Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness Page #12

for the impressive rookie!

I expected it to be heavy,

but I didn't think

It was gonna stop me

in my tracks.

This is not moving.

What is going on?!

kara webb has her sled

across the finish line.

Katrin davidsdottir

will finish second,

and she will take the lead

Into the final event.

Now tia toomey is in trouble.

I was a bit disappointed

because I was killing that

Until that pull.

here comes cole sager

Across the finish line.

Ben smith will be done.

Mat fraser is pulling.

Here comes his sled.

...Three, two, one!

ladies and gentlemen,

What a finish!

Put your hands together

And make some noise...

she leads tia toomey

by 23 points.

Sara sigmundsdottir 53 back,

and sam briggs

On the outside looking in

when it comes to the podium.

Sara sigmundsdottir

and tia toomey will try

To chase down that woman.

They have one event left

in which to catch her.

finish it up strong.

brent fikowski quickly

becoming a crowd favorite.

He's still in fourth place

but only 26 points

Behind patrick vellner

for the third and final spot

On the podium,

ben smith solidly in second.

I'm not being negative,

just realistic.

Maybe the podium isn't

in the cards,

So it would be silly for me,

I think, to chase that

And then finish in like

tenth or whatever,

When maybe fourth

is where I belong.

I'm not being negative,

I completely believe

I can be on the podium,

But that's how I see it.

No!

- one second too late.

-One second too late.

Uggggh!

Gosh!

There's one more,

and that's your one more.

Just gonna leave

everything out there.

The whole of 2016 is being

left on that floor

For the next one, yeah?

Yeah?

I'm....

Let's go cool down properly

and get ready for the next one.

Ice me.

last year,

when the pegboard showed up,

She was unable to climb

any pegboards.

She didn't get one.

and katrin davidsdottir

has decided

That she's not gonna

go after this thing again

And rest up

for the second event.

we practiced pegboards

a lot this past year.

We built up a lot of

upper-body pulling strength.

Having said that, for as much

as we worked it--

We did, we worked it a lot--

Between last year's games where

she did not finish a pegboard

And this year's games,

she did one.

I just kept saying, "I don't

know how to do this workout."

And I was worried that I'd get

my emotions all mixed up

And I would go out too hot

and I'd fatigue

And then everyone would

overtake me.

sometimes

it's honestly better

To take yourself out

of the crossfit games.

Like I said, if you're thinking

too much about it,

If you're like this moment

and these pegboards

Are gonna come down to whether

I win the crossfit games or not,

It's easy to get caught up

in like going too fast

And blowing yourself up,

and it's a short workout,

there's no time for that.

Then shane goes, "all you need

to do is beat katrin.

Okay? That's all you need

to focus on."

I was like, "all right, that's

all I'm going to focus on."

You knew that toomey had

to beat davidsdottir

But she also needed some help.

She needed to get as many people

between herself and katrin

In order to make up

the point deficit

And get herself on top.

and also I said,

"shane, I need to see you."

So like if there's a workout

That I want

a bit more support in,

He'll position himself

in the crowd

Where I can see him

so he can tell me what to do

Whenever I sit back and I'll be,

"okay, three seconds,

I'm gonna go."

-You about to go hard?

-Hmm?

-You about to go hard?

-I think we have to.

You don't have to.

Dare you to do the minimum

work requirement, mat.

I'm just gonna do the workout.

-My hair, is it all right?

-It's doing good.

- Cool. It's a little wet.

- -Mine's a disaster.

that's basically how

it always is, so...

That's what you're looking for,

then that's what you got.

going into

that last event,

Like you have to go for it.

We're in a points battle

for the podium,

And I knew brent was really good

on the pegboard,

And I talked to him

about it before

And he was like,

"I'm going to go fast enough

"that I'm going to risk burning

out because it does matter.

"if I can go all out

and potentially get third,

"if I go all out and miss it

and get sixth instead of fourth,

"that doesn't matter,

but if you have the chance

For the podium,

you've got to go for it."

-Oh! Who is that?

-Oh, who is that?

I'm really proud

that I had the confidence

To say that, yeah, I really want

to go to the olympics

And the crossfit games

in the same year

And I managed to do that.

I'm really trying hard not

to put pressure on myself

For the games.

I think this year, it's more

about me just making sure

I don't mentally break down.

I think that has to do

with a little confidence.

I need to have more confidence

in myself,

So if I can improve anything,

it would be

Believing in myself

a little bit more.

do you think you can

win the games?

I don't know.

she posted on social

media, "this one's for you,"

A tribute to her grandmother

who she lost earlier this year.

She posted "together forever

and always."

Her grandmother was

her biggest fan.

my grandma was

with me that week.

The shoes with "amma,"

I was like wearing those.

I need to be able to look down

and see her

And I had a necklace on.

We both had the same one

after she passed away,

But like a protection angel

on hers.

That's buried with her,

and then I have mine,

And I have a protection angel

on that,

So I always feel like she's

with me when I wear that.

I put it on, and I was like,

"we're doing this one together."

- davidsdottir!

- -let's go, girl!

let's go!

You're ready for this, sara,

come on!

we first saw

the pegboard in 2015.

That was a monkey wrench

That director of the games

dave castro

Inserted directly into the anus

Of most of the game's athletes.

And they didn't enjoy

the experience,

And I don't know if he did.

the first minute,

minute and a half,

However long it took you

to get up three ascents,

Was exactly the same

as what she did last year.

katrin davidsdottir just

needs to finish in fifth place

Or better in order

to guarantee herself

Another crossfit games

championship.

He doesn't have to do anything

in this event.

That's how far ahead he is,

but that's not gonna happen.

Last year it stopped

the majority of the field

Dead in their tracks, this year

the pegboard is back.

many women were just

staring at it,

But this year's gonna be

a different ball game.

If you're not on your feet,

you should be

Because this is gonna be

a battle royale!

the final heat

of the final event

Of what has been a five-day

full test of fitness.

there is so much

on the line right now.

the amount that these guys

have had to deal with

And how they are responding

all the way into this last test

Of this gigantic test

of fitness

Is super impressive.

I just saunter up

to my pegboard,

I'm in no rush.

I want to pace it,

not embarrass myself,

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