from Adrian Bosman  gonna cook these athletes too much well I hope you   like your athletes well done because they are  going to be cooked thoroughly after this test   that's Gabby mcgawa who is out front  early on that first 400 meter run   she's followed by Emma tall and Alice  Kazan out there in the leaders jersey   working her way up towards the front  on the outside [Applause] [Music]   G-Shock is giving you the chance to win a new  G-Shock watch across hit Level One seminar and   more than 400 in CrossFit slag and scan the QR  code on your screen terms and conditions apply Pace right out of the gate is so uncomfortable  it is fast it is unbroken it is just all out   but that is the right pace an uncomfortable  Pace if you feel like you're going too fast   you have chosen the right pace for this test Gabby  mcgawa leads the way back into the Coliseum here and now the women will complete 12 bar  muscle ups they go have to go from a   hang to a supportive position and they  have to pass through a dip at the top   keep an eye on the scoring hat on the top of your  screen the leader in the heat would be on the far   left side and the number of repetitions that  athlete has competing will be in the white box   the number in the white box next to the athletes  behind the leader will indicate the number of reps   by which they Trail the person in first place  there are 102 total scored repetitions in this   test 34 per round so at the 13 rep Mark that's  when they will move on to the dumbbell the 35   pound Dumbo for the 21 snatches and Laura Horvath  is their first fall closely by the entire field   the time to be set by Jamie Simmons in the  previous heat of 8 27 per split time after the   first round is 235. thank you 34 is the number  that Horvath is looking to hit to get back out   on the course for round number two in  that second 400 meter run Ariel lowen   and Alex gazan are fighting with Alexis  raptis if you take a look at Gabby mcgawa   lowen is inside of her but there's  Laura herbath in the leaders jersey trying to hold off Emma Lawson who's to her  left she's in the all blue now Dawson just   putting down the dumbbell pulled out first of all  closely by Ariel Lauren Emma Watson Alice Kazan   and Annie thoris daughter I think area alone  is a sleeper pick for this test she's got a   gymnastics background for about 14 years but then  she did track and field her event being the 400.   she's built for this test but Laura  Horvath what she has done all day   coming off what I would consider a  signature test win right before this and Laura Horvath has proved to us just in  these last few grounds that she can run she's   not been the best runner on a machine but put  her on some cement she's taken off before about   blowing and Emma Lawson you can text Jocko to  two four six seven two to get 30 percent off   your order at jockofuel.com one-time use only  good through August 9th 2023 gets up [Applause]   we're going to get more points here 100  points goes to the winner of a test 97   to second place and then that total decreases  as you work your way down the results and she   has a 10 point lead as a little holdout over  Emma Watson who is in third place on this run now Laura Horvath had the  fastest splits on the bar muscles   of all the athletes in their seats  the only one to Break 30 seconds what about Lawson and lowen to  the pull-up bar essentially the   same time Horvath got about one rep  in before Lawson and lowen started   47 is the number they got a hit to get back to  that 35 pound dumbbell and a classic CrossFit   triplet right three movements fast uncomfortable  that's where we see the magic happen we have a   mono structural movement a run we have the  gymnastics with the pole and the bar muscle   up and then we finally have that weight lifting  element with that kettlebell excuse me dumbbell   lowen and Lawson done at the same time and out of  the dumbbell and again it's horrified with one rep   before Lawson and lowen get started Lawson just  got hit with a no rep the dumbbell has to hit the   ground go from the ground directly to overhead  and your arm has to be fully extended for that   rep to count and you have to alternate arms  with each repetition and that's the challenge   here with that dumbbell but these athletes 35  is not heavy so they all have to move quick   and both heads of that dumbbell you talk  about precision and accuracy it's easy for   just one head to kind of Bobble and hit both  sides of that dumbbell head need to touch the   floor Ariel lowen is now in the lead it looks  like according to the scoring hat she looks   to be the first woman back to the Run for the  final time right side of your screen and now   in no run for Orbach and that's going  to open the door for lowen and Lawson let's go hold up now is in third with Alex  gazan behind her and Alexis wrapped this is out on the Run Annie Thor's Daughter and  Emma tall getting started as well these are   your leaders here in this final heat time to  beat his eight minutes [Applause] 27.12 seconds   and you're seeing shaking out of  the arms you're seeing relaxed grip it's a little uphill on the  front part of this 400 meter   but on the back side we do have that  downhill taking them into the Coliseum Ariel Lowe making her third appearance  here at the CrossFit games for third   straight appearance he gave  birth in 2019 to two years off   and then qualified for the crossing games in  2021 and she finished 14th last year she was 11th Lawson closing the Gap behind her and our leader   I'm a loss in another former teenage  competitor who finished first in the 16   to 17 year old division in 2021 last year she  made her individual debut and finishing sixth   place overall and was the overall leader at one  point now Watson starting to close the gap who   run low and low back from third now as big for  low end is nobody's really separating themselves   on the bar but lowen has the two fastest splits  of any Athlete on the dumbbell Lawson and lowen now raptis has pulled even more Horath wrapped his   from the all-blue now just starting her  bar muscle ups the 12 reps here got to get   to the 81 rep Mark to move back to the  dumbbell for the final time [Applause]   and blowing on the right side of your screen can  stay within a rep of Lawson center lane all blue   she has a shot to pass her on the last 21  reps low and now with one rep remaining   and she would be the first woman to the dumbbell  Falls closely by Alexis raptis and Emma Watson   so raptis gaining ground here is Laura Horvath  is now struggling on the pull-up bar Alex gazan   in the blacktop and blue shorts in the middle has  passed Horvath to Laura Horvath is running into   some trouble here she now gets to the dumbbell she  only had a 10-point cushion on Emma Lawson here he's on the right and she has a frantic  Pace going here she's got to get to 102   reps hand in the air for her and rafis  as he come down to a race to the Finish raptis is off first and what a comeback  for Alexis raptis as Ariel alone is in   followed by Emma Lawson now Alice Kazan  looks to be the next woman to finish   and she is in now let's keep in mind the time  for the prior Heats that could factor in here a no rep for horrock and now she  is done to Laura Horvath is in she's gonna take fifth place in the  heat but that's 15th in the test   so Emma Lawson may have a race that deficit as  Annie Thor's Daughter comes across [Applause]   now Gabby mcgawa is in so Alexis raptis   Windsor heat he's going to finish  third of the test and pick up 94 points yes all the athletes men and women will  be running this together not competing   against each other the men will be  in front two rows of them with the   highest ranked men in the front and  then two rows of women behind that and we are underway   how about that start Roman kranikov  rightness Jeff Adler one and two side by side the other host is out front as well  talk to Jeff Adler yesterday says   he's gonna try and win this thing I find  it interesting I don't think that Roman   primecop even has a watch on no gear  the guy's just going completely Raw   getting after it Roman chronikov is a front  runner he loves being in front he loves to lead while there are no markers out on the course as  we know Chris so why not just go for it just look   at the pack and lead the way oh boy you know what  there's still so much work to be done I mean one   of the things that everybody is concerned about  that is running is the neurological damage from   this event knowing they have to go into Olympic  total tonight and don't forget to test number   eight the intervals that's coming up after this  but Chris when you look at a 5k yeah obviously   everyone knows 400 they know how to pay state  hundred what's the best way in your experience   to attack this race they've got an opportunity for  about the first 10 12 seconds put that phosphagen   energy system to really go out and get that open  air that's what you need to do and then settle   the key in this event you must be patient for  that 60 to 90 sex to allow the robot system to   get warm the kiss of death will be you're gonna  throttle too hard and you're gonna go over to the   Limit and now you're going to end up shutting  down an underperforming patience the athletes   will make three trips around the circuit here  no enter into the North Park at the completion   of every lap Mike Arsenal is yeah there was  more on the fans will be lighting the course   Mike thank you very much Sean it's currently  73 degrees Fahrenheit 23 degrees Celsius so the   most comfortable daytime conditions we've had so  far this week another cool aspect of test number   seven is the access for the fans the athletes  are running right by us through the middle of   the RV campground they'll do this each and every  lap so these fans will get up close and personal   the most difficult part for the athletes will  be avoiding the smell of cooking bacon through   the RV park we'll see if they can avoid that I  definitely for one will not be able to resist thank you Mike [Music] is up there along with Pat velner I believe  that's all this upnik's there on the   so they're right now they're right now running up  the steepest part of this entire course the course   goes from really the bottom where the road was it  rises about seven meters and then it immediately   drops back down again but if there's a move  to be made that's an opportunity on that Hill Mike mentioned about the weather the weather  is really good but there is about an eight to   nine mile an hour wind and unfortunately  that wind is going to be in the face of   these athletes for the bulk of the time when  they're up on that grassy section [Music]   a G-Shock is giving you the chance to win a new  G-Shock watch across the level one seminar and   more than 400 in Crossett swag scan the QR code  on your screen now terms and conditions apply   the athletes are leads are on their way off the trip there um they're coming  onto some loose gravel a little bit   of loose Rock before they find some pavement again   having run it I would say the grassy area is about  a 300 meter stretch this loose gravel is about   another 300 um before they make their way back  into North Park Stadium here this this this course   has been perfectly designed so the last 400 meters  is slightly downhill and it's going to encourage   these athletes to really push and that at the end  of this event could be highly detrimental you've   got to be thinking strategic here there's a lot of  work yet to be done at the CrossFit Games [Music]   I anticipate though Chris after they get through  this first lap because the athletes know nothing   about this course they've seen pictures and that's  about it unless they've got somebody else doing a   little scavenger hunt for them after this first  lap I do anticipate Paces to kind of increase a   little bit um through the second and the third  lap agreed that these athletes have had plenty   of people that have gone out and they've known  this course backwards and forwards they know the   actual distance by the way speaking of distance I  did uh talk to jmac about the measurement of this   course and they wheeled it three separate times  so this course it's spot on based upon their wheel I want it I want to point out what I just  saw Jeffrey Adler is coaxing Roman Chronicle   he sure is let's not forget an event 10  in 2021 it had a three mile run broken up   into one and a half mile increments with some  Toto bars sprinkled in there Adler took eight lap one of three is down for the  leaders for the bed [Applause] it looks like Emily Rolfe is your leader for  the women she's ahead of Justin maderas as they   exit [Music] the stadium here at the North Park  Emily Rolfe is on the right side of your screen   no surprise that she's in front here absolutely  Emily won the rough run in 2019. she also won   event 10 which was the one point mile run  sprinkled with the total bar there in 2021   running is her jam and Ralph is looking to move  her way back up the overall standings she was in   the podium position early on but since finishing  seventh in the inverted medley she's gone 30th   33rd and then a 14th last night in Helena so  looking to score some points here in test number   seven you can see the fastest 5K times the bottom  left-hand part of your screen as every division   completed this test 17 36.03  seconds from Adam DeJean   from the 35-39 year old division  the best time that we have we have seen now you mentioned Jeffrey Adler as  you take a look Brent zakowski and Nick Matthew   and you see Emily Rolf is your female leader  behind her is Noah Olson look at Emily Walton   look how look at her power output look at the  amount of power that she's able to put into   every step and compare it to the men that she's  running next to the men look heavy they look like   they're sinking into every foot strike almost like  they're running in soft sand that's the difference   between the two of them she is right now on  our game she looks amazing to me [Applause] yeah there's no Hayley there's no  Christian Ramon there's no Kristen   Holt thing there's no Sam Briggs  but there is a gabby magala but   however she took first the next person in  line is anybody's ball game here [Music] the second to three laps here for the 5K Jeff  Adler has moved in front of Roman credit card   we talked to Jeff Adler last night after he  took Helena and he said that he intentionally   baited Roman into going faster than he  wanted to in the second round of that test   and he knew in that round he knew then that  he was going to win I had a chance to catch   up with Jeffrey Adler after the bike event  and he noticed in the most difficult section   of the bike event where you had to push it  up that hill before Crossing that second   hurdle that every single time on that Roman got  dropped that Hill hurt Roman and Jeff knows that   such a smart athlete he really is a smart  athlete I mean I think Stacy that was the   key to your success too right you're smart you use  like you took those moments at as an advantage for   sure yeah you were definitely scoping out the  field and eyeing your athletes and competitors perfect hydration is the official water  partner of the 2023 Noble CrossFit Games   and QR code on your screen for more so what I'm  looking for here is is just look at Roman and   the heaviness of every step that he's taking  he's it's it's lethargic almost and you want   to look at the other athletes and compare  who has that spring-like effect that they   have jumped they've got that bounciness in them  that means that their neuromuscular system is   firing they're sequencing muscles properly  and that is the athlete that's the threat   I mean look at Roman's posture the head  is dropping the shoulders are rolling in   there's fatigue mounting same thing with Velma  right they're starting to hinge at the waist   they're hinging at the waist because they're  trying to change the muscle groups that are   allowing them to run top five of the band are  Jeff Adler yellow hosta lazarjukitz then Roman   krenikov and Pat velner and Jeff Adler in  second place has a 100 Point deficit he's   got to make up on Roman krenikov he can't  do that in one test but he needs to start   chipping away at it and right now he's  getting a little help from Jose and jokic [Music] Chris what's the first thing the first thing  that you see I know you mentioned some things   that you're looking at but the first thing  that you see that that lets you know that all   right someone's starting to struggle a little bit  well first of all what you have to notice is that   there's been a dramatic acceleration in intensity  speed and look who's being driving that right now   Adler is no longer turning around seeing who's  with him right he was toying with the field in   my opinion in that first lap right it was almost  like a game for him now I think that he's putting   on his competitive mask and he wants to go but  remember Adler's strategic he's thinking the   point and if he just blows up and goes off in  front the athletes behind him will go just let   him go so he's trying to coax people because  Adler wants the advantage in the next events as your women's leader Emily Rolfe  who at the last check was 11th overall   that's incredible I ran into Emily a couple  of days ago and she said this is my event let's send it down to Nikki brazer on the field   guys you can hear it and if you pay close  attention it almost seems like the athletes   pick up a little speed as they run through the  North Park here the crowd is going crazy as the   athletes re-enter the stadium here and that's  part of what makes this course really special   here is running through this section of the  North Park but you've got to wonder if that   little extra energy boost is messing up some of  their plans going into this Chris I'm wondering   are some of the athletes a little bit a little bit  heard from the last couple days is that affecting   their Pace as they go through this 5K you know  what's interesting is last night after that   sandbag lift I went into the athlete walk down  area and they're destroyed they're so destroyed   and this event scares them more than any of the  other events and then of course they announce   box chubs and then the Olympic total today now  these athletes for the first time have feared   I I want to point out something that we saw in  the uh the transition here after they passed   this and they're now starting the second lap  there's water available to these athletes   a free Adler was the only one that didn't take  water I noticed that Chris I did notice that   hey but let's not sleep on the Czar guys and  hostet um you know Lazar won event 10 which   included again those toes to Bar in the three  mile Trek oldest I don't know where oldest is   but he took third in the uh in that event he  took third in The Ruck in 2019 first in the   shuttle to overhead in 2022 ninth in Helena so  he's got a bit of an engine on him maybe he's   saving it for this last lap here all right same  thing duchik last year put the hammer on Adam   right in that Capital event and hurt Adler  and so you have to respect that [Applause]   we heard Nikki mention the fans in the North  Park here and Noah Olson as you would expect   acknowledging them as he worked his way through  the North Park also making his 10th straight   appearance here at the CrossFit Games and I  talked to him about a week or so before he made   his trip out here to Madison he said he's focused  more on having fun and enjoying the experience we also saw Chandler Smith a while  ago he was lurking behind welder and gretikov remember this Chandler Smith comes in in third place overall  432 points so he's looking to put some this   is between himself and the men chasing  him for that third and final Podium spot see Chandler there in the background let's send  it down to Mike Arsenal out there on the course   well our top two men and leaderboard Roman  krenikov and Jeffrey Adler Adler looks very   comfortable he's pretty much LED this race thus  far wire to wire conversely credit card trying to   shake out his arms just golfing air it looks very  uncomfortable and we're seeing distance between   Adler and prendikov start to spread out a little  bit and more importantly starting to see some   male athletes get in between them which is key  for Adler to try and Trace chase down prenikov   over these final two days that's an incredible  observation because remember the CrossFit Games   is an endurance competition and you have to have  great endurance and one of the main factors in   endurance is your ability to recover right it's  a major measure of aerobic fitness and if Roman   clinikov is struggling now that is going to show  his inability to recover going into the next event   remember we're only halfway now yellow hosta  has made a move on Jeff Adler for the lead here   but let's not count uh Adler out there  one Helena last night and applying   both shorter distance and longer  distance here today with this 5K my girl Emily Rolfe coming in  15th overall after her second lap Ralph taking second in the ride 12th in the pig  chipper seventh inverted medley 30th the alpaca   redo 33rd ski bag and then 14th last night in  Helena there is Emily Rolfe Your Leader right   now for the women looks great just pushing through  the floor just pushing that ground away behind her   and very relaxed so you know when athletes get  fatigued because the shoulders gradually start   to rise and that unfortunately that increased  a restriction in the legs ability to move and behind her you can see Katrin Davis daughter  Ariel lowen Gabriella our leader Emma Lawson   well Emily Rolf on the left side if you remember  last year after the the bike to work event   she had to withdraw and I had to go  have emergency surgery because of a   blood clot in her arm and at that point  after that event she went to the medical   crew and said my arm is blue I don't know  what's going on here and then that's what   it what triggered the whole surgery and  the uh the scramble that ensued after that   and yesterday or Thursday after the first test  she went to the Medical Teams he looked my arms   pink and looks fine yellow host is gonna be the  first man in and yellow hosta is going to take   the 5K and lock up 100 points and the  rookie looking to move inside the top   five here and here comes Jeff Adler Adler's  gonna finish second and Roman creditkoff is   only going to surrender three points to  Jeff Adler as creditikoff found a second   gear to get himself across the finish line  and that allowser jukich will be forward and where's Patrick Jay Crouch is going to pass Smith  and the newest movements is across   Here Comes will Morad where's bill  here and here comes Pat velner [Applause] and now there's Sam Quan that border Carl  huberson trying to hold off James Sprague and here comes Emily wall who's going to take  this test for the women Justin Medeiros is going   to try to Sprint past Olson he's got him he's  going to run out of time to get Bailey Martin will Morad is in as well  will this oopnix came across   and there's Luke Parker now  Heinrich half a line in is coming in Yoda Koski is in Aunt Haynes Catherine  David's daughter is going to come   across followed by Ariel Lowe and so a great  finish there for Catherine David's daughter and Emma Lawson is across there's Sydney Wells who is the last  woman to survive the cut Danielle Brandon   is in and now David sharunki [Music] [Applause] now Emma Carey spread to the Finish  Laura Horvath is in [Applause]   I believe that was Alexia Williams  and Paige semenza who came in there's Elisa fuliano and now Jamie Simmons behind her [Applause]   Shelby Neal is in Spencer Patrick  Alex gazan foreign [Applause] [Music] for the men as now it's Emma tall working her way   into the North Park near 16 39.68 seconds  for him he's going to get the win on the   women's side we're still waiting for the  official tides for them but we do know that   it was Emily Rolfe who came across first and  I believe Catherine Davis daughter was second [Music] there comes and he throws out are making her  way into the North Park former two-time champion has competed in three different decades at the  CrossFit games that's absolutely incredible   but she's been able to accomplish that there's  more it's phoebec behind her [Applause] [Music] more finishers coming in now here's Amanda  Barnhart Amanda Barnhart came into 25th Place   overall we do have another cut tonight down to 20.  so right now she's on the wrong side of that but   we do have the Olympic total coming  up tonight that's that's a test she   should do very well eggs now here's Bailey rail [Music] [Applause]   we have three men who had sub  17 hosta Adler and kratikov and as far as the women go we are still waiting  on their final times to be updated [Applause] [Applause]   the 35 to 39 age group 1736 sack second  fastest male Kaden Hogan 16-17 age group   1746 our fastest females come to  us Mira Varga 14 to 15 age group   1908 and the second fastest female in my age  division here 35-39 and the winner of my age   group Lori Clement 1957. impressive times  Chris impressive times extremely foreign [Music] [Music] Stanley who finished earlier [Applause] without Christine cohenbrander is a cross [Applause] yellow Hosta it was your fastest  athlete out of anybody here   and the rookie from Belgium picks up  his first Career Test Victory Emily   Rolfe is going to win for the women  and Emily Rolfe is with Nikki brazier on this one and it kind of it called great  Runner you are but you've been through so   much already in the last couple days so what  made you particularly confident about this test   um I think just everyone's hurting everyone's  sore everyone's cramping so it's like we're   all fresh it's still the same race last year  obviously you had a tough cut to your season   a really devastating injury that put you into  emergency surgery so what are your goals for   this season now that you're back um you know what  I'm just enjoying being back out here and I'm not   taking it for granted it's amazing congratulations  we'll send it back up to Sean thank you thank you ten women here in this third and  final heat and your overall leader   Emma Lawson will be in Lane number five Emma's showing us she can run long  and short seventh in the 5K Fifth   and Helena First in the ride Emily  Rolfe coming off a test win in the 5K   earlier this morning right  now Seventh Place overall we are underway we start with the 21 box  jumpovers unofficially the time to beat   belongs to Emma Carey around eight minutes  one second total for both intervals [Music] 90 total repetitions in each interval there's more  horbot left side of your screen in the all blue   she's won the leaders jersey along  with Alexis raptis in Lane six now it's Lawson and Raptors to the rower  at the same time here comes Laura harloff   as well so now 15 calories to complete here  transition matters Shawn those tiny little   seconds accumulates at the end of this  thing and so getting in and out of the   row or getting to the boxes as quickly as  possible will make a difference in the end there's nothing Gabby mcgawa who is making up ground on Emma  Watson Lost In Your Leader right now at the   36 rep Mark is when Lawson will be able to  get up from that rower and move on to the   nine Burpee boxing blowers at 36 inches and she  is done so Emma Watson putting out a good Pace   here Catherine Davis daughter and Gabby mcgawa  opposite ends of the floor right behind her Davis   are at the very bottom of your screen in the  all black megawa at the very top in Lane one technique's taking place they're getting  off the floor quickly but some are staying   on their feet some are sliding on their knees  [Applause] Catherine David Zeller coming in in   10th Place overall right now Emma Lawson is  your overall leader the 45 rep Archie will   be done and now on to 21 more blockship over  to Lawson and now aerial area Lowell moving   into second with Gabby mcgawa Laura Horvath and  Catherine David's daughter [Music] [Applause]   801.67 seconds officially for Emma Carey is  the top combined time for these two intervals   Patrick Davis the all black  making a move [Applause] [Music]   Gabby mcgawa on screen right now Ninth Place  overall trying to hold off Catherine Davis   honor she's only three points up on Davis out  of for that spot as Emma Lawson is under the   rower for the final time in this interval  15 calories that she needs to complete here   Ariel Lowe and Gabby McGowan Laura Jamie Simmons  and Catherine Davidson are top three on the screen   on the left it's Gabby mcgawa on the right Ariel  lowen and your overall leader Emma Lawson [Music] G-Shock is giving you the chance to win  a new G-Shock watch across that level   one seminar and more than 400 across  that swag terms and conditions apply [Music]   Emma Watson is done and now she's got  nine Burpee box jumps remaining [Applause]   Here Comes Gabby mcgawa in second place  Ariel Owen in third and Laura Horvath   in fourth Patrick Davis out or Jamie Simmons  get into the box at the same time as well you   see two different techniques being used here  Ariel lowen in the blue tank top and green   shorts sliding on our knees and our leader  there on the left side of your screen red   shorts white sports bra kind of staying on her  feet nice and light up and over just getting   right back down to the floor final rep for  Emma Watson and she is in that will be the   best time that we have seen out of any of these  three Heats 353.67 seconds and now Gabby mcgawa   Milwaukee is in Ariel lowen came across the finish  line along with Jamie Simmons and Laura Horvath will be the last woman to finish now you got to get set to do it all over again [Music] as you're happy to take a break  let's go back down to Nikki brazier   we've seen a few different techniques when  it comes to getting up and over that box but   Katrin David's daughter is the only athlete  that I have seen do a full rotation coming   up and over the Box on each and every rep Stacy  you've done this a few times in competition how   is she not getting dizzy that's just the  thing I don't understand either I would   prefer a lateral box jump over myself but once  you're in a Groove you just kind of roll with it   um and maybe her world wasn't spinning after  all the man will be up next you're going to   want to join us for Heat number one five time  for this man on Earth Matt Fraser [Music]   set to start interval number two here in the third  and final heat for the women in test number eight   and it's Emma lost and your overall leader who  had the fastest time at 353.67 seconds not only   the fastest time in that heat but the fastest time  we have seen in any heat from interval number one take a look back at Emma Lawson on that first run  down the floor and she never trailed here she led   the pace the entire way she with Grace actually  just kind of hopped right off those feet easily   up and over the Box power output on the row was  exceptional looks recovered as she's standing   here waiting to do the next two rounds [Music]  [Applause] I have a Lawson your overall leader she has a test win in ride on Thursday  morning the very first test of these   2023 Noble Crossing games had the  leaders jersey after that test then   relinquished it to Alexis raptis and then  regained it on day number two yesterday getting set to start the second and  final interval for the women here   in Heat number three the third and final heat  of test number eight and it's Emma Lawson in   the middle of your screen wearing the white  overall leaders jersey who had the top time   in the first interval at 353.67 seconds start  with the nine Burpee box jump overs 36 inches   on that box they can get over it however they want  they just cannot swing their feet out and around had the second best time the only other  woman to go suck for in interval number   one at 359.43 seconds is Catherine Davis  out of the former two-time Champion now   at the bottom of your screen is into the  rower for the first time for 15 calories [Music]   keep an eye on the scoring hat on the top of your  screen the athletes name on the far left will be   your heat leader and the number in the white  box next to that athlete's name Will indicate   how many repetitions she has completed the number  in the white box next to everyone else's name Will   indicate how many reps by which they trailed the  leader 90 total reps here in this second interval there's a 24 Mark is where Emma  Watson will be done and she once   again leading the way on this second  interval 21 box up over here that box   is 20 inches high now here comes Ariel  lowen on the left side of your screen she's maintained that three  four rep lead throughout staying nice and low jumping to  the back of the box Emma Lawson   white sports bra red shorts pivoting [Music]   looking relaxed you'll see her again Sprint to  this next tall box get right to work now the   back half of this second and final Ira world  for Emma Watson could level up your forwards   get 20 off standard or Elite memberships at  wildhealth.com use the code CrossFit Games they have a Lawson your overall Leader  by just seven points over Alexis raptis   the winner of the test will get 100 points  in second place gets 96 and so on and so   forth as you work your way down the results  so Lawson trying to get some more breathing   room when it comes to the battle for the top  spot in the overall standings and Lawson is   done should be first of the rower 15 more  calories here you'll see her start pulling   even without her other foot there in the  strap she just gets right to work [Applause] 801.67 seconds that's your top time from Emma  Carey in the prior Heat but now Jamie Simmons   and Catherine Davis out are getting to the rower  Ariel lowen is there she's right next to Emma   Lawson in the green shorts and black top there  is now Ariel lowen on the left side of the screen I'm not kind of getting back to the monitor her  handle getting back to the monitor a little bit   faster than Ariel lonet lowen I mean she's just  taking a few more Strokes per minute in the end   that may help her accumulate more calories  faster now the Lawson on to the 21 box jumps   it's got to go up and over here 21 times and then  across the finish line she's extending her lead   here Sean she was three four reps ahead the first  round she's now eight reps ahead on this back half   can we say she's getting faster it certainly  does look like an aerial low and sits in second   is Gabby McGowan on the left side of your screen  in the all black in third [Applause] the Lawson   is getting set to finish up here and she's looking  to get her second test win of the CrossFit Games   and she will do it in convincing fashion sub  four in both intervals for your overall leader now Ariel Lowe and looks to be the next  woman to finish lowen coming in and third   place overall looking to keep herself in one of  those Podium spots and now Gabby mcgawa is in Alexis raptis is across that's big for her  here comes Jamie Simmons in that Laura Horvath [Music] Catherine gave his daughter finished  Emily Rolfe is in as well but there is Emma   Watson who looks to hang on to the leaders  jersey heading into the final test of the   day that's test nine tonight the Olympic total  when the heavy barbells come out there are 15   women here on the competition floor Laura  Horvath will be lifting on platform number   four she's trying to work her way back  inside the top three and this is a great   opportunity for her to do that as she looks to  regain the leader's Jersey [Music] 10 seconds are in freyova will get us started here in  round number one of the snatch the barbell   has to go from the ground directly  overhead in one movement you cannot   pause at the shoulders and she's going to  open up at 195 pounds three other pictures [Applause] Now we move to Emma Carey 187  pounds on the barbell for Emma women in   the previous heat were roughly about 20 25  pounds off of their reported one rep max snatch Terry is good at 187 takes us to Emma  tall who's going to open up at 176 pounds [Music] yeah she will make it good lifts for Emma tall Daniel Brandon up next Brandon  coming into 12th Place overall   trying to get herself into the top 10  here and she will open at 175 pounds she can make another attempt in his 20-second  window as long as the barbell is off the ground   before time is called the little count and she will make it right side of the screen  now at 180 pounds the former two-time Fitness   woman on Earth good at 180 pounds 31  Pounds off her reported one where one   rep max Sean from one former two-time champ  to another Catherine Davis daughter at 175. I think that's almost more impressive  than even having a one rep max here   in test number nine all the work that  they've done leading up to this point   they just did 90 box jump overs in  the previous test here's Bethany   Flores as we now get into the athletes  in the top 10 of the overall standings she is good with her opening lift  at 156 pounds here's Emily Rolfe   who won the 5K earlier this morning  165 pounds on the barbell for Emily   a lot of these women following suits right after  Heat won 25 35 pounds off their one rep max Jamie Simmons who stood on the  podium here at the Crossing games   in 2019. third place 160 pounds on the  Browns barbell for her opening attempt and that will count [Applause] Gabby mcgawa sixth place overall  coming in with 509 points 34 back   of Alex Kazan in fifth place opening left at 175. [Applause] so the advantage to going first is  kind of knowing all right what is   the other field hitting right now what  do I need to add or take off from my bar   here's Alex gazan she has  168 pounds on the barbell and that is good for her that's a great lift  for Alex Kazan semifinals I think she hit 175. now at 190 pounds this will be the second heaviest  lift that we have seen so far to free almost 195   and that is no problem and if you follow Laura  you know how much she loves to move heavy things   now Alexis raptis who has led this competition now  sits in third place overall 177 to open up [Music] that will count for Alexis Ariel Owen second place overall opens up at 181. [Music]   and that will count Emma Lawson our overall leader to close things  out here in round one 185 to start [Music] that Lawson does a nice job of saving that the speed underneath that bar was very fast 26  pounds off of her reported one rep max [Music] is   going to go up 11 pounds to 206. the top lifts  and Top Tones will be listed at the top of your   screen our scoring hat and she is two for two and  that's exactly what the rest of these athletes in   the field are looking at they're gonna keep their  eye on the total down there in the right bottom   side of your screen they gotta do a little  math in their head figure out all right do   I gotta add weight do I gotta take some off  195 good for Emma Carey immature that will   move her into second place here in the second  and final heat as we go to Emma tall at 186. 10 pound jump for her here [Music] that is good she was very patient with the   poll her extension underneath that  barbell was just a triple extension Daniel Brandon adds 12 pounds moves up  to 187 for her second and final lift   and that is good and that's the thing you see  these athletes had to wait a little bit to get   out onto the floor and so that first attempt is a  little bit Rocky and you can see the confidence in   the momentum build after you hit that and things  might actually look a little bit better too   there's any throws out at 190 to tie with Laura  holdoff and Thor's Daughter unable to make that   plenty of time to start another attempt we all  know Annie can hit over a 200 pound snatch we've   seen that last year at the 2022 Noble CrossFit  Games and a great save for Andy thoris daughter David's daughter is going to make her second lift believe that was 180 for David John who  will wait for the officials but 186 for   David's daughter so now to Bethany Flores  up to 166. now Bethany has battled some   back problems throughout the season so this  is a little bit of damage control for her Emily Rolfe is going to go to 171. comes  in an eighth place overall [Music] foreign [Applause]   barbell just has to be off the ground  before time is called [Music] [Applause] JB Sim is at 175. [Music] [Music] [Applause] 00 Simmons unable to make that he grabs her right arm  we'll keep an eye on that Gabby mcgawa now at 191. that's the triple extension  I was talking about toes hips   shoulders Shrugged one straight bar path  everything nice and Tall Alex gazan at 178.   keeping an eye on JB Simmons she waved  off some medical help so she's okay   so that's good for her as gazan now has to  make a second second attempt at 178. this   will be huge for gazan who has normally got  a smaller snatch on this field of athletes [Music] [Applause] put up a score over 200 pounds Alexis wrapped us at 187. third place overall  only 14 points back at area lowen per second it's easy to get anxious but you  want to slow your pull you want to   make contact at the hip the most  powerful joint of our body 191. [Applause] is good and now Emma Lawson to close out the snatch  portion of this test I'm going to 193. 93 and that is good for the overall leaders the cleaning jerk where the barbell pauses at  the shoulders and then is jerked overhead two   attempts here for them and 2 30 on the  barbell for coming through aova [Music]   and that is good the top goal that we have seen so  far was Christine colebrander and Heat number one   447 pounds [Music] here's Emma carry 222  pounds on the barbell [Music] [Applause]   great speed under the bar beautiful front rack   powerful dip and drive to Jerk  It Up overhead Emma tall 236. that is good Daniel Brandon's opening attempt at 195 pounds no problem for Danielle Bradley Annie thorstadter the only woman to  competed the CrossFit Games in three   different decades back-to-back champion in  2011 and 2012 225 on the barbell for her she clean and jerks well over 225 but all  the work leading up to this point and Doris   Robert makes it making it look like ease  and to add 30 pounds on top of your bar   with four minutes of rest between a rep and  here's Catherine Davis who started Crossing   in Iceland because she was inspired by what Annie  Thor's Daughter did at 217. for her opening lift Stephanie Flores up her first attempt at 181  pounds best totals at the top of your screen   Karin freyova has the best one right now in the  seat at 436. and Bethany choosing a power clean   verse squat clean the legs are tired we talked  about that back injury in her previous attempt here's Emily Rolfe adjust the front rack to create a bigger shelf so  the barbell has something to sit on making it a   lot easier to jerk up overhead 200 pounds good  for Emily Roth and we go to Jamie Simmons 175. that was no problem for Jamie Simmons so   the elbow looks okay Winston a  little bit there at the end but there's still a lot of game left to play so Gabby mcgawa now at 225. [Music] 1 known to uh love the barbella as well  beautiful squat clean takes a big breath   before she punches underneath the  bar now to Alex Kazan at 2 35. Kazan needs this after missing her  second attempt on her snatch [Applause] this will give her the overall lead if she hits it  at 2 45. that wider grip on the bar Sean creates   less distance for the bar to travel up overhead  we'll see if more about to adjust the front rack   keeps it right outside her shoulders  and there is a lot more in that gas   tank 245 is good Horvath has the  lead and the top total we have   seen so far in this test as we go  to Alexis Raptors at 2 17. [Music] [Applause]   that's the hardest part is that clean   rapist is good she can get the Killeen  Chances Are You Can Get It Up overhead   here's Ariel wellin 221 pounds on the barbell got  to give a shout out to my fellow mom mother of one that is good for area takes us  to Emma Watson 227 pounds [Music] [Applause] [Music]   and that is good for Emma Watson  and we begin round two exactly   freyova moves up to goes up to 240  pounds that's a four pound jump so   not going to be able to catch or about  here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] shy of horbath now but still solidly in  second place as we go to Emma Carey and   you see some athletes taking a look at  their coaches behind them in the crowd   it's hard enough to do a lift Under Pressure  let alone do some math so they're getting a   little help from their coaches there in the  crowd trying to figure out all right where   can I strategize where can I play the game do  I need to add load do I need to take off load   what's the very minimum work I need to do  to win this test here's 246 for Emma tall stand it up again if you can get that squat clean  you can get the jerk just a strong dip trust the   legs to complete the jerk and she doesn't have  enough time the bar just got out slightly just   a hair out too far it needs to go straight up and  down from point A to point B shoulder to overhead looks like she's shaking off another  attempt [Music] one that brings us   to Annie Thor's Daughter [Music] [Applause]   seven pound [Applause] s Thor's Daughter is good as Catherine  Davis out who gets to work at 226. that is good for Catherine that was impressive   Annie thoris daughter keeps herself  in fifth place right now in this heat   as Bethany Flores is able to stand that up   and that was the first time we saw her actually  get a little bit deeper on that squat clean Sean attempt here for Emily raw for 212. Emily Ralph won the 5K earlier this morning just imagine going and running in 5K all-out  effort to complete the jerk so her best attempt   tonight and trying to attempt a 212 pound  clean turn [Music] JD Simmons at 205.   that is good for civics a true Testament to these   athletes abilities and their overall  Fitness now Gabby mcgawa at 2 45 10 seconds that is good for mcgawa brings us to Alex gazana  248 and on the left side of your screen you can't   see it but Laura horvath's got 265 on the barbell  but we'll deal with gazan first here [Applause] and that is good for Alice gazan and now  Laura 265. this will tie his team member   Kelsey Keels list from earlier this morning  to end the team test [Applause] Energy Center Alexis rap is not able to stand  that up so Laura Horvath looking   to pick up points on the women directly  in front of her raptis lowen and Lawson   you get points based on your performance and  tests the better you do the more points you   get if you win you get 100 and right now  those 100 points belong to Laura Horvath   as Alexis Raptors will not get her second  attempt here's lowen at 2 31. business and that'll be good for an area lower that just  goes to show how well-rounded Ariel lowen is   this is a big lift for Emma Watson at 240 pounds  right now she's tied for 16th in the test and that   is good so Lawson try not to surrender too much  ground a little more about it in fourth place they   can run they can Sprint they can do gymnastics  they can lift weights these girls are fit all 20 women will be out on the field together and  the overall leaders will be right in the middle   area low in your third place woman right now  will be in Lane number nine overall leader Emma   Lawson will be in Lane number 10. second place  48 points back of Emma lost 10 seconds [Applause]   stand by we are underway we start with the  seven ring bustle UPS five total   rounds here in this test for a  total of 50 scored repetitions Greek muscle ups are something every individual  woman is familiar with however how do they   train on a 20-foot Zeus rig Sean that's the real  question they can get out of control real easy and   start swinging if you're not careful Emma Watson  an area alone and Alex Kazan among the leaders along with Emma tall and Karen freyova  now this first log here is four feet tall   as they make their way to the second log it  is five feet tall and then that final log   five foot five inches for some ladies that's  well over two inches their height well Alex   Kazan and Laura Harbaugh are your leaders as  they approach that five and a half foot log   with the 100 pound bag and no problem for them  and Orbach and gazan will work their way back now   for round number two [Applause] Zan was a  little bit faster off the ring muscle ups   round one we'll have a carry has moved up as  well as she is hustling back to the race and   Kevin Kerry is now passed gazan and Kerry  looks to be the first one back to the Rings but Kerry coming in in eighth place overall these ladies have done 50 chest of our Pull-Ups  they did 36 bar muscle ups six legless rope climbs   and now they've got 35 ring muscle ups ahead  of them today now Emma Carey it's back to the   bag for the second time Alex Kazan lower Horvath  behind her followed by Emma Lawson and Ariel lowen Brandon is off along with  Paige powers and Elisa fuliano more about this up and over Sean you  forget about the running element in this   test you know we talk about running  with a 20 pound and a 14 pound vest   during hero workouts but these ladies  are hauling a hundred pound sand back   on their shoulder dumping it over a  lock that might be taller than them [Music] [Applause] 45 kilos 100 pounds in that bag now  Alex gazan will be the second woman   to finish and Laurel orbath will  head back to start round three four five foot seven 154 pounds walking between  logs to shake out those arms I know she's maybe   not the best in the field at ring muscle  ups so this is a strategic move from her   here Here Comes Emma Carey who continues  to make up time here on this transition   we were talking earlier to competition director  Adrian Bosman he said it's kind of surprising to   these athletes how much distance they have to  cover during this test so they often Overlook   that element of it yeah for real the field is  not short there's a lot of crown being covered G-Shock is giving you a chance to win a new  G-Shock watch across that level one seminar   and more than 400 across that swag scan  the QR code on the screen now terms and   conditions apply Laura Horvat back in the lead  starting to separate herself from the field here   in round three of five now Paige Powers  has moved up Paige powers in second place   along with Emma Kerry and Alex gazan so Laura  Horvath coming into this event with a 48 Point   deficit that she needs to make up on Emma Lawson  if she wins she would pick up 100 points in order   to erase that in one Fell Swoop she would  need Lawson to finish outside the top 10.   Corvette did play sixth at the Rogue  Invitational in the Goblet event our   girl Emma Lawson the leader there in the white  sports bra happened to take first the horbath   is up and over the final log and now she  will head back for round four Paige powers   just dropped the bag off her shoulders  he's got to hoist that thing back up Horvath walking in between logs again behind her  bottom of your screen was gazan kind of lightly   jogging there is Emma Watson your overall leader  who right now sits in fifth place in this heat   you don't really think about it Sean but they  essentially have to do almost a bar muscle up   over each and every one of these logs to get  up and over so you're accumulating many reps   between each of these rounds 15. Royal Bath  is back to the Rings for her fourth round of   seven muscle ups of the 37 rep Mark she'll drop  down and go back to bag number four you see a   huge hip-hop leading with the hips kicking  the feet behind her to help Elevate her to   a lockout position on top of the Rings again the  Rings are hanging from a 20-foot rig Rogue Zeus   Laura Horvath is assaulting this test and she is  starting to really separate herself from the field   she has to Sean 48 points behind our leader Emma  Lawson starting to pick up the pace a little bit more about this up and over and remember  she's also trying to hold off Ariel Lowe and   Owens only 13 points back of her for second  place and right now the lowen sits at third   in this heat Laura Horvath is about to  lap Alexis Baptist Alexis Baptist in the   previous round could not get her last sandbag  over the five foot five inch log and you see   Lexus raptis can't even clean the sand back to  her shoulder right now Sean just blasted the   Raptors is the only other woman besides Horvath  and Lawson to where the leaders jersey and Laura   Horvath is now heading back for her Fifth and  final round as Emma Lawson has just started her   sandbag portion of round four we knew this might  happen she was gonna be better on the ring Sean   however she took nine in ski back and Laura  Horvath took first in that event or Horvath   has a history of doing very well here in the North  Park and tests have involved just pure grunt work Lawson is up and over she's got her eye on Horvath Emma Lawson five  foot five 140 pounds we talked about Laura   being two inches taller 14 pounds heavier when  you're carrying odd objects over a tall object   that's significant well we're about final  muscle ups he's done and now the weight   of the bag will increase 125 pounds 56 kilos and  Laura Horvath is looking at yet another test win   here at the CrossFit Games she already has three  including a win yesterday in the Olympic total   between the two of them have won five of the nine  tests here so far right muscle up to go behind her Laura handling that red bag no problem  this second log here five foot tall the good thing about having everybody out on the  field at the same time Horvath can take her time   here she does not need to hurry but right behind  her because yeah no problem getting that red bag   over the lock Alice Kazan right now is in second  place but she is over one of the three logs now   how about over the final walk she's got to climb  up and over and load that bag across the finish   line and Horvath can't get up our muscle up  the technique support us got to get up and   over any way she can and she will this should  be no problem across the Finish Line as Laura   Horvath looks to pick up her fourth test win an  inch closer to the top of the overall standings and now we will wait and see what Emma  Lawson can do so 100 points will go to   Laura Horvath so you had to carve 48 off of  that lead by Lawson now Alex gazan sits in   second she's going to get herself across  the Finish Line she'll pick up 95 points Kazan coming in in sixth place overall look  at the punch into the top five so Ariel   lowen looks to be the next woman to finish he's  towards the top of your screen now Paige powers   is dead even with Emma Watson is on the  left side of your screen up and over   low and five foot three inches tall this log  is five foot five Sean Here Comes Emma Watson trying to put some pressure on aerial  low and lowen is already up and over   Lawson had to move a bag out of the  way as lowen's going to get across   so low it's going to take third  Here Comes Paige powers in fourth now Emma tall is gonna finish and here comes  Emma Lawson the Lawson is going to take sixth   place that's 75 points Aloha carving 25 off of  that 48-point lead Lawson will still be your   overall leader Elisa fuliano at the bottom  of your screen having some trouble with   that bag over the final auger cup Emma Carey  Catherine David's daughter [Applause] as well Juliano's really struggling  with that bag [Applause]   but Carrie Here Comes shall we kneel and  Catherine Davis honor David's daughter   has the bag up and over and Catherine Davis  otter let's take a look at Gabby mcgawa David Sotter is going to get in [Applause]   mcgawa took eighth Daniel Brennan  took seven [Applause] [Music]   no Shelby Neal and Elisa fuliano both  still struggling with the bags [Applause] just hoisted her back up and over Emma Perry is  now across in a race with Andy thoris daughter   you can just see the struggle  here that's Olivia Kirsten are   the youngest woman in the field at 17 years old and now raptis is in you still have six competitors out on the floor  Shelby deal on the Lisa puliano had finally got   their bags over deal is across at the far end of  the field that was Emily Rolfe who just came in [Applause]   now Olivia kerstetter comes across the finish line there's Bethany Flores he's going to be our  last woman out on the field but dealing with   a lot of back issues this season she has and  this is an odd object just compressing on that   spine Sean she's not a tall athlete either  so she's just kind of handling it she's got   her belt around her waist you know as best  as she possibly can let's not forget this   is test number 10. she's done nine events  nine tests prior to this one Bethany Flores we'll get across [Applause] it Paige semenza  is still out there that is pretty cementza she will be the last one sebenza it's to hurry up here to get  in inside that 13 minutes   up and over now less than  10 to go she might make it and she does the entire field gets it  inside the 13-minute time cap Lord picks   up her fourth test win and moves closer to  that woman Emma Lawson shaving 25 points   10 women on the competition floor for this second  and a final lead to Ariel lowen is in lane four   third place overall right now 87 points up  on Alex gazan 23 points out of that podium let's go down to Nikki Brazier with more I  had a chance to catch up with Ariel lowen in   the warm-up area back and she said she  normally does not pay attention to the   leaderboard during competition but she knows  where she's at and so she's going to give it   her all and make a run for the podium if she  ends up keeping that third place spot she   will be the fifth woman ever in CrossFit Games  history to stand atop the podium as a mother and the Lawson and Laura Horvath still battling  for the top spot Lawson has a 23-point lead   over four Bob four bath was able to shave 25  points off of that deficit in the prior test   we are underway time to beat belongs to Danielle  Brandon at 8 48.42 seconds you start with the trip   up and down those parallel bars and now the  30 heavy rope Dubliners you've used that rope   what is it like compared to just a normal jump  rope that people will use an everyday workouts   slightly awkward it's not the Rope that's actually  heavy it's the handles so that's what tacks the   grip and that also is what attacks the shoulders  and then when you have a heavy handle in your   hand the timing and the accuracy of your jump is  just that much more specific and of course you   got the heart rate it's it it increases the heart  rate tremendously and so you have to just kind of   figure out how to breathe through all of that and  relax as much as you possibly can Alexis raptis is   in the leader along with Laura Horvath and Ariel  loans Emma Lawson is one of the last women done   with her first of eight sled Bulls here trying she  struggled on the turn of the Traverse so we'll see   as athletes you know she may not have the the  ability here to work on a Traverse back at home   um and so they're trying to figure it out on  the Fly they've got eight rounds to do that she   was much faster on this second round than she was  the first so hopefully she can pick up some speed   here as we advance throughout this test Alexis  raptis is your leader right now in the Heat ball   by Ariel alone Raptor support meth all to their  second sled pull 200. 90 pounds on that sled now remember Sean the white part  of the floor is much more smooth   than the black so they want to keep some  the sled moving straight down the floor   they want to avoid hitting the black at  all costs [Applause] is now in the lead   back to the double unders for 30 more reps  or 32 scored reps per each round 256 total [Music] middle of your screen Lane six let's not  forget she was a rock climber Sean those four arms   know how to handle grippy things the heavy rope  should not be a problem for her and this hand over   hand sled toe I would say is definitely one of  those things in her wheelhouse Emma in the white   sports bra middle of your screen there our leader  red shorts is in dead last Sean in this heat she   and Gabby mcgawa are bringing up the rear here but  Laura Horvath is once again on the war path here   think about what you did last year making the  late charge to get herself onto the podium she   is dominating so far here on the final day to try  to put herself on top of the podium past the three   minute Mark timing is presented by G-Shock the  official watch of the noble CrossFit Games well   that has just one sled pull remaining to close  out her first set of four that she'll run the Rope   back down the floor and hook up to the second  and final sled unbroken set of double unders   you'll see Laura here green sports bra sitting  down on the floor middle of the screen pulling   the Rope hand over hand he's tracking right over  the toes as if it's a deadlift right you want   to push through that platform no we're about  all by herself working her way down the floor she wants that white leadership [Music]   cries she has been on an absolute Mission today  already has a test win under her belt earlier as now Alex gazan is going to be the  second woman down the fourth followed   by Ariel lowen and Catherine David's daughter  here's the thing Alex gazan 87 points out all   right Ariel Lohan coming down the floor and  the blue tank top there dragging her rope gymnastics background so you can take the  Traverse bar maybe a little bit faster than gazan   but I think Azan has a little bit more power  on the sled and she's been a little bit more   efficient on the double under we'll  see how she does here on the Traverse   I'm trying to walk away onto the podium but she's  got to put some distance between herself and Ariel   alone in order to chew into that 87 Point deficit  whoa robot is back onto the sled as Emma Lawson   is now just getting back Lawson right now is in  Luke eighth place in this heat and if that if that   continues Laura Horvath will be your new overall  leader heading into the 12th and final test   not as fast on that turnaround  she's just most girls you know it's a boom boom it's one hand goes  across and the other one meets it and she's   kind of hanging out on the end of the Traverse  Bar for a second or two and that's just more   time and her tension her shoulders are fatigued  her triceps are smoked her forearms are attacked   she's gotta pick up the jump rope [Applause]  hold that back to the double unders now and the Lawson moving on getting through  those double unders now watch this turn   she meets her other hand she hangs out for a  good one two seconds before she pops the other   hand onto the other side of the bar you have  to be a little bit faster than that [Music]   or back to the sled pool she'll have two more pulls after she completes  this meanwhile Catherine David's daughter   the sled dog has moved into second place David's outer coming in in  eighth place overall [Applause] don't worry about being well in the background  there in the all three is packed through the rope   and that's like the first rest I think I've seen  her take she's a full round ahead of Emma Watson   so Laurel robot look like she's gonna where the  white leaders jersey heading in to the 12th and   final test Laura horvatha there in the green  Sports World middle of your screen our leader   looks so relaxed take a look at her shoulder  position compared to Emma Lawson Emma Lawson   you see with every jump she's kind of lifting her  shoulders trying to get that heavy rope around and   down twice underneath her feet Laura just looked  so cool calm and collected breathing with each   and every rep this right here Sean is her Jam this  hand over hand rope pull being that rock climber   not a problem for her and we do know she loves  to move heavy objects think back to 2018 when   she made her rookie debut in the two-stroke pull  test where she reeled in Catherine Davis daughter   and that had a sled pull in it so she's had no  problem with that clearly and now she's back to   the parallel bars watch her transition here just a  quick slide over slide back and back down she goes what about back to the 30 double Enders  256 total score repetitions here Alex   gazan is now fighting with Catherine  Davidson for second place here in this   heat Emma Watson with that 23-point lead  over Horvath that's going to disappear Alex gazan and Alexis raptis for the third  and final spot on the podium this morning   those sandbags might have took a little bit  more wind out of her sail than we think Sean   test number 10. final sled pull here for Laura  Horvath and then one last parallel bar Traverse [Applause] and Laura Horvath two for two on Sunday and  will be number one with one test remaining perfectly executed Alex gazan has moved ahead  of Ariel lowen now for second place and we're   starting to get into the point where times  from the first heat are going to factor in   Danielle Brandon's time is now the second  best at 8 48.42 seconds 9 18.73 is where   Paige power sits in third so gazan is now done  she's gotta hurry if she wants to finish third   in this test and she's going to get in inside of  powers Time by about two seconds so 916.53 [Music]   here's Catherine David's  daughter as Emma Carey is across but Carrie and Davis down are helping  out gazan and now Ariel lowen is in Alexis raptis looking to finish up thank you and she is done [Music] now Emma Lawson in the middle of your screen has  finished her final sled bull [Applause] [Music]   she needed that she came in dead last after  round one shot 84 shotter former two-time   Champion that's competed in three different  decades at the cross against every time I say   that it just still does not set in the magnitude  of that achievement unreal I remember competing   next to her at the ranch in 2009 and I remember  every year after that Sean but the most impressive   thing to me was now being a mom myself of two  but she you know eight nine months postpartum   and the Epic moment that every crossfitter if  they were here or watching in 2022 her snatch   was the coolest thing to witness that night in  the Coliseum here at the Align Energy Center   in Madison Wisconsin Gabby McGowan is just about  done and you mentioned we've had a lot of iconic   moments here we just saw one with world and  friendikoff and then Annie Thor's Daughter   lift will certainly be one that people think about  when they think about the time we've spent here   at the Alliance Energy Center now Andy Thor's  Daughter [Music] is going to finish up and that   leaves Emma tall as the only one who left on the  floor and she only has one slide pull remaining two of the greats from Iceland right there  four total championships between the two   of them and it's Annie Thor's Daughter who  actually inspired Catherine Davis concert   after David's daughter saw what Andy was able  to achieve in 2011 and 2012. Community Sean surrounded by great people who genuinely care saw that play out earlier if  you watch I don't know what it's running about   so Abbott Hall is now done and she's got to get  across those parallel bars and over the Finish [Applause]   and Emma tall is in Laurel holdout picks up her  second test win of the day she'll earn 100 points   second and final Heat will Horvath will be in  Lane number five and you heard Tommy say that   once they hit the competition floor those  expressions are going to change and lower   horror maps looks like she is on a mission here  that's 12 it's the echo Thruster and Everyone   Hates Chris it hurts it hurts really bad for  time 21 1815 Echo by calories and thrusters   starts it with an 85 pound bar and goes up to 105  pounds then they take that 105 pound bar and they   lunge overhead with it 66 feet on the floor  recipe for success is delivered by Trifecta   what are you watching for here the claws are  going to come out Sean it's time to get Primal   and if you want it you gotta go get it man it's  up to you lay it out there there is a [ __ ] mouth oh can be ground fittest woman on earth Emma  Lawson can still catcher here in this final test Lawson just 22 points out [Applause]  low end Lane four 48 points out 21 calories here on the bike keep your eye on  the top of the screen the leader's name in The   Heat will be on the far left the number of reps  or calories that that athlete has completed would   be in the white box number of all the other white  boxes will indicate how far behind the leader that   athlete is currently this bike is Beefy this Rogue  Echo Bike takes legs it takes arms and it takes   about three key hopes arms and legs for even one  calorie to tick on that bike right now Emma Lawson   on the right side is your leader she's through 14  of those initial 21 count calories there are 119   total scored repetitions in this test and Lawson's  judges hand is in the Air Force signifying that   she is just about done Catherine David's daughter  a former two-time Champion sits in second starting   the game a little ground right now as David's  daughters about half a calorie ahead and then   the lawsuit another Lawson and David's honor  are off at the same time and now here comes out this is an 85 pound bar Sean a Thruster is  a squat below parallel followed by a Thrust   and a press out up overhead Emma Watson has a  22 Point deficit she's got to make up on Laura   Horvath which means she would have to get a couple  people between herself and Laura in order to make   up that deficit in one test and this is the final  test there is no tomorrow for Emma Lawson Laura   Horvath just needs it finished in fifth place or  better and there's nothing anybody else can do   and the time to beat is 722.25 seconds from Olivia  Kirsten you better believe the lady in the white   sports bra there knows exactly what she needs to  do to get on top of that Podium today Sean Orbach   and David zutter at the top of your screen  is Catherine David's daughter to the fight   about the same time 18 calories here they  got to get to the 60 rep Mark see Patrick   David's daughter there in the blue sports  bra blue shorts just kind of pushing down   on those handles pressing through the full  foot on the pedal breathing through it [Music] Emma Watson on the far right side of your  screen about the lead Pacer but not by much   only a couple of calories behind Laura who  is now in the lead again with the 60 rep mark   they'll move on to the next barbell that  weighs 95 pounds and complete 18 more thrusters [Applause] just about done now with those 18 calories she  has stood on the podium three times in her career   twice in second place including her rookie year  in 2018 and last year she put on a frantic charge   on the final day to finish in third place overall  she has already won the first two tests today now   Emma Carey on the left side of your screen  has moved into second behind Laura Horvath 18 thrusters 95 pounds on this Rogue C70  bar which is a shorter bar so it compresses   the weight ultimately making it feel slightly  heavier than a normal 35 pound women's bar would it's a squat below parallel followed by an  aggressive thrust of the hips to finally   press and lock the barbell up overhead you talk  about leg you talk about hips you talk about arms   you also talk about four four to extremity  a foundational movement here in CrossFit   and now Laura Horvath onto the bike for the  final time she's got 15 more calories to complete get your official 2023 Noble CrossFit Games gear  and score a bonus gift with purchase scan the QR   code to redeem and view terms and conditions and  let's not forget and we'll hold that close out   day number three with a win if she holds on to  this this could be four in a row Sean she won   the pig chipper she won the ski bag she won the  only total last night she won the muscle up bag   this morning she won the parallel bar pull now if you're wondering the most  consecutive wins for a woman is it's   Tia to me back in 2020 who won  five straight [Music] [Applause]   the assuming the sixth time for this woman  on Earth taking this season off to start a   family and we're going to be back next year but  right now it's Laura who is three calories away   I'm heading to the barbell for the final time  Emma Carey is not going to make it easier on   her have a carry is now done and she will be  first to the barbell and Emma Carey here down   in Lane number two bottom left side of your  screen has actually had the fastest splits of   the field when it comes to the barbell cycling it  at least two seconds faster than the next gal and   on Horvath exactly that two seconds every second  matters in the sport Sean this we know the top   two women on the screen are now Laurel Horvath  is managed to take a lead from Emma Kerry 108   reps as the Martha got hit hobart's going to take  a break that's this is fine because Emma Carey   is not factoring into the championship racer  horvats just has to stay close to Emma Watson   another Lawson now on the right side of  your screen just getting to the barbell here   Lawson in fifth place right now in the heat poor  Beth knows that there's a 66 foot lunge overhead   ahead of her I think that was a strategic move  just taking a moment taking a little bit of a   breath relaxing the legs relaxing the shoulders  relaxing the core [Applause] what about just   close out her set now she's gonna have to get that  barbell back overhead to Lunge it down and again   no need for her to hurry because she is ahead  of Emma Watson she's looking around [Applause]   Lawson on the right is still working on her  final set of prices now Laura harbat has the   barbell overhead Emma Carey and Catherine David's  on the top of your screen are working their way   down the floor and this could be a lunge to  the top of the podium for Laura [Applause] David shutter and Carrie are fighting  for the test win here but Laura [ __ ]   about the starting to gain ground  Gabby McAllen is out there as well Davis daughters in the lead now here comes  more holdout trying to move into second   but that's not the race that matters  she is going to win the one that does well Horvath has spent time training  at CrossFit Krypton in Virginia but   today the woman from Hungary is Superwoman  Laura Horvath is the fittest woman on Earth oh yeah 741.20 seconds good enough  for third place in the heat fourth   in the test and the top of  the crossing games podiums   as the rest of the women are working on their  final lunges here as Daniel Brandon is across Emma Watson is in she's looking  to keep herself on the podium Ariel lowen [Applause] is now done she will  probably wind up with a medal around her neck Alexis wrapped us who at one point was  the overall leader is in Alex Gazette he's the last woman out on the floor Catherine Davis daughter is going to  win the test 7 33.41 seconds for her   14th career win for David's daughter is Kazan is now done search to find the fittest is over   and it's that woman you're a horbach  first time in her career questions

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Published: Sun Sep 03 2023