Women’s Individual Event 1 — 2024 Europe Semifinal

and the 2024 CrossFit semifinal season is underway  we are Leon France as the individuals are taking   the stage for the first time we'll start with  that 800 meter run 10 clean and jerks as they   come inside all looking at each other the  barbs which I think that is a pretty cool   thing so they're out for their 800 meter run and  you know Lauren a lot of these athletes have been   working all year long to get to this position  four semifinals they've been training they've   got the the events a little earlier than normal we  we'll we'll say that but when we look at you know   we said a couple Partners have come on board with  Crossfit obviously it's like we're we're uh I'm   rocking my my go Ruck Runners at the moment which  I like cuz they you know they little little soft   in the step which you know on your feet all day  is kind of a nice thing but um when when you look   at what we have here to start things off is that  they're out for that and run how we're going to   Pace that out with these athletes I mean you have  a couple like Rebecca vid is in the first heat I   mean all this is coming from quarterfinal seating  so things will shake out it's only one event today   they'll Reed tomorrow but knocking off the cobwebs  getting the nerves out what I like about this one   is this isn't an event that you can have a small  mistake and have a big consequence you can figure   yourself out after round around versus say an  event like the Rope climb or the handstand walk   where a small misstep could be a massive problem  so I actually like this as a starting event for   these individuals yeah honestly I can agree more  it feels like the perfect scenario for harnessing   the emotional energy that undoubtedly you're going  to have stepping onto the floor for the first time   um and not just that it's a long time domain and  it's super it's stuff that we do every single day   in the affiliate we're cleaning okay maybe we  don't run every single day if I programmed that   people are going to get like leave the gym lost  all my members we we all know how to run it's a   really nice gentle introduction into what's going  to be a great weekend of competition and it feels   like real traditional CrossFit stuff like we're  back to the basics of everything you think about   that it's like okay what what is your abilities  that you gain if you do CrossFit itself it's   like well I can wrong long distance or go short I  can lift heavy or for high volume I can and I can   look good naked I mean let's honest that's that's  really what got me in the door to start things off   pure vanity is it and someone argue that has yet  to change as I'm sitting here in front of a camera   screen with a mic in front of my mouth as we talk  so yeah the vanity has only gotten worse over the   years uh for myself but what I like about this  is like yeah we can run long distance at a pretty   high intensity and we can cycle a barbell pretty  good at moderate weight as the individuals make   their way into the floor now how this is going to  go is that you're going to have to navigate around   around the arena into your barbell you can't just  take the shortest path there which you know we   know to be a straight line but the one's coming  in right you were in the door first but someone   actually might get to the bar the same as youon  and that is Ella Wilson Ella wison out of the UK   she has been such a key Athlete on the local scene  for a real period of time um she actually won an   open workout a couple of years ago anything that  is run lightweight high intensity that is her bag   Al Wilkinson I said out of the UK high performance  CrossFit which also has the longest team name I've   ever seen in my life that you guys have for your  teams it's absolutely ridiculous 5441 24 years old   like I said been on the scene still very young  so young she took last year off to focus on her   studies so this is the first time we've kind of  seen her back on the competition floor She said   I spoke to her in the buildup you know the UK we  a small crew of people and um basically it feels   to her like she's a totally different athlete now  to where she was competing a couple of years ago   um and her training's been very strength focused  which good news on this barbell I mean it's not   a massively heavyweight right but cycling that  over a period of time faue is going you're going   to need ele 50 cleaning JS at this weight in total  will add up like I said I think this reads a lot   more gentle on paper then it actually applies to  the competition floor as all athletes are done   with their first round of clean a jerk singles  across the board as we saw the athletes take   this on Ella was 350 there you go 350 for Ella  Wilson and that's with the run now it's 800 Mish   right there's things we know on CrossFit distances  always have an is behind it right 400 Mish swim   5K is run is that too soon who's an is H only  you can get away with us not for long right if   you guys don't see me ever again you'll know why  but it's it's going to be the same every tracker   is slightly different and every um every course  is going to have little inconsistencies because   of stadiums and I mean we can see the ageia  throw down doors you AG I I made a joke on a   post it just look like a Mario Kart course out  there at the the Far East Throwdown but they're   running the same race they're all doing the  same distance and we're not competing from   semi-final to semi-final so what each one does  differently doesn't really matter at the end of   the day and what it is is that we're testing that  aerobic capacity endurance and stamina as well as   barbell cycl at moderate weight one round done  I said Ella Wilkinson is currently in the lead   24 years old and uh top 10 finishes she has two  and this will be her second so first semi-final   was last year and this is now her second or uh two  two years ago I guess she had not made it the year   before yeah so she took a step back to complete  a being a university student um but interestingly   back in the day she used to like compete under  the jst compete kind of programming who now is   slightly obviously they had a games team and  they've got the high performance long name that   you're not particularly a fan of performance them  as well um but I guess more importantly her coach   at that time Jack H alongside Steve foret who  now is the hard pays off coach for Victor H and   we can see all of the success in the bill that  Victor has made over all the I mean talk about   the hype train pulling in for Victor Hofer  this year I mean you think he'd be winning   the CrossFit games based off how much people been  talking about him I'm so excited for him because   of all of the raw ingredients he has but I mean we  have to be and also I feel like there hasn't been   a young man that has been hyped up in this way  for such a period of time but we need to be so   careful about this because of the undue pressure  it puts on them as well I mean that's the part   about being an athlete right and I think that's  the that's the part of wanting to professionalize   the sport you can either professionalize the  competition the payouts the the marketing but   the athletes need to professionalize themselves  as well as being able to handle the pressure   the I mean that's what it comes with the  territory it's true all right athletes in still holding on to that little bit of  a lead coming in in fourth position there   has made us some on that Ella  Wilson top right part of your screen the moment and also a little closer about  two reps ahead for this 800 Le R ladies and gent   about two or three women that are trying to keep  Pace with her yeah i' I'd love to have a little   chat about Lane number 11 Connie EBY she's been  doing CrossFit for three years but this is her   debut she came in third behind Ella just then  which is really incredible she juggles a little   bit of coaching um but what's really interesting  is she's transitioned from Triathlon so it's a   kind of a completely different skill set obviously  the running comes into this particular workout but   her backstory is unbelievable and she spoke to  me and said she was willing to talk about it but   she stopped Triathlon because she had an eating  disorder that got so bad it put her in hospital   wow on a psychiatric W and she spends a lot of  her kind of social media presence now talking   about that experience and hoping it help others  but she puts down her entire recovery to CrossFit   she found a new goal and she realized to be  successful she needed to fuel and food and   Crossfit I mean might be assuming words here saved  her life I mean it's good to have those stories   out there and it's good for for other people  it's like it's not just a unique situation as   we've seen the power of CrossFit manifested in  so many different ways on the positive and it is   a life-saving training methodology yes we're  talking about it on a CrossFit show but like   that is truly what it is and and we've seen it  manifested in so many different ways and to see   that and then her on the big stage after this  I think is very powerful now I love everything   about the combination of the sports and what  we see in these big shows versus how closely   it translates to everything we see weekly in  an affiliate it's the the coolest thing in the world okay two rounds down going off into  our third round and we talk about athletes   prepping for the off seon and you know  all the work that goes into this forum   you know of course young athletes teen athletes  coming into competition here the teams the the   the individual the Elder Statesman gently gently  as I can I I can put that but um with the training   methodology itself it's like that's that binding  tool that keeps us all together that's why fans   are so engaged with the sport because though  I can't move as fast as you in five rounds   I still understand what that feels like and I  think that is the the cool B bond that we have   between competitors and Community do you want to  know what this one feels like do I want to know and it's like lot of myor our death is different  right it might be death on the runs death on the   barbell so we we die in two different ways  is uh we are two rounds down already into our   third round yeah they're making it look pretty  comfortable at this stage I would say it's not   but what is interesting it's such a big field  right this is half the field competing at once   so we've got a real variety of skill set out  there and we've got a lot of the debutants in   this heat as well well if you guys are tired  of our faces get your phones out because go   Ruck has an amazing opportunity if you an  affiliate owner scan the QR code now they   are giving away an opportunity to get 53 pairs  of rough Runners and wearing a right now there's   nothing rough about them they feel fantastic on  my feet but win free shoes for your affiliate   with goor Ruck enter to win scan the QR code 50  pairs of Ru runners or visit goruck.com for SL CrossFit Ella Wilkinson back onto the  competition right I got something for   you Lauren M I was talking about this with  Yumi earlier and when it comes to runs and   the way this course is set up with a couple  of switchbacks the fact that Ella Wilkinson   is in the position she's in is that though  they're all running the same she's out the   door first and may not be able to be seen by the  other to want to even try to chase her down she   might be primed in the best position possible  for just athletes not even being able to see   where she is to want to catch her and honestly  that we speak a lot about it in in cycling and   when there is a gap between the leading  and the chasing the psychological ability   to overcome the Gap plays into a huge part of  what's going to give you success a successful   outcome and being able to exert what you need  to clows and actually do that so you can still   maintain once reaching the leader that's alone  in an athlete's head is enough to put someone   off you need to have so much confidence in your  your running ability can maintain after running   under fatigue and that capacity it's really  interesting and obviously adding in the switch   backs is putting a slightly different strain on  the body than if you were just doing a straight   Loop which would inevitably be sub substantially  faster and wilus is extending her lead round to round lane 11 as you said Connie e out of CrossFit  highway looks like to be in second place as she   just goes out the door so another great story  out of the UK Georgina Davenport who just ran   around the outside to come to her barbell she  was on the CrossFit rodam team that went to   the games last year but more interestingly she  is a an international diving coach so going off   she's preparing team GB for the Olympics at the  moment no way yeah wow and she's just squeezing   in CrossFit semi-final you know in my off time  I'm just going to semi-finals yeah and then I   can't make the games this year cuz it clashes  with the Olympics you know yeah so sorry and on   the women's side too is that I think we have  11 rookies here this weekend in in a smaller   field than we had the previous year we took 60  last year now we only took 40 to semi-finals   well everything's Less in Europe this year less  athletes competing less spot at across the games   which I know is a point of contention for a lot of  athletes here because look let's face it Europe is   one of the most jam-packed talented semi-finals  regions in the world and they're getting less   spots this year yeah I know it's definitely  been a a subject of discussion amongst all the   coaching teams in Europe um but going back to your  earlier point about there being so many debutants   this year I think the programming in the quarters  and in the open has really aided that there was   limited exceptionally High skill movements  and it was much more geared towards your true   CrossFit Fitness and I think that really helps  especially younger Generations coming through   they haven't had the kind of time and capacity to  work on some of this high level stuff that we've   seen in the games over the years we've seen at  previous semi-finals and previous quarterfinals   um it's opened the door for a lot of new talents  and of course plenty of the slightly I'm not say   older Talent that's not what it is at all  but some of the more established faces not year three rounds down athletes out on the course  starting their fourth round every round starting   with that run finishing with the bar and it's  going to be interesting to see Ella Wilson has   led from the start has seemed to increase her lead  round after round sitting in that corner spot once   they come in I think it's I'd be curious to see  what the next Heat looks like if that's really   the sweet spot right can I get out ahead can I  get away from everyone's really viewing cuz once   you run in even though everyone can see each  other they're not going to be looking at each   other they're looking at the bar bouncing  and picking it up and so it just might be   a great spot to be as wilon makes her way back  into the stadium here at the ldlc arena and this   arena is filling up more and more as the minutes  go by we are just halfway through really day one   of competition here at the 2024 French Throwdown  it makes me so happy it's Friday you know we're   in the middle of a working day and already people  are coming in giving up that people with drums and   flag which is really cool part honestly fandom  in France is next level you know they bring the   flares they bring the drums the only time I've  ever been tear gassed at an event was in France   wait like honestly Phantom in France is mental I  don't think we're going to see that at a CrossFit   competition but listen CrossFit fans Lauren has  challenged you if you do not come in here can   just save the tear gas for the podium ceremony you  know we do we need to spice that up a little bit   let's let's not make that joke it's not it's not a  pleasant experience it's just a fun story anybody   that thought they needed an extra spot come in  here no I'm just kidding don't do that all right   wilon top part of your screen is out this is going  to be her Fifth and Final Round now here's the   thing there's only two Heats here typically we've  had with 40 you have four Heats of 10 two Heats of   20 yeah so e still in second I'm thinking third is  currently Rebecca V in Lane number seven she's had   real change this year ven um a new coaching  program she's now with Matt Torres of Ru strength   and it paid off with that incredible fifth awarded  to loser but she has had a few switches recently   trying to find what works for her maybe now this  little bit of consistency that she's finding is   going to get the best out of her she got one of  the last spots to the CrossFit games last year on   the bubble and that was the first time she'd ever  gone Indie now she kind of knows what to expect   so I don't expect to see her in that second piece  come tomorrow left side of your screen making her   way around the athletes she's in the black shorts  sitting in third overall behind EAS so your top   three Ella Wilkinson Connie e and then Rebecca FS  as you said coming off that fifth place finish at   w paloa I don't think anybody saw that coming  I mean she took 25th at the games last year   being her first season or first time making it  individually but to have that and to come back and   get fifth I think sets her up well this year at  semi-finals but you think about again the number   of athletes we have that have Games experiened Far  outweigh the number of spots that these athletes   will get to the CrossFit games and it is going to  be hard fought all weekend long to get inside that   top 10 isn't it just it's honestly terrifying I  I'm so excited it came for into two Capac I'm so   sad for those who are going to be so close yet not  going to make it but at the same time if you want   Jeopardy you want fight you want a sport that can  harness everything exciting and of like a Layman   like it it really sells the sport as something  that's very very tight and exciting to watch   which actually is is nothing but about like it's  a very good thing we are approaching the 20 minute   Mark here this is individual event number one for  the women we've had two team events today already   but as the individuals term we still have one more  team event to go today so they'll do their version   of this event as it'll be five rounds per time 800  meter run 15 worm thrusters as I try not to throw   up on my shoes trying to say that event and how  awful that's going to be these teams that event   won was it was a uh a potent test of teamwork and  fitness for sure got a little bit of of I say a   break with the lift but they're coming right back  this afternoon and just getting hammered again   it's a fullon schedule for the teams isn't it down  on the left hand side of your screen you've got   Burg Ross beond daughter youngster out of Iceland  with two reps to go she recently run the program   Crown competition that team that Invitational team  competition um out in meor what an outstanding   performance she's best described as a baby  she's she is 17 years I think she's probably   the youngest in this field her and Lucy mcgo But  Here Comes Ella Wilkinson out of high performance   CrossFit she is 10 cleaning jerks away to the  heat from taking Heat number one now knowing full   well there is a second heat of pretty formidable  including your reigning cross games Champion Laura Horvat Ella Wilkinson 24 years old out of  high performance CrossFit LED end to end so far five reps in and not a soul has stepped into  the arena to match her ladies and gentlemen so it   looks like Ella Wilson is going to set the time to  beat just as e makes her way into the arena I mean   I'm not biased but what a heat for UK CrossFit  and for two young women to be setting the standard   that's that's really exciting for the future of  the sport as well Ella Wilson unofficial time 2141 as you said 24 years old out of the UK Connie  EBY this is her first time here at semi-final   she's 20 years old cross it West Yorkshire and  here comes Rebecca vids in the bottom part of   your screen touch and go for vids Connie better  look over to the right Connie has four reps to   go but here comes Rebecca vidson oh vids we  have VI hanging on to the barbell three reps   to go V two reps left for easby But Here Comes  Von one more for v neck and neck and it's going   to come down we're going to have to see what  the official time is because that is nothing   but a photo finish between Rebecca vidson and  Connie EBY and that's what we're trying to see   the question was how do you manage the barbell do  I do five touch and go in singles do I do singles   all the way through and what Rebecca vids did  is exactly what some athletes are going to have   to do especially in the second heat it's just  hang on and try to get that done as quickly as   you can and she caught up about 15 seconds on  Eby hey Gip it and rip it baby so we've got a   tie in second place for EAS and vness they're  saying it's a tie on the floor so dead set wow   well well part of that too is that you know  we don't have chips for a Finish Line in this   particular event we do on the other ones but not  here so when it comes to a hand timer depending   on and again that's unofficial we don't know what  exactly what the official clocks will be based off   the hand clocks that they're going to go by but I  mean I couldn't tell you who won between the two   no done by final lock out now we know who won one  in this heat and that is Ella Wilkinson time of 2141 as we are approaching the 24 minute mark3  off and in this event it is a 30 minute time   cap and talking to Adrien Bosman this morning  Lauren is that time caps can be used in a mult   mude of different ways one of them could be in a  way that allows everybody to experience the full   bre of the event itself everybody should  do the runs and the cleaning jks because   if you don't I don't want to say there's an  advantage to say getting last but there is a   physical advantage of like not being as beat  up as everybody else and a Time cap extended   is it's 30 minutes here for this that nobody's  going to need on the flip side is a Time cap   that's much shorter it's going to force the pace  of the event completely and it has mental effects   as well right like sometimes you see a really  long like time cap and you go oh okay depending   what the rest of the field can do maybe I can  take the foot off a tiny bit there's space here   there's time um whereas some people will force  themselves to the Oblivion of a tight time cap   regardless and it all plays into like the mental  approach to workout which will come down to an   individual believe it or not the shoes are off  minutes to go oh yeah classic 30 minute 2453 unofficial just last couple  of athletes coming in now to   close out their clean and jerks Kara  salandra onto her final R she GES 251 unofficial reps to go for clean wait for the  women's 125 10 reps each round for 50 reps   total to go along with the 2 and2 miles of  running is is of course in your experience   having done this workout bit of a battering on  the legs a lot of compromised running the kind   of is there enough time to be fresh coming into  tomorrow cuz they got quite a big gap it's only   been one event these guys are used to doing three  to four training sessions a day but where do you   think this kind of Ls I think this isn't outside  the skis of anything they've usually done in a   typical trading J and the nice thing here is that  if it were Bren a shorter run where the intensity   needs to be higher versus just managing fatigue if  it was a barbell weight that you had to cycle and   especially if you had to squat for like if this  was thrusters yeah well which it will be for the   teams which it will be for the teams right we have  a new score on the board and that's 2141 from Ella Wilkinson and we're off heat number two  individual vent number one for the women   taking on five rounds 800 me run and 10 clean  and jerks at 125 the time to beat set in Heat   number one 2141 by Ella Wilkinson as the  athletes will make their way out on the   course did you know where my eyes have gone  immediately Lane number 19 T helot holding   that spot T hel are holding down for the daughters  in general I mean I think this is the first time   since the Regionals era which was pushing 13 plus  years that Annie Thor hasn't been competing cat   David's daughter hasn't been competing and Sarah  sigman's daughter who just recently told us that   she will not be competing T Helga daughter in my  opinion has been the Lost daughter for a long time   competing in the 2012 Crossing games for the  first time when I tried to say her full name   which was just a disaster absolute disaster we're  no mad Jacob noad I know who but who is really   noad jerson but T hod I think is one of the most  underrated not just Daughters of the of the crew   but just athletes in general her longevity her  success but when you look at an event like this   track and field background coming into the sport  and all the Olympic weight lifs she does in the   offseason this lines up very well for an athlete  like T yeah so you heard that um Laura hver had   been competing in the European weightlifting  championships the only other cross that was   there was T helter M no so the fact that she is  in Lane 19 once again proves that there there's   no guarantee that that's the faster Lane it could  just be a fast athlete and and then alongside in   lane 18 mu and vro who obviously took the open  this year complete unknown that's the big question   mark for her right it's like okay we know that  she did well in the open and then managed those   expectations a bit in quarterfinals and now here  on the semi-final stage for the first time right   a lot of a lot a lot of success in high rocks  events that oddly enough doing cross it made her   better out who knew who knew that but what it does  very functional movements at high intensity makes   you better at functional fitness but I'm s she  has a huge running background right yes so this   the the element for me on this for her will be  the barbell work because that's something that's   only really come into her training schedule  in the last couple of years is she's always   done a bit of CrossFit than never to the capacity  required a semi-finals level so this workout will   be a great test of one extreme strength of hers  versus something that she's learned in the last   couple of years well and this is a great event  to put that to the test as you said is that with   that bar belt not a heavy weight but it is for  high volume and the weight definitely you start   to feel it more as those those rounds and those  runs come on so your athletes now making their   way at a very very fast pace this is not slow at  all just at the minute Mark to separate at stage   don't forget so Amy kingle was the first to the  barbell another UK based athlete and she trains   out of aod in Worcester so they also have a  team here today it's not dis similar to the   jst high performance center group they've got a  couple of very strong individuals surrounded by   a lot of good individuals who come together  as teams and can make impact now Jenny m is   actually first to her barbell she's in the top  right corner in the purple shorts and black top   she's hting in Lane one where she has the longest  to run inside the arena where you're talking about   earlier kingles off she's got a good aerobic base  background and then Here Comes Mir in the yellow   and black so she's sitting in second overall  also out back mir's in sorry mir's in third in the lead as she heads out in fth position but  it wasar that is sitting in second so Von Roar   is sitting in second as she had that bright  yellow top and she was one of those athletes   screaming in the arena not literally screaming  but screaming at speed in the arena because look   if you want to have the reality of measuring this  event versus something that Miriam Von Roar has   experienced and a lot successes and we mention it  rock where it's multiple rounds of a thousand me   run and then right and then an exercise so now  this is yeah this is one that what a great way   to basically set foot on the semi-final floor  for the very first time in an event like this   is good for her so and it could have been worse  right it could have been the max lift or the high   skill or something like this and for her success  a lot and especially for rookie athletes is can I not get shaken by the first event whether  it's success or failure when it comes to   that and I mean I don't think she could have  been set up better than this first event for   a young athlete she's probably one of the  most impressive people I've come across in   a really long time she is completely laser  focused which at that age we know the kind   of toll that can take on younger athletes  and she went okay I'm the European champion   of hiero I'm going to go and race the hiero  world championship she dedicated her entire   life to doing that and then unfortunately at  World Championships had to withdraw due to a   back issue that she couldn't kind of keep hold of  and like halfway through she just said I can't do   this anymore and um having spoken to her and  her coach she actually took a huge step away   to the point where she didn't get on a rower  she didn't go for a run she didn't touch a w   ball or a kettlebar carry for over 7 months  because mentally after everything she'd put   into it and for it to blow up like that she just  she just went no and so I you might even ask   that wasn't the best prep for them coming to a  full CrossFit season but what it did is it shifted   her Focus to the strength element doing strength  cing somewhere in the middle there she went no   I'm going to give CrossFit a good go this is now  my focus so she did race one major out in Vienna   but you know she finished mid pack it was you know  a really admirable performance but clearly that   wasn't her Focus her Focus has been this and  only this and when she's focused on something   we're talking laser you know she's not looking at  anything else well then say okay she's rookie here   is like true but she's not a rookie to experience  you talking about her world champion success like   that transfers over and it's funny cuz usually  we'll see the opposite like I did cross it for a   long time and then I found a new sport that I got  good at because I did this functional training and   I can just kind of adapt to other things and she's  almost going the opposite way but she's been able   to do all of this at such a young age Amy cringle  Lane five first back in after the run oh kringle's   going touch and go in the bar 125 on the bar 10  reps to do so cringle has opened up a substantial   lead on the other athletes around her and we saw  Rebecca vids in the previous heat go touch and go   on the last round only and it looks like kingle  did a set of about six to start things off and   it's starting to cool off a little bit but AB  cringle bottom right side of your screen by is   your leader ladies and gentl as she will make her  way around the arena and out the door the next two   that were chasing her down was Mir and Von Roar  Mir and Von Roar in the bright yellow and black   at the top middle part of this Arena was much  closer at the first round as Kringle has opened   up a substantial lead what is in the water in the  UK and There She Goes Ella Wilkinson and cringle   two athletes that compete against each other on  the national circuit know each other intimately well you got a pack of four athletes out the door   to chase Amy Kringle yeah it looks  like Claudia em in that group of four Jenny M who's about to exit she's in those  pink shorts as she is getting outside for her   third round of five as we are approaching the 9  Minute Mark time to beat 2141 by Ella Wilkinson   in the first heat but Amy kingle one of those  athletes that have been on the cusp or the up   and cominging that could potentially be a games  athlete in the future and it's more of like can   she put all the pieces together can she fill  those holes that have been keeping her out of   the games and I think her name has come up a few  times that has an opportunity to make the cross   games for the first time 100% she's always had  a huge hype coming in as one of Europe's kind of   next women and I think maybe to a certain extent  there was always a little bit of a a doubt in in   herself that she was capable of doing those things  but she's been working very closely with the group   at aod out of blueprint again it just goes to show  what a settled environment do I think she ended   up moving down there this time last year but now  a year in amongst that kind of environment every   single day and having the same coach for a number  of years and all of that thing feeds into your   self-belief and your systems that what you're  doing is going to pay off you know plus she's a   demon on her run well Amy kingle this is her third  semifinal two event wins in the semifinal era that   was the first event in 2022 and event five last  year in 2023 which oddly enough had some 800 met   runs in it or one but you know no she's been a  very impressive athlete and probably one of the   highest profile CrossFit figures I mean in the  UK I say Europe she she for example went to the   airport on her way over to France and she was on  the front of a magazine oh wow Women's Health okay   you know that'll do it she is probably having to  deal with things that a lot of athletes don't have   to deal with when it comes to not like our press  the inner CrossFit ecosystem press but actually   the Press at large and I can't imagine what that's  like as an athlete having that on the side as well   not just Amy though like we spoke about Jen mure  she last year came onto the scene debut on she was   in Berlin we were like oh we wonder what Jen can  do but you know it's her first year and then she   went and took an event win and we were the first  like whoa Jen hold up which had a lot of machine   work you had the bike you had the ski you had  the runner yeah I mean for Jen it was all about   gymnastics progression right she had a real hard  time with the muscleups last year in Berlin Amy   cringle back in and from what she's told me  it's like those holes over the course of last   year has really been fill Gabby Amy cringle still  going with the touch and goal same thing she did   allas in round two is Gabby mcgall has moved into  second place Emma tall just behind her so Gabby M   left side of your screen in the green Emma tall  passing her in the blue Amy Kringle on the right   side of your screen however just a handful of reps  to go to close out round number three go for Amy I   am loving Emma tall and how much of a fall she's  becoming or has always been but never really been   celebrated in European CrossFit Emmy cringle at  the 12 minute Mark is off to her fourth round   as she is still maintaining her lead as she's  running past Gabby mwa and emal who are trying   to keep Pace with her for first place in this  heat this is event number one for the women Heat   number two 2 2141 is the time to beat set by Ella  Wilkinson and it looks like Gabby maaba is moved   into second place as she's trying to keep Pace  with Amy Kringle on the move and she's chasing   mwa is now done so Amy cringle Gabby Mawa Emma  tall third round on to their fourth 800 meter   run and that chase pack of five has now moved  down to two and they're pretty spread apart   themselves this could be an absolutely huge  resolve for Amy kingle when you think about   the company she's keeping up there in the  in the leading group Miriam Von Roar is   just exiting in the yellow and black Jenny  Mur on the left side of your screen in the   is actually ahead of all of these ladies as far  as pace is concerned because m is at the top in   lane 18 Jenny's in Lane one so she is having to  run further inside not further overall further   inside to get back outside so that is the one  unique element about this since they're all   facing each other they're all running the same  distance some just run a little further outside   while they actually run the same outside but  how they get to their barbell or where they   start is the Difference Maker it was the  safest way to do it right to do and the way a couple of other athletes that a great  see back out on the floor jacn dolom yes   um after being on that bubble point and and  dropping out in the final workout of Berlin   last year not punching her ticket to the games  despite being a perennial returner she's back   out and looking for or to make a big impact  she's changed her coaching team as well she   was always with the program and her boyfriend  John singles now she's moved to the hard work   pays off Camp still training out of a box in New  York c23 with the same group around as she always   has but with um programming and support from  the hard as we move to our fourth round here   for event number one for the women the field is  getting stretched more and more as we had some   breaks in the arena while everybody is running  and depending on the pace we see we may see   Amy kingle make her way in before the last athlete  leads you can see Lucy mcal on the right side of   your screen in the white top brown short 17 years  old Three Time Crossing games athlete won the 14   15 division aged up to 16 17 wins that one and  Lucy mcal I think is one of those athletes that   we've seen we've seen a lot of young success  for the the some American team females Luis mle   could be that next one in Europe in Europe yeah  and there was so much talk this time last year   about what camp she was going to go with cuz she  was still training out of Ireland and was kind of   quite comfortable but we knew that people were  approaching her she's finally settled with the   proven Camp um I was speaking to her the other day  and she was saying like how mindblowing it is to   be able to go up to and talk to and ask her advice  from all of like her Idols in the sports in that   camp um and she's really enjoying that process at  the moment you got to remember she's still super coming back the out of irand 17 years old her  worst finish place last year was actually event   number one at the semifinal so not uncommon  to really see that but Amy Kringle as we   thought in the door but Gabby mwa has closed the  distance onor in that fourth run aming cringle   going touch and go the first few sets Gabby mwa  left side of your screen in the green sticking   with singles here comes emal emal in the blue  bottom part of your screen sitting in third Amy   Kringle four reps left to go right side of your  screen white top blue shorts oh touch and go here   comes the touch and go it's back two more reps to  go for Pringle five reps to go for Gabby mwa Gabby   mwa Gabby mwa won the European semifinal last  year and cringle is done right about 1635 Gabby   mall with two reps left to go and has two Laura  Horvath just getting to her barbell Laura Horvath   is in the all black left bottom corner of your  screen Gabby mwa is aome mwa is about 15 seconds   behind Kringle and cringle's Pace looking a little  bit slower than she has the first four rounds this   gabin mwa may be able to close that distance a  little bit more like she did on the four fourth   one I think this is exceptionally welled by mwa  she she knows that she can take advantage of the   last rounds due to her out and out fitness her  ability to continue working until later into   the the time domain emall sitting in third she  just went out the door for her Fifth and final run em David shuni the couple that  just seem to go through every roller   ride physically possible and so Emma's here  with David who didn't make semifinals which   is madness given the skill of that man  but he's here as a course system and   a back carrier this weekend for Emma SL  coach alongside Philip bisgard who um is   the coach of is back the floor approaching the  18-minute mark J L horv out the door J M 800 me run there you go Andrea Solberg out on the  floor in Lane number two Andrea soberg right   side of your screen in the blue pants white  top one of those athletes that's trying to   get back to the CrossFit games so I am I was  out in uh the UAE with her at the end of last   year there was a small Oslo contingent the big  Oslo massive call them that from now on # oow   masses Oslo masses start the hashtag now  she won I think it was all but one event   at that competition we were at and it was  it was a field that was pretty deep with   her like her own country women um but she just  when she does have a result just fees up gets   better and better she's not a leaderboard  Watcher as I found out the hard way do not   tell that you told her where he was yeah I did  that with Valerie Bal once and I never did it again poly tan as well another youngster um Irish  but training with Rob like the seminar staff from   up abine where Rogue Invitational com now we just  do word association I just say a word and Link it   to someone hey that's how we do it right all right  we are slowly getting to that 20 minute Mark we're   at 1920 right now 2141 is the time to beat set by  Ella Wilkinson in Heat number one but the question is is Amy cringle going to have the lead she  had going out over Gabby mwa or is Gabby mwa   going to close that distance on Amy cringle and  what is that race on the last 10 reps going to   look like we saw in heat One Rebecca vids was  able to hold on for all 10 Amy Kringle has been   going touch and go every round for about four  to five reps and then going to maybe doubles   and singles towards that Gabby mwa has only  done singles this entire time could we see   the same thing like we didn't heat one where  has Amy maxed her potential on the bar and   is Gabby saving it Lucy mcle right side your  screen coming in for her fourth round of clean Jer and we heard that they're just oh there it  is now here's the thing pringle's going to get   to her bar first but Gabby mwa is going to get  about at the same time this is going to be m   is going to have to be touch and go from  both ladies and they will a chance Gavin   Mawa cycling the bar for the first  time Kringle drops the bar here comes mwa kingle cycle rate is so fast hand in the air  for mwa kingle drops the bar again can Gabby hold   on Gabby mwa three reps to go Gabby drops the bar  three reps to go for Kringle Gabby mwa two cring   two here comes Gabby mwa go one more rep to go  for Gabby and it'll be Gabby MC at 2110 with   Amy Kringle just behind her at 2113 aming that is  why we love this sport Mings that was awesome has   for all to come down to the barbell how Gabby  played every single round just eating into the   time now Laura horbett has been just lurking in  the back for the last three rounds she's in the   bottom left corner but we have a race for third  place against the clock and it looks like Ella   Wilkinson's time will stand so Ella Wilson will  take third emal is done so emal third in the   heat but labat is trying to get into that top  five in this heat potentially top five in the event go you might remember last year with  Laura semifinals Jen M we talked about it   Lauren before it ever happened we knew Jen  M would be last in but she is first to the   bar Jen M top right side of your screen will  actually take a top five finish in this event   and straight after her was Laura horv and I  don't know if you remember last year Laura   did just ease through the opening day she didn't  make any big statement she didn't have to go and   win anything she just kept it cool casual and did  what she needed to do Laur hor I think one of her   worst finishes was actually the first event last  year at the 2023 European CrossFit Champion uh   European semi-finals where she took 23rd in that  event so a much better start for lur Horvath this   year than last year but how about Gabby maawa  said this was the first this was the one she was   looking forward to the most we can see why yeah  we can see why great Runner so good on the barbell   she'll have her Challenge on day three I believe  it's day two with those legless rope climbs so not   out of the woods yet for Gabby mcalla those have  posed an issue for in their past but I was talking   to her coach about it yesterday and he says that  is the thing of the past I'm I'm coming right   back at you chase I had that same conversation  with them in Berlin last year and last year she   absolutely dominated the ROP SL workout because  guess what she's worked on it it's not something   that she's let drag through the years I think  there's much less of a concern around that for her 2332 Claudia Gluck bottom part of your screen  working through her last set of cleaner jerks   Here Comes T Helga daughter she's just coming  in for the run so she's going to run around to   her bar her bar is all the way on the backs side  as she'll be in Lane 19 makes her yep Lane 19 at   AC cross it sport she's now currently working  with Andre HUD in the um no shortcuts train   so that's alongside like y Hoster and of course but I think she's found a bit of a family  there that maybe she hasn't had in previous years   these ladies still well time C for this event is  30 minutes so all athletes have plenty of time   to get through this and yeah you think about t  over the years is that she's never really been   in a big training camp not a lot of Fan Fair  with who's coaching her or where she's training   and she's always been yeah like you said kind of  doing it on her own yeah and man on ages she is   another of training Partners not quite opposite  one each other one another on the grid but near enough impressive is done for  francisa she has one rep to go hog out of cross rosenheim 5 minutes left to go and I  believe it it be just could be Lucy mcgonagle which will be a tough start for she had  a rough start last year of the 60 athletes that   were competing last year in event number one that  was Lucy's worst finish as she took 55th out of   those 60 so not unfamiliar territory for her still  finished well overall at the semi-finals last year   and with five events still remaining still a lot  of time for her to shine as she there's a couple   of gymastics events that are coming up that  she can make up ground on she took first in   the European semifinal in quarterfinals in 24.3  which was all gymnastics based with the handstand   pushup climb toes to it's Lucy McGonigal 10 reps  away to close out her first event of the weekend   yeah be interesting to have a chat with her after  this because I know coming into last year it was   a bonus right she was still competing teen and it  was just like a feeler this time I can imagine now   she's Elite level it's still kind of a feeler  but having done it once does that mentality   change you want to go in for the big wins or is  this still just like a learning experience for   her her hand is up and she's closing out  three reps remaining three Reps for Luc McGonigal she's almost there  final rep for mcgonagal Lucy mcgonagal 2656 unofficial

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Length: 53min 32sec (3212 seconds)

Published: Fri May 17 2024