The ‘Olympics’ of CrossFit, the Reebok CrossFit Games, kick into high gear on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, and Guyana’s representatives Dillon Mahadeo and Delice Adonis are excited to get their competitive juices flowing.
This is according to their Coach/Manager, Jamie McDonald.
McDonald said this yesterday of the fittest duo from the 592: “Dillon and Delice are looking good, they’re in good spirits. It’s a really nice experience to see a lot of athletes that we only see on YouTube and social media. It’s a pretty nice experience to get to interact with them and learn a few things.”
Mahadeo and Adonis earned a spot at the Games with the world’s fittest athletes following a five-week online competition called ‘The Open’ where workouts were verified via video and the best in each nation selected after weekly workouts.
“After the first event, they will be cutting most of the field so Dillon and Delice’s chances are based on what event comes, whether it’s a traditional CrossFit type event or a long distance event or strength event, we are really not sure,” McDonald said.
The field of 148 men and 134 women will be slashed after the first event to 75 athletes. That number will be reduced to 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 over the subsequent rounds. The team competition will also be cut, but the timing of the reduction has not yet been announced.
Details of the competition workouts are yet to be released. Typically, the workouts are kept secret until the last minute.
Athletes are told what the day’s workout consists of at the last minute so they have no time to prepare. The various workouts can range from a 10km run to a one-rep max Olympic weightlift. Over the course of the weekend, competitors will have their strength, speed, gymnastics and endurance tested in the hope of winning the title, Fittest on Earth.
CrossFit is a fitness competition combining a wide range of workouts and movements. Competitors can be tested on anything from one repetition maximum weightlifting, to running and swimming.
The 2019 CrossFit Games prize money is US$300,000 for the winning male and female athletes, with prize money up for grabs all the way down to 20th place.
Top Overall Finish – Individual Athletes (men and women)
First place: US$300,000
Second place: US$115,000
Third place: US$75,000
Fourth place: US$50,000
Fifth to eighth place: US$35,000, US$30,000, US$27,000 and US$25,000, respectively
Ninth to 20th place: US$23,000, US$21,000, US$18,000, US$16,000, US$15,000, US$14,000, US$13,000, US$12,000, US$11,000, US$10,000, US$9,000 and US$8,000, respectively
Top Finish by Event – Individual Athletes (men and women)
First place: US$3,000
Second place: US$2,000
Third place: US$1,000
