Champions Press Conference - 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games 

I absolutely LOVE how exited, happy and overwhelming smiling Roman is. He earned it so much !! What a lovely and incredible Athlete and Human. He deserved it ! Keep Rocking Roman !

Roman was great to watch and seems like such a good guy.

Roman is a character. So good to see.

Laura Horvath and Ricky Garard deserved a spot at the press conference. They should have done a panel of all the podium winners from the women's division and then reset and done a panel of all the podium winners from the mens division.

This Games felt different, a lot of compassion for the athletes and it was great to see new challenges for them too.

Pretty sure Mal isn’t the first American woman to podium since 2012 or whatever the question asked… Kari Pearce sold her soul in Atalanta in 2020 to take third!

I wish this would have been longer and the athletes would have been asked for questions! Tia is always so graceful with her comments. Roman is funny!

Dude Roman is just a cool dude! Freaking love it.

Love the workouts and how much more challenging it was for the athletes. It’s great seeing the mix of event winners and a much closer race fie the top three 💪

This was the best Crossfit games I've watched. Really really enjoyed all the workouts. Thanks for a great job!

Interesting and different events. Plus, props for bringing the hurdle back from the Tahoe Throwdown in 09. Made for the most enjoyable watching in a long time. Great job Boz.

I watched every event this year. Thank you CrossFit Games for making it available to watch. 👍

I feel like this could have been a lot longer. Would have loved to hear more about Mayhem Nation/Athlete. For instance Rich is single-handedly pioneering the expansion of the “Sport” from an athletes perspective through multiple channels. Something like 30% of the games field across all divisions came from Mayhem Athlete. What is Rich’s ultimate goal in Mayhems growth and ultimately the growth of CrossFit. Stepping away from Teams will allow him to seriously take a leadership role on these fronts.

Happy that Mal and Tia seem to get along so well ;)

I was so excited to see what MOB was capable of at this year's games and she did not dissapoint. Can't believe she is this good at the age of just 18. It's just amazing. Go MOB!

Рома молодец! Такой целеустремленности можно позавидовать! Так рада за вашу семью, что вы рядом и с твоей победой! Ураааа!!! This is incredible, Roman! I am so glad for you that you are with your family now! Congratulations on well-deserved place on the podium!

You all put on a hell of an event this year! And THANK YOU for keeping the athletes out of our lakes this year. It always surprised me that they had the athletes swim in a lake that us locals won't even swim in unless we take a boat out to the middle of the lake and jump in there. I did skinny-dip in there with some friends when I was in college on a dare.... oops. The pool at Camp Randall isn't as fun, but it's better than swimming through toxic algae. Boz, Justin, athletes, and staff- you're also super inspirational in many ways. Thanks again!

Can we take a moment to appreciate Roman's translator. I'd forget everything by the time it was time for me to translate.

Роман мы тебя поддерживаем, ты красавчик

Mental that there was an actual goat walking in the background on the left hand side at 3:31

These people inspire me to go further and increase my health and strength.

We all proud for Roman, next year you will be the First! Congrats 👏

I kind of want to see more sports involved in the future. Lets see how great that hand eye coordination really is

It would probably be in bad taste, but I wish someone would have asked Justin how he feels about Ricky. It was obvious and almost uncomfortable how much he went out of his way to ignore Ricky.

Мои Поздравления СуперАтлетам!!! Хотелось бы, чтобы только такой и была конкуренция между государствами и странами!!!

Why did they say only American since 2013 for Mal...youngest yes, but what about Kari Pierce? She came second in like 2020 or something right? She was an American athlete.

Roman is the man.

Ромка - красавец!!!!

I thought the programming was fantastic. I can tell a lot of thought went into it by someone who loved the sport and wanted to put on a great show. I loved it!

GUIs proposal was longer than this

Рома, скромный и сильный)

Tia and Shane need to come back to Oz and try find some gems.

Роман чемпион 🏆

STRANGE BUT GREAT GAMES FOR THE FANS ACROSS THE WORLD. Where are Laura and Ricky - your Rookies of the Year, and Spirit of the Games - at the press conference??? I'm old school, celebration should be about the athletes, not the Crossfit Leaders. Maybe two press conferences next time. One for the business leaders and one for the athletes. Overall I feel blessed to have watched HISTORY this year! Rich - the Rookies (With Matt on the sidelines) - Justin looking like the next 5-time champ - and the Greatest of ALL TIME Tia. HUGE notables: - Laura's come from behind to the podium - Emma's (17) The greatest rookie ever showing ever - coming from a dance background - Ricky's Courage - like him or not - amazing courage to face the heat of competition and social media - Tia being tripped up on 'unbroken single unders' gives the public a false sense of competition. - Jacqueline Dahlstrøm - are you kidding me, standing toe to toe on the heavy bag taking 2nd!!!!! - Roman's work ethic and Ricky's wild approach, and Justin's CF consistency - what a great race - Brooke Wells Return from injury - how can you not find that amazing - Kara smile returns to the games with no support from Nobul and Crossfit A TRUE CHAMPION!! - Last but not least is the fight in Haley Adams, games programming does not favor her build (Like Sam Briggs) but her fight and determination is so amazing to watch. The game's coverage was difficult to watch as a fan. (Been a fan since 2009) Seems as though there's a business marketing agenda behind the scene. Chase wouldn't stop talking about the core philosophy and methodology. At every event, he gave us a science lesson. Cool in some ways but it was a bit much. Then to remove that core philosophical balance of gymnastics, strength, skill, and endurance with the last three events was very strange. (Sam Briggs champion of 2013 would not have made the top 5 this year). There was so much talk about understanding the roots of CrossFit - yet the main root and foundation of CrossFit was fired (Dave Castro) and not mentioned or celebrated for his lifetime achievement to fitness. Maybe there is stuff behind the scene that we don't know as fans? But it doesn't SMELL RIGHT??? On the more positive side - I really liked the programming overall! Yes, I was very vocal as a fan in the live chat during event 3 and the lack of Swimming as its own event for points. However, I love the adaptation of many of the movements. Tons of fun to watch, and as a teacher and coach many of the movements and elements we can re-create without $5000 worth of gym equipment. I strongly believe that in order for CrossFit to become an international sport that has to be accessible and it achievable at a young age even if you're 1000 miles away from a CF gym. I felt this year went in the right direction! In the years past, there was a ton of emphasis on equipment that can only really be found at a really good gym. So Chase and the CF crew here is my takeaway as someone who will do his best to support the sport - Build your gymnastic and athletic skills 'including ropes, bar work, work on your hands, and parallel bars - even groundwork like sitting press to handstand - also coordination athletic movements - balance, rhythm, accuracy, breathing techniques, flexibility, throwing, etc.... be a great athlete. Try many things. - Build your body engine and movement in the elements - Be locally competitive in all engine competitions Running, Cycling, Swimming, Surfing, paddling, optical course competitions, trail riding and running, and open water events - carry sandbags with you, know how to live in the PAIN zone - Build your Sustained POWER (Muscles Matter but POWER PERVIELS). There are many muscular people in gyms but only a few POWERFUL people. This is where Tia, Rich, and Matt they have that 'THING" inside that makes them stronger than people who are stronger than them. They are powerful people!!! This is the most difficult element to teach. All of us athletes know people who seem to be stronger than everyone without trying as hard - they simply have power. Get strong to build mass, but work your power movements, explosion, your Chi, your Jedi force inside. (The look on Mal's face when she glanced over at Tia in her powerful movement of the handstand push-ups, was a great example when it counted. Tia had the sustained power in her core to blast through that tough movement.) GYMNASTIC&ATHLETIC + PURE BODY ENGINE + SUSTAINED&EXPLOSIVE POWER = TOP 5 So that's my note to CF. Thank you for the years of FAN Viewing.

It took long enough to release ya think?

Nice, but they should have all "first place" champs together from all groups: adaptes, indivaiduals, all masters and teens. I don't understand why they leave the other groups out- not cool.

It would be awesome if rich was like yeah I'm going individual again

Testosterone so strong, I’d probably test positive after watching this.

Roman the best!

Please consider incorporating some of Titan Games duels into CrossFit. Their use of not seeing your opponent during the match is quite intense.

Rich is 35 yrs. old. Is he now eligible for the masters division (individual)?

Where is Ricky?

Everything Tia does makes me proud…🥹🫡🫅🏻HAIL THE QUEEN!!

where were the masters and adaptive

Рома красавчик☝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

I love Tia to death but man it was kinda rude to keep talking while others were talking. She did a great job this games though. I'm glad Roman was able to talk (he didn't get to hold his flag) and what he said about his baby was so awesome.

Intro song is One Last Dance - Audien, Xira

I guess Kari Pierce on the podium in 2020 as an American doesn’t count?

Kari Pearce podiumed in 2020.

Where is Laura???

Spoiler alert thumbnail might have been nice.

RowMan 💪

I would love to know if anything is going to be done about the ridiculous situation whereby a world class athlete can miss out on The Games in August because they have slight injury or illness in Jan/Feb (eg. Bethany Shadburne). Also, when are we going to stop referring to the Open>QF>SF>Games as "The Season", and dismissing high level, lucrative and entertaining competitions like Rogue, Dubai and WZA as side shows? Surely for continued growth of the sport we need a fully-fledged season with numerous high profile elite competitions spread throughout the calendar year.

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I enjoyed the games this year and I’m super excited for next year if what I think might happens happens!! Justin might have secretly crapped his pants when Rich said he was done with teams and “who knows if I might compete somewhere else?”! Lol jk I think he might actually welcome the challenge a little bit and who knows if Rich joined individuals again that might bring Mat out of retirement and really shake things up….I know I know wishful thinking lol

Shawn Woodland got ahead of himself and PREMATURELY announced Tia’s retirement.

What about other age groups? Adaptive? Mary Beth has 6 under her belt as well. Hardly ever hear about anyone but the " best".

It just blows my mind how you would still crown someone who didn't win a single event the champion.

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I would be interested to here the reasoning behind not allowing Roman to display the flag of his birth nation. Even his clothing omitted his country of birth. This might have been addressed before the games but I missed it.

Kari Pearce 3rd in 2020 she’s Mexican because they obviously don’t think she’s American

Justin redeemed Crossfit by winning and not letting rhoid fairy win.

Of course third place isn’t up there. Such bs

The women should have the same weight as the men. Says who? Everyone that votes left. Think about it. I think the games are just perfect.

Did Roman condemn the war?!

Super Humans 😎

Ricky will take it next year. Change my mind? I’ll wait…. 🥇🥇

Sad that due to media driven insanity Roman isn’t allowed to hoist his country’s flag

no Russian Flag? why?

WhiteFit

third place is worth nothing?

Still so many politics towards Ricky, he served his time and the organisation needs to move on and except him 💯

Give Roman his dam flag man!! Go Russia, USA supports the good in your people!!! Cheers from Socal USA!!!

CrossFit is literally the most non-sensical athletic pursuit imaginable. Every activity is used out of context and specificity to the point of danger. Someone I knew horrifically snapped his arm by performing a CrossFit challenge- power cleans for 5 minutes straight. That is such a dumb task to perform and the trainer who issued it is inconceivably inept and should never be allowed to train clients

Russia as theorist state ! How roman can compete…. Not support CF for it

Why wouldn't Tia shut the hell up?!! Kind of rude.

I think Tia should just retire. She seems like she lost her hunger. She outgrew the sport and in return, the sport outgrew her. ...By the way, a reporter asked her one question and she answered another. 🤔

Many if not most sporting organisations have introduced a vaariety of snctions on russian athletes because of putin's aggression in Ukraine. Every day innocent Ukrainians are dying but Crossfit as an organization has done nothing to be a part of a global effort to counteract russia as a terrorist state. Crossfit allows russian athletes such as Roman to participate in its biggest competition. Let alone the fact that Roman is an ex-doper!!! Shame on you Crossfit, its very disappointing and embarassing.