Kara Webb is such a great athlete and human being. I wish she gets to have a full year of competition without any injuries or incidents. She could definitely win the spirit of the games award, and obviously the games, but we already know that :P
Great interview by Brooke Ence... And it just hit me that after Murph Annie got 4th in DT (and later dropped out of the games). She must have been operating at 60% at the time...
Erik Lau Kelner is awesome, great insight and honesty. Sara and Bjorgvin are awesome. Fair play to Annie and Kara as well, awesome mental strength and attitude.
Goes to show the amazing positivity of the community of CrossFit. Every professional athlete has a few minutes to spare for the most random of questions, even if they are battling to breathe. Very inspiring!
Stacie Tovar fucking gets it. The reason why there are Hero WOD's. It's about Murph, I thought about Murph. He died for us. Finally someone who actually reflects on the name and individual instead of just their damned time.
Sevan's films are awesome. Why is Annie upset about Murph? I'll have to go back and look at that section again....amazing year for the Icelandic women!
They didnt show it in this film, but she got really ill on the last run and collapsed :( If you go back and watch the video of the murph event itself there is plenty of footage of what happened.
Can someone explain to me why some of the athletes choose to wear nano shoes instead of oly weightlifting shoes in the snatch ladder event? I just don´t understand how someone can prefer the nano shoes when doing heavy snatches. Of course it's a question about preferences, but stil, oly shoes are so much more solid and stable when lifting. For me personally my snatch-game increased dramatically when I got my oly shoes.
The more I hear the athletes talk about it, the more I think that Murph during the grueling midday heat was a big programming mistake. So many athletes beat down and not really getting back that weekend.
Why do some of the athletes have tape over the logo of their sunglasses? I've seen two different athletes wearing the same glasses and one has tape on them and the other doesn't? Does it have to do with who sponsors them?
I think it is ridiculous the competitors don't get paid just to be part of this event. Take a look at the spectators and sponsorship at that event!!! Thats a bad look HQ.
+Tommy Marquez I stand corrected. I thought they adopted the change in 2013 or 2014. I can see how that difference can mean a lot over the Games weekend. Thanks for the info Tommy M.
Zachary Dean I think so too. It's just a shame though as that seemed to be subjective. I saw many lifts by other athletes that were much worse. I know that's just how it is, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth
All the stink crossfit made about Gatorade this year and I see an awful lot in this video. I have been an athlete my entire life and I know that Gatorade is good for the body when competing and in hot weather to replenish electrolytes I just find it ironic.
