After somewhat of a battle on Day One, five-time reigning Fittest Woman on Earth®, Tia-Clair Toomey, went from eighth place overall on the leaderboard at the end of Day One to third place as Day Two drew to a close. Mal O’Brien finished a second-straight day in first place for the Individual Women. 

In the Individual Men’s portion, Ricky Garard maintained his first-place lead ahead of defending Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros. Jeffrey Adler threw himself into the mix near the top after scoring 100 points in the jerk portion.

Here is the leaderboard and results for every division and event from Day Two in Madison, WI: 

Individual Men

1. Ricky Garard [Australia] —449 points
2. Justin Medeiros [USA] — 387 points
3. Roman Khrennikov [Russia] — 374 points
4. Lazar Dukic [Serbia] — 341 points
5. Patrick Vellner [Canada] — 328 points
6. Jeffrey Adler [Canada] — 322 points
7. Nick Matthew [USA] — 304 points
8. Noah Ohlsen [USA] — 299 points
9. Dallin Pepper [USA] — 284 points
10. Uldis Upenieks [Latvia] — 284 points
11. Samuel Kwant [USA] — 280 points
12. Saxon Panchik [USA] — 279 points
13. Will Moorad [USA] — 278 points
14. Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson [Iceland] — 277 points
15. Spencer Panchik [USA] — 272 points
16. Jonne Koski [Finland] — 267 points
17. Jayson Hopper [USA] — 260 points
18. Cole Sager [USA] — 253 points
19. Jay Crouch [Australia] — 239 points
20. Guilherme Malheiros [Brazil] —237 points
21. Willy Georges [France] — 234 points
22. Henrik Haapalainen [Finland] — 226 points
23. Travis Mayer [USA] — 226 points
24. Alexandre Caron [Canada] — 219 points
25. Cole Greashaber [USA] — 208 points
26. Enrico Zenoni [Italy] — 206 points
27. Timothy Paulson [USA] — 201 points
28. Tudor Magda [USA]  — 199 points
29. Colten Mertens [USA] — 191 points
30. Austin Spencer [USA] — 188 points
31. Brent Fikowski [Canada] — 188 points
32. Guillaume Briant [France] — 182 points
33. Andre Houdet [Denmark] — 163 points
34. Kealan Henry [South Africa] — 157 points
35. Moritz Fiebig [Germany] — 144 points
36. Alex Vigneault [Canada] — 142 points
37. Bayden Brown [Australia] — 132 points
38. Agustin Richelme [Argentina] — 82 points
39. Giorgos Karavis [Greece] — 78 points
40. Arthur Semenov [Russia] —30 points

Individual Women

1. Mallory O’Brien [USA] — 396 points
2. Emma Lawson [Canada] — 373 points
3. Tia-Clair Toomey [Australia] — 355 points
4. Arielle Loewen [USA] — 342 points
5. Danielle Brandon [USA] — 344 points
6. Kristi Eramo O’Connell [USA] — 335 points
7. Haley Adams [USA] — 326 points
8. Matilde Garnes [Norway] — 314 points
9. Alexis Raptis [USA] — 307 points
10. Gabriela Migala [Poland] — 302 points
11. Amanda Barnhart [USA] — 284 points
12. Thuridur Erla Helgadottir [Iceland] — 277 points
13. Emma McQuaid [Ireland] — 276 points
14. Brooke Wells [USA] — 267 points
15. Kara Saunders [Australia] — 259 points
16. Lucy Campbell [United Kingdom] — 258 points
17. Laura Horvath [Hungary] — 253 points
18. Paige Semenza [USA] — 251 points
19. Ellie Turner [Australia] — 244 points
20. Jacqueline Dahlstrom [Norway] — 234 points
21. Karin Freyova [Slovakia] — 220 points
22. Rebecca Fuselier [USA] — 219 points
23. Carolyne Prevost [Canada] — 213 points
24. Paige Powers [USA] —212 points
25. Elisa Fuliano [Italy] — 204 points
26. Seher Kaya [Turkey] — 200 points
27. Dani Speegle [USA] — 200 point
28. Baylee Rayl [USA] — 198 points
29. Alex Willis [USA] — 191 points
30. Freya Moosbrugger [Canada] — 176 points
31. Seungyeon Choi [Republic of Korea] — 172 points
32. Julia Kato [Brazil] — 172 points
33. Victoria Campos [Brazil] — 168 points
34. Sydney Michalyshen [Canada] — 152 points
35. Caroline Conners [USA] — 149 points
36. Christine Kolenbrander [USA] — 146 points
37. Elena Carratala Sanahuja [Spain] — 144 points
38. Solveig Sigurdardottir [Iceland] — 80 points
39. Michelle Merand [South Africa] — 52 points
40. Emily Rolfe [Canada] — 61 points [Withdrawn]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Event Two — Shuttle to Overhead

Two minutes (0:00-2:00)

• Run 400 meters
• Max Jerks

Rest one minute.

Three minutes (3:00-6:00)

• Run 600 meters
• Max Jerks

Rest two minutes.

Four minutes (8:00-12:00)

• Run 800 meters
• Max Jerks

Women: 200 pounds
Men: 300 pounds

Individual Women’s Results (Workout A — Run)

The results will be updated accordingly once CrossFit HQ updates the overall leaderboard. 

Individual Women’s Results (Workout B — Jerk)

1. Tia-Clair Toomey — 18 reps (Tied for first)
2. Danielle Brandon — 15 reps 
3. Mal O’Brien — 14 reps
4. Emma Lawson — 13 reps (Tied for fourth)
5. Matilde Garnes — 13 reps (Tied for fourth)
6. Gabriela Migała — 12 reps (Tied for sixth)
7. Jacqueline Dahlstrøm — 12 reps (Tied for sixth)
8. Brooke Wells — 12 reps (Tied for sixth)
9. Emma McQuaid — 12 reps (Tied for sixth)
10. Arielle Loewen — 12 reps (Tied for sixth)

Individual Men’s Results (Workout A — Run)

The results will be updated accordingly once CrossFit HQ updates the overall leaderboard. 

Individual Men’s Results (Workout B — Jerk)

1. Jeffrey Adler — 19 reps
2. Saxon Panchik — 17 reps
3. Justin Medeiros — 16 reps (Tied for third)
4. Ricky Garard — 16 reps (Tied for third)
5. Jayson Hopper — 16 reps (Tied for third)
6. Timothy Paulson — 15 reps (Tied for sixth)
7. Tudor Magda — 15 reps (Tied for sixth)
8. Spencer Panchik — 15 reps (Tied sixth)
9. Roman Khrennikov — 14 reps (Tied for ninth)
10. Guilherme Malheiros — 14 reps (Tied for ninth)

This event had the prize of a complete event’s worth of points each to both the running and jerk segments. Haley Adams captured 100 points with the fastest cumulative time across the three shuttle runs.

To make up for her Day One display, Toomey logged a solid shuttle run and notched 100 points on the jerk with 18 reps. That was enough to vault her into third overall. With the Men, Adler fared alright on the shuttle run, but an impressive 19 reps on the jerk gave him his respective 100 points. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Day Two Team Overall Leaderboard 

1. CrossFit Oslo Navy Blue — 367 points
2. CrossFit Mayhem Freedom — 361 points
3. CrossFit Invictus — 355 points
4. CrossFit Reykjavík —292 points
5. CrossFit Selwyn —283 points

Day Two Adaptive Leaderboard 

Day Two of the Individual Games opened the contest for the Adaptive division. Here’s where the leaderboard stands after a day of this portion of the competition. 

Upper Extremity — Women

1. Camille Vigneault — 275 points
2. Christina Mazzullo — 230 points
3. Anne-Laure Coutenceau — 170 points
4. Elizabeth Bride — 105 points
5. Eileen Quinn — 85 points

Upper Extremity — Men

1. Casey Acree — 300 points
2. Josue Maldonado — 225 points
3. Samuel Pera — 125 points
4. Alexi Fiorucci — 105 points
5. Xabier Osa Mendes — 85 points

Lower Extremity — Women

1. Valerie Cohen — 300 points
2. Amy Bream — 185 points
3. Natalie Rovirosa — 165 points
4. Molly Moore — 145 points

Lower Extremity — Men

1. Charles Pienaar — 190 points
2. Elliot Young — 190 points
3. Rogan Dean — 185 points
4. Ole Kristian Antonsen — 145 points
5. Luke Reeson — 130 points

Neuromuscular — Women

1. Morgan Johnson — 275 points
2. Alyssa Kobela— 230 points
3. Lauren Taylor — 145 points
4. Letchen du Plessis— 105 points
5. Leila Ives — 85 points

Neuromuscular — Men

1. Brett Horchar — 275 points
2. Jeremie Perera — 185 points
3. Kevin Maijer — 150 points
4. Benjamin Fallon — 145 points
5. Bart Walsh — 85 points

Day Two Age Group Leaderboard

Likewise, the Age Group Divisions also began on Thursday, August 4. Here’s where these athletes stand as the contest turns the page to Friday, August 5. 

14-15 — Girls

1. Lucy McGonigle — 240 points
2. Rylee Beebe — 230 points
3. Caroline Sabatini — 210 points

14-15 — Boys

1. RJ Mestre — 290 points
2. Yousef Diab — 250 points
3. Tal Simson — 250 points

16-17 — Girls

1. Olivia Kerstetter — 260 points
2. Sophia Shaft — 210 points
3. Trista Smith — 210 points

16-17 — Boys

1. Johan Roberts — 230 points
2. Caleb McClure — 220 points
3. Ty Jenkins — 210 points

35-39 — Women

1. Aneta Tuker  — 250 points
2. Chyno Cho — 230 points
3. Christelle El Debs — 220 points

35-39 — Men

1. Rogelio Gamboa — 220 points
2. Nick Roberts — 210 points
3. Josh Marunde — 200 points

40-44 — Women

1. Kelly Friel — 260 points
2. Jenn Ryan — 260 points
3. Rebecca Voigt Miler — 240 points

40-44 — Men

1. Rudolph Berger — 250 points
2. Alexandre Jolivet — 230 points
3. Michael Laverriere — 220 points 

45-49 — Women

1. Merituuli Kallio — 210 points
2. Marina Novelli  — 200 points
3. Ali Crawford — 190 points

45-49 — Men

1. Mike Kern — 270 points
2. Vlad Liashkevich — 270 points
3. Jason Grubb — 260 points

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The Adaptive and Age Group divisions will have selective coverage. There will be more comprehensive looks at the respective Men’s and Women’s Individual and Team divisions. CBS Television Network will broadcast a two-hour portion of both Individual Finals on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Those who can’t attend the contest in person in southeastern Wisconsin will have plenty of options to fall back on to watch the Games from the comfort of home. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2022 CrossFit Games Streaming Schedule

Fans will be able to enjoy some measure of live coverage on each of the five days of the 2022 CrossFit Games. Those who elect to catch the action on YouTube can choose from five languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. 

Below are the streaming times for when viewers will be able to watch the Games on the CrossFit Games app, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Pluto TV. The two-hour time slot during both Individual Finals is exclusive to the CBS Television Network. Each of the listed times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Note: Viewers can find the schedule for their local time in the CrossFit Games app:

• Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. EST
• Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 7:15 p.m. EST
• Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 8:15 p.m. EST
• Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 — 9 a.m. – 9:20 p.m. EST
• Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST
• Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 — 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST on CBS Television Network | Exclusive to CBS TV

The Individual and Team divisions will start the Games on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022. Then there will be a short rest day before the rest of the competition from Friday, August 5, to the Finals on Sunday, August 7. The Games will begin with 40 Individual Men and Women each and 38 Teams. There will only be one significant cut of these athletes on Saturday, August 6.

By the time the Finals begin on Sunday, August 7, just 30 Individual competitors will remain for both the Men and Women, while only 20 Teams will be left standing. The Age Group and Adaptive divisions will begin on Thursday, August 4, and power through to the end of the weekend. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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An Enticing Battle

Some of the world’s best-conditioned and strongest CrossFitters over the four divisions — Individual, Team, Adaptive, and Age Group — will battle it out for their respective Fittest on Earth® title at the 2022 CrossFit Games. 

Reigning five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® (2017-2021), Tia-Clair Toomey, will try to become the winningest individual athlete in the Games’ history. Toomey’s peer, the 2021 CrossFit Rookie of the Year Mal O’Brien, could challenge the elite athlete. Meanwhile, defending Fittest Man on Earth®, Justin Medeiros, will vie for a repeat title as he tries to fend off contenders like Guilherme Malheiros. 

On the Team’s side, Mayhem Freedom is chasing its sixth title in eight years (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021). Dutch athlete Joke Dikhoff, 72, will become the oldest athlete in the Games’ history as she competes in the Age Group division. The 2022 CrossFit Games will run from August 3-7 in Madison, WI. 

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Before the last day of the contest on Sunday, August 7, 10 athletes will be cut — which leaves 30 contenders for the individual title of Fittest on Earth® in their corresponding competitive categories. On the Teams side — which would be especially relevant for four-time Fittest Man on Earth® (2011-2014), Rich Froning Jr.’s reigning champion squad Mayhem Freedom — 38 will start the contest while just 20 teams will enter Sunday’s final day. 

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CrossFit Director of Competition Adrian Bozeman further clarified the organization’s plans for the Games regarding these future cuts. The 10-athlete cut on the Individual side and the 18-team cut on the Teams side before the final day will be the only cuts of the competition. 

Tia-Clair Toomey is the reigning five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® (2017-2021). In recent months, she’s given a comprehensive insight into her nutritional routine and the training equipment she uses. The 23-year-old Justin Medeiros is the defending Fittest Man on Earth®, who improved upon a third-place result during the 2020 CrossFit Games. Team Mayhem Freedom will attempt to make it six Team titles in eight years (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021). 

2022 CrossFit Games Schedule

Both the Individual and Team divisions of the competition will begin on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. There will be a rest day on Thursday, August 4, before the rest of the CrossFit Games heats up for them through that weekend. The Age Group and Adaptive competitive categories will start their portion of the contest on August 4 and power all the way through to Sunday, August 7.  At the time of this writing, CrossFit has not announced the events for any of the divisions. 

Of every division involved at these CrossFit Games, the Teams will be the last to put down their kettlebells. For the first time in the competition’s history, the Teams will go after the Individual athletes have finished on Sunday, August, 7. According to Bozeman, a livestream broadcast opportunity spurred the change to facilitate a bigger audience for the Individual competitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Live Spectator Access

Per Bozeman, fans who attend the 2022 CrossFit Games in Madison, WI, should see a wider variety of events that CrossFit will cater to their experiences.

Spectators who are there in person to cheer on the athletes will have the chance to utilize CrossFit affiliate and educational fitness programs — such as one organized by the Denver, CO nonprofit, The Phoenix. Fans may even try out different vendors hanging around the contest’s campus and potentially get a workout where CrossFit professionals will coach them up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Equal Opportunity

There’s a simple reason behind the only cut of the 2022 CrossFit Games happening on Saturday, August 6 — competitive balance. Bozeman said the organization planned for this cut schedule because it will allow most of the athletes more time in the competition. 

“It gives everybody a lot of opportunities to keep their name in the hat,” Bozeman said. 

The 2022 CrossFit Games will occur at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI, from August 3-7. While stars like Toomey and Medeiros might be heavy favorites to take home another title, their peers like 2021 CrossFit Rookie of the Year Mal O’Brien and Guilherme Malheiros could challenge both champions in their respective divisions. Meanwhile, it’ll be a tough task to topple Team Mayhem Freedom, but anything could happen amidst the intense CrossFit chaos. 

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On July 4, 2022, Fraser shared a video on his YouTube channel where he, O’Brien, and Kearney had a joint training session. The routine was centered around Kearney first teaching the log lift technique to Fraser and O’Brien. Then, he had the duo continue to tackle their arms and shoulders with heavy dumbbell presses.

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Notably, Kearney was recently hired by Fraser’s training company, HWPO (Hard Work Pays Off) as the leader of their new strength program “HWPO Strong.” In a dedicated program throughout the week, Kearney will use his wealth of strongman knowledge to help participants build their strength and conditioning on training days throughout the week. This news would partly explain Kearney’s involvement with Fraser and O’Brien.

As for the log lift, Kearney knows a thing or two about successful technique. In 2019, during the annual World Log Lift Championships, Kearney captured the then-American Record log lift of 213.6 kilograms (471 pounds). Similarly, the strongman once demonstrated he has the strength to properly lift 215-pound dumbbells with one arm in a February 2020 training session with Brian Shaw.

If anyone’s qualified to teach a refresher on both the log lift and circus dumbbell press to two elite athletes like Fraser and O’Brien — whose CrossFit backgrounds veer differently — it’s Kearney.

The trio’s session took place in the since-retired Fraser’s home gym. Fraser is currently training O’Brien for the 2022 CrossFit Games on August 3-7, 2022, in Madison, WI. While the CrossFit Games don’t necessarily feature strongman events specifically, there can be a lot of overhead movements in events that require proper training and technique. There weren’t many overhead movements in the 2021 Individual CrossFit Games aside from some dumbbell overhead squats and a one-rep max snatch.

Since that could always change for this year’s edition, this time with Kearney could help O’Brien prepare for that by polishing up her overhead prowess. Overall, the trio’s training session seems to be an excellent demonstration of what athletes from different disciplines can learn from one another.

Log Lift

After Fraser asks Kearney to provide a walkthrough of the log lift technique, the strongman breaks it down into three segments — the pick, the clean, and the press.

The pick is when an athlete deadlifts the log to their hips for the “lap position,” or where the athlete can rest their weight before exploding it for a roll to a front rack position on their chest. That roll from the hips to the chest is the clean. Kearney says the proper clean technique is to keep the elbows high while the back is fully engaged, allowing the log to stay tight to the body.

Finally, there’s the familiar press. For a proper overhead lockout that involves the lower body, the athlete must slightly dip their legs to press the log from that front rack position. Fraser first practiced the log lift with an empty log that weighed 90 pounds; Kearney critiqued his lower elbow positioning that could throw him off balance with higher weight.

In terms of numbers for the trio, Fraser eventually completed a 104-kilogram (230-pound) log press for two separate reps. Meanwhile, Kearney decided to rep out 158.7 kilograms (350 pounds), and O’Brien locked out a successful 72.6-kilogram (160-pound) split-jerk with the log.

 

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Heavy Dumbbell Press

Like the last exercise, Kearney breaks down the heavy dumbbell press technique into segments. First, there’s the clean, where the athlete has to get the dumbbell to the rack position on their deltoids. Then, with the elbow high, a lot of the jerk movement upward is more about getting under the dumbbell rather than trying to press it up. Like the log lift, this requires the athlete to have a measure of leg power rather than solely relying on the shoulders.

Fraser kept his energy on proper technique for the dumbbell press. It didn’t take long for the CrossFit great to understand the rack position and start finishing clean reps. When O’Brien was up, she seemed uncertain about how to finish the dumbbell press at first. Once she understood how the dip could help generate force from the opposite leg, she likewise began to complete some reps.

At the time of this writing, the CrossFit organization has not revealed the workouts for the 2022 CrossFit Games. If there are any strongman-like, overhead events in Madison, WI, O’Brien might have the edge over her peers thanks to Kearney’s guidance.

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