These two elite ladies every scored 4 consecutive occasion wins on the greatest competitors of the offseason.
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One of many nice storylines from the 2024 Rogue Invitational was the 4 consecutive occasion win streaks that each Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Laura Horvath put collectively throughout the competitors.
Toomey-Orr gained the primary 4, adopted by Horvath with a quartet of her personal. Toomey-Orr then gained the final of the 9 occasions on the weekend and took the highest podium spot.
- That is the second time that Horvath has achieved this milestone on the Rogue Invitational.
In 2022, Horvath gained Occasions 3 by 6, changing into the primary particular person to win 4 occasions in a row on the Rogue Invitational.
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4 in a Row on the Video games
The accomplishment of successful 4 occasions in a row is much more uncommon on the CrossFit Video games, solely taking place twice within the competitors’s 18-year historical past. On the 2020 CrossFit Video games, Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr every gained six consecutive occasions.
- This was 2020, nonetheless, and with a discipline measurement of solely 5 athletes, many followers would put an asterisk subsequent to those information.
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What About 3 in a Row?
Going again in CrossFit Video games historical past, 5 athletes have gained three occasions in a row, all of whom have been topped the Fittest on Earth.
The primary to realize this file was Kristan Intelligent.
- Through the 2010 Video games, Intelligent gained a complete of 5 occasions, together with Occasions 6, 7, and eight, on her technique to the Fittest on Earth title.
On the 2013 CrossFit Video games, two males crossed the end line first 3 times in a row.
- Jason Khalipa began robust, successful Occasions 2 by 4. Wealthy Froning had a brilliant Sunday, successful all three occasions to shut out the competitors en path to his third consecutive Fittest on Earth Title.
In 2014, Froning gained the ultimate three occasions for the second straight 12 months, as he claimed his fourth and remaining CrossFit Video games crown.
In 2023, Horvath gained the “Olympic Complete” within the remaining occasion on Saturday on the CrossFit Video games. She then adopted it up by successful the primary two occasions Sunday morning on her technique to successful the CrossFit Video games.
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Then there’s Toomey-Orr. Along with her six consecutive occasion wins in 2020, she has 5(!) extra three-event win streaks on the CrossFit Video games.
- The primary was in 2019 when she gained “Dash Triplet,” “Clear,” and “Swim Paddle.”
- She then gained the primary three occasions throughout the on-line portion of the 2020 competitors and had one other three-event win streak throughout the in-person finals at The Ranch.
- In 2021, she had two extra three-event win streaks.
A number of 4+ Occasion Winners
Going again in CrossFit Video games historical past, solely two rivals gained 4 or extra occasions: Kristan Intelligent gained 5 occasions on the 2010 CrossFit Video games, whereas Annie Thorisdottir gained 4.
Branching Out
If we glance additional than the CrossFit Video games and the Rogue Invitational, we will discover extra instances the place athletes have gained 4 consecutive occasions.
A few latest athletes who achieved this are Seungyeon Choi, who took the primary 4 occasions on the 2022 Far East Throwdown Semifinal. Then there’s Ty Jenkins, who gained the primary 4 occasions within the 16-17-year-old division on the 2023 CrossFit Video games.
Unprecedented
It was exhausting to not be in awe of Toomey-Orr and Horvath’s performances on the 2024 Rogue Invitational. What we didn’t notice on the time was simply how unprecedented this was.
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In a discipline with the perfect athletes on the earth, an athlete has solely gained 4 consecutive occasions as soon as earlier than. The 2010 CrossFit Video games was the one time we noticed two rivals every win a minimum of 4 occasions in a contest.
On the 2024 Rogue Invitational, we noticed one thing that will not occur ever once more.
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