Only Three
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2014
- In 2014, the only competitors going to the CrossFit Games are those who qualify at Regionals - no special invitations, no past-champ rule, no wild cards.
In the Central East Region, that means only the top three go to the Games, and the region is arguably the toughest one for male athletes. Among the competitors are two past champs, several top-10 Games finishers, and a whole line of tough athletes hungry for a ticket to Carson, California.
In this in-depth, emotional look at the men's competition at the Central East Regional, we follow the top athletes - Rich Froning, Scott Panchik, Graham Holmberg, Marcus Hendren, Nick Fory, Will Moorad, Nick Urankar, and Gerald Sasser - through seven events over three days.
In the end, two veterans and one rookie will represent the Central East Region at the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games.
Video by Sevan Matossian, Hayley Parlen, Matt Krautstrunk and Gary Roberts.
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Best crossfit video I've seen since regionals!!! More vids like this!!! I wish Graham would have pulled it off ; he worked super hard that last day!!
Great video!!! Rich Froning isn't even real. The fact that he put in that performance while he had bronchitis just makes me feel like the most out of shape human on earth. The games are going to be a frickin blast!
is that true? That he had bronchitis during the regionals?
Perry Cox yup
Crossfit might want to consider taking the top 3 from each region as they currently do, as well as the 3 top scorers who did not place out of everyone in every region. That would incentivize better performances across the board as all competitors would finish stronger, making the regionals even more competitive than they currently are. And 3 additional competitors being added to the mix at the Games wouldn't over-complicate things. I guarantee one or some of those 3 people would place higher than some of the regional winners.
The wild cards
Ethan Motley Thanks Ethan. I hope you enjoyed the Games. Looking forward to all the new videos the editors must be working on. Be well.
Kind of ended up being right with the sanctional set up
i'm really glad Chase pointed it out. everyone always makes a big deal about being cheered on if you finish last but ask the guys that finish last in comps and they'll tell you that it's a pretty sucky feeling
The title of this video is so perfectly chosen, it got me goosebumps in the end. The first meaning is obvious, those who finish top 3 at regionals go to Carson. The second meaning is the special condition in the last event, when Holmberg needed to finish 4 places ahead of Moorad but managed to finish "only three" ahead of him. The way this documentary presented the climax was so unbelievaby awesome, with the music and the slow-mo shot. What a great regional event packed into in a beautiful piece of work!!!
I'm a big fan of Graham. He's humble, works hard and a phenomenal athlete. I wish him the best.
I can't tell who was more persistent: the crossfitters competing, or the fat dude trying to sell snow cones to a stadium full of health conscious crossfitters
I bet he made a killing. Average crossfitter has a shit diet. Unless that is just the Australian cf community
20:18 "this is where I'm gonna getcha"
Marcus Hendren to Rich Froning
Favorite part of this overall awesome video!
4:51, I like the fact that everybody is just wearing olympic shoes, wrist protection and knees support, and Rich Froning, just his nanos!! #theoneandonly
He is remarkable
I think it would be interesting to take the top three guys globally, that did not qualify in their region, and make them a wildcard region.
Hendren just became my fav crossfit athlete !!
This regional is always so compelling and so exciting! What a great video. Fory, urankar, and sasser definitely deserve this type of coverage.
We need more lengthy videos like this. Great vid Sevan.
Great video Sevan. You always produce videos of the highest quality.
Really great video! Even though I knew the outcome, I was mesmerized watching this. I absolutely love Graham and want to see him at the Games but Will is solid and I'm definitely a new fan. Just awesome to watch these guys.
35:40 Great shot from the floor, hes stepping back to the rope, the judge steps up to the bay and all the other finished competitors approach out of focus behind. Good stuff!
you must be a videographer lol
Nah, just love the feels :)
Samuel Jackson kept popping in my head everytime I see the name Nick Fory. Nice video, can't wait to see Rich in the Games!
great documentary! nice work sevan!
17:02
Graham Holmberg in sixth, and in ninth place Graham Holmberg. What an exciting race.
he was so fast, he did the workout 2 times :D
"Rich only beat Scott by 1 second in all the events...." ... while sick.
Sevan's videos are the best!
Gad daaaaaamnnnnnnnnnn CHILLS THE WHOLE VIDEO!!! Cant wait for the games!! I wonder how we would all react if the champ is de-tronned by who knows.. Mat Fraser? Scott Panchik?? We'll see. GOD THIS WAS SICK
does rich bench everyday? look at his chest big and muscular. . I should bench everyday too
Such an excellent video. Great insight to the athletes. Bring on the Games .
Great Vid Sevan!!
More vids like this! Hope there will come one from Games with live videos, interviews and such veeery good!
Marcus Hendren is hilarious 😝
This was recommended to me by an OG. So enjoy.
thank you Sevan!
Sevan does awesome work.
I think crossfit is only doing a disservice to the games by the current top 3 rule. Over and over they say that the games are about testing/finding the fittest on earth and clearly all of the fittest are not there. It shouldn't matter where you live, if you are fit enough compared to everyone else in the entire pool then you should go to Carson. Most athletes would dominate weaker regions but what are they supposed to do? Move? I, as a crossfitter and games spectator, find myself unsatisfied that are people who are left out of the games who are clearly more fit than other who "qualified". I find this very hypocritical of crossfit.
how I never saw this suggested in my youtube feed?
April 2020, c'mon people, we'll be stronger in our way back up 💪
Froning is such a beast...composure, class, strength, power, agility, and skill. Hope he gets number 4 this year.
Hendren was awesome in this vid too and Graham seemed like he was having more fun.
This video was fantastic!
Awesome. Great video
Top 3 in each region is kind of lame IMO. There are guys/girls every year who come in 5th, 6th and even 7th place in their perspective region who would take 1st or 2nd in other regions. The CF games should represent the BEST athletes going against each other...not the athletes who are the best because they live in a certain part of the country/world. Lame when you break it down like that. Been to the games 2 years in a row now and inevitably there are athletes every year who are waaaaay down at the bottom not competing at all but who placed well in their region. Meanwhile...guys who would have competed harder are sitting at home watching. I'm all for Regionals, etc but in the end you should be ranked against all times, all regions...period. Those who are ranked at the top in the end...get to go to the Games. Better for the fans.
The video edits keep getting better on these videos. Especially the instrumental segments.
Such a stacked region. I wish they had one more spot open. If anyone from the Men's top 8 went to any other region they would have a good shot at qualifying. Some regions are no where near as stacked. Just from listening to the commentators they talk about Central East differently. These men have the hardest fight from Day 1.
6:35....that is why he is such an inspiration, Rich inspired me to be proud and strengthen my ties with the Lord and it has helped me grow as an athlete in more ways than just physically, spiritual strength is unmatched good luck champ the first Million dollar CrossFit athlete on the way!
Great video
Gonna completely agree with Nick Fory on taking more than 3. U can't help where u live, unless u are a big name like Dan Bailey and crossfit hq guarantees u a job in another region. I'm not gonna say that hq moved Dan there because he's a top tier athlete and it is a huge pr boost for crossfit to have him compete in the games. But looking at this from a marketing standpoint, by leaving Dan in the central east regional, hq had to look at that and say, in light of the top three people rule, they were already gonna lose potentially 2 big names. They couldn't afford to lose 3 top athletes from competing in the games and please all the fans. Great marketing ode By moving Dan to socal. It didn't guarantee a big name in the games, but it made the likelihood a lot better by taking one of the top guys out of the central east. That's my thoughts on it.
Yep. I think the open is pretty much the best way to go.
I totally understand Fory's reasoning and comparing stats and times and levels of competition between regions, but that's all part of it. Yeah the Central East is loaded with phenomenal athletes who could win other regions, but compare it to the olympics. There are so many amazing weightlifters in China and Russia who are nowhere near good enough for their country's team but could shit all over a bunch of American weightlifters. They can't help their nationality, they just have to prove themselves amongst their competition. I do have to side with Graham though. If a previous games champion/multiple games competitor needs to continuously prove himself as a top three contender, then everyone else needs to as well. If they haven't proven themselves yet, then they haven't really earned their spot in the games. If you want to go, prove you belong.
True, but lik e Nick said, he placed 6th last year and that was good enough to dominate some of the other regions. So by saying" fittest in the world", I dont think that's completely accurate.
Paul Floyd based on your own comment you are incorrect. Rich froning beat Nick Fory and everyone in central east and then went on to be crowned fittest in the world, so how would letting Nick go to the Games get him any closer to being "fittest on earth"?
The pint I was making is that if the games competition is made up completely of people who are the fittest on earth, and Nick Fory was obviously more fit than guys in other regions competing for the title fittest on earth, then technically all the fittest aren't in Carson. Regardless of who wins,. Does that make sense?
Shockingly good video. The production was very good as well as the story. 57 minutes is a long youtube video, I watched the whole thing.
Scott is taking it this year!
No he's not
Loved seeing Patrick O’Connell
Graham is such a class! Too bad we won't see him at the games :(
Nick Fory just sounds bitter about not making it the year prior 😂
50:21 . Will Moorad comes up Nick Fory and Marcus Hendren ..."Whats up fellas?"and Hendren replies "Nm, we were just talking shit about you" Hahaha
Do this for more regions!
I think Bill Grundlers nose definitely has a chance to take the title from Rich this year..
39.22! "The feeling of carrion, with buzzards swarming." So true. Not acknowledged enough in the CrossFit world! People often think their helping you by telling you to pick that bar back up, but many misunderstand when that type of "encouragement" or behavior is appropriate or not. Great to see some of the top athletes acknowledging this strange cultural behavior in CrossFit and that sometimes even though it's meant to be a motivator, people understand that it can often not be a motivator.
kick ass video!!
Whats the music in called whem they start the over head squat event?
Wow, Marcus Hendren smiles, who would have thought! Lol
I can see this from both perspectives.
People are saying removing regionals & take the top "x" from the open. This has two problems. First and foremost it would be the worst PR move CrossFit could plausibly make. Having regions ensures that there are 3 people from your general area that you as a spectator can cheer on. Second, if you remove regionals & go strictly off of the open, who's to say people aren't cheating? I know it's not the "CrossFit" thing to do, but I'm sure it happens. Like another comment said, it's about finding a happy medium.
With that being said, I think having a wildcard system would be beneficial for CrossFit. It would allow those people who did perform extremely well in packed regions a chance. Almost every guy in that last heat got to the rower in CE (they might all have, I didn't count but it was a butt load). Whereas in some regions, only one or two of the guys did. Some of those people that just missed the top 3 spots are big name performers. Thus it would be a good PR move on CrossFit's part as people like Graham, Lindsey, Marcus, & Sam have huge followings.
Graham, should be in the games!!!
Hate to see no Graham this year. Have to give it up to Will though. He did great.
What is the background music during the rope climb event???????
"The" Dave Castro? :p
I didn't realize that if Hendren beat Moorad on that last work out, then Graham would have gone through. Crazy close!
In my opinion, they should have a few wild card positions like baseball and football where the best that couldn't cut it in their region can still compete. That way they can be sure that they really do get the best of the best
I like the video guys but gotta switch to manual focus on those cameras
what is that backround music? awesome.
What songs are these? They're so badass!!!
If it should be fair in every region... why are only the top 2 allowed to go to the games in the Canadian regions?
Anyone know the soundtrack playing at about 4:45 ?
For all Crossfit's talk about measurement and quantitative goals, it's a mystery why they didn't come up with a viable Wild Card program. Rank everyone from regionals and take the Top "x" number of athletes that didn't qualify. It's totally fair and not new to sports. Saves athletes moving around to game the current system. (PS I'm not watching an hour of spin.)
52:36 more than a sport. It’s life. Everything disappeared in seconds!
I do think the entry requirements is a little unfair; there are guys in this region that would be top of most other regions and they are languishing in 7th or 8th, that said, a huge amount of respect for those guys who shrug and say 'let's get on with it'. I would suggest a #1 #2 #3 standard across the regionals and those guys that achieve those standards would be in. If that means some regions are not represented and some are over represented then so be it, at least you'd have the best in the West in the competition.
Take 2 from each region. Have regionals split into only two weekends. Have everyone in each respective weekend perform at the same time. Take however many wildcards necessary (to equal total from this year) based on performances from a given weekend.
Games will be better and more competitive and the amount of training time qualifying athletes get before the games and after regionals will be much more equal.
Anyone know who the readhead 50:21 is?
Marcus Hendren is the man
Nick Urankar is a beast!
Anyone know the music played at 5:00? :)
I will be very surprised if Rich doesn't win again. 10 points in the most competitive region in the world...
song at the beginning?
I hear some Tron Soundtrack at 41:45
The slushie guy gets more screen time than some of the athletes lol
Bro fists. Bro fists everywhere
I wonder how Hillary felt about 5:28 ahahaha
need to get rid of the only 3 rule and make the qualifying for the games point based across all regions universally
And the award for Eye-Fuck Champion of 2014 goes to.. 1:14
Will reminds me of Seann William Scott
hd?
Glad to know that Froning farts while lifting weights, now I don't feel as weird.
Rich ran real slow to let Graham get the first place. LOL
Most of the people that succeed in cross fit were already fit/had a background in athletics so it's easier for them.they don't even use cross fit to train for cross fit
I feel as if the better crossfit athletes or the ones that are always talked about are all "short" maybe not short really but under 5'10 maybe shorter limbs are more in there favor for certain movements
music start at 32:30? anyone know? :)
WTF the judge at 18:40
3:13 ~ I didn't know Frank Shamrock and Ron Perlman were friends.
SUPER QUOTE = Graham ~ quote at 38:26 - “Steve Prefontaine said that the best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.”
― Steve Prefontaine
17:01 the champ rips ass! that is so funny because people do it all the time!
No way Scott Panchik weighs the same as Nick Urankar
Where are all the people who think Froning is on steroids at now???
is caffeine substance banned while doing the events like other sport "boxing, mma"
Yes, per the Crossfit Games Drug Policy: "Caffeine if concentrations in urine exceed 15 micrograms/ml."
Ha why do they keep showing the Snow Cone vendor with dramatic music???? Now I'm curious - will the snow cones fall off his head or not.....
33:40 is like the definition of the crossfit community...
Instead of wildcards make more regions. Iceland should be it's own region.
Football players make the best CrossFit athletes.
maybe in general, but Rich is former baseball player though ;-)
Kasper Bang he plays football to
Kasper Bang it was in the day in life of Rich Fronin
Langston Walton He plays in some alumni game. Rich is a good all-around athlete, but he's not a football player. He went to college to play baseball.
Hampsted football is football.
I was wondering what happened to Sean Penn, looks like he's judging CrossFit competitions now...
Did anyone notice the psycho in the crowd wiping Rich's sweat off with a Tshirt to tAke home?? Lol