Laura Horvath, the Second Fittest Women in the World 2018

                 

The talk of the Women’s CrossFit Games 2018 was of SECOND place Laura Horvath.

The Hungarian is part of Europe’s CrossFit invasion.

Already from start of the Open it was clear that Laura is a fierce competitor this year.

18.1 placed her right at the top of the leaderboard with a jaw-dropping 432 reps in the workout: 8 toes-to-bars, 10 dumbbell hang clean and jerks, 14-cal. row.

Because of a mishap with the way the video was filmed, she had to redo the workout, and finished with an almost as impressive 420 reps, placing her 2nd after Annie Thorisdottir in this workout.

She finished the Open 4th in her region, Europe North.

The Regional came and Berlin was able to witness live what Horvath has been working on in herself. 

Workout after workout, Laura proved laser-sharp focus and strength in all workouts that were thrown at the athletes. 

Always finishing with a smile on her face, and taking things one step at a time, she never finished lower than 5th. 

Her favourite event was the last one, 4 rope climbs,16 thrusters, 3 rope climbs, 12 thrusters, 2 rope climbs, 8 thrusters that she finished in exactly 4 minutes, 22 seconds faster than second place finisher in the workout, Annie Thorisdottir.

However, it was Annie that stood on top of the Europe Regional podium, Laura finishing just 4 points shy from her. 

After this finish it became clear she’s a competitor that’s hungry and will not lay back.

Now she is the SECOND Fittest Women in the World!

So what's her history with CrossFit?

After a brilliant Open season in 2016, when she finished 23rd in Europe, Laura got to compete alongside the biggest names in CrossFit in Europe, at the Meridian Regional. 

It was an incredible season for the 19 year old at that time. She placed 7th on the final standings, just two spots shy from qualifying to the CrossFit Games. 

These were Laura’s first interactions with the big name athletes and despite of her young age which could have intimidated a lot of other people, she remembers how friendly and kind they all were.

2017 came and saw a stronger and more mature Laura in the Open season. 

She finished the Open as 10th overall in Europe and qualified again for the Meridian Regional, where she ended the weekend 11th on the overall standings.

Laura Horvath, the Bulletproofbodies Team Salutes you.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wPrFfV0ZxeDqs0UpZoRhw

Update Show: 2018 Games - Women's Recap

                  

So what exactly happened in the Women’s competition?

1st – Tia-Clair Toomey

2nd – Laura Horvath

3rd – Katrin Davidsdottir

4th – Kara Saunders

5th – Annie Thorisdottir

6th – Kari Pearce

7th – Kristin Holte

8th – Brooke Wells

9th – Kristi Eramo

10th – Cassidy Lance-McWherter

11th – Jamie Green

12th – Tennil Beuerlein

Former World’ Fittest Women, Camille Lablanc – Bazinet finishing in 13^th position.

Well, Tia-Clair Toomey remains unstoppable.

Laura Horvarth is only 21 years old from Hungary finishing second and is one to watch!

Katrin Davidsdottir struggles with muscle ups and the CrossFit Total but still gets an impressive third.

Sara Sigmundsdottir retires due to injury.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/CrossFitHQ

Update Show: 2018 Games - Men's Recap

                       

So what exactly happened in the Men’s competition?

1st - Mat Fraser

2nd - Patrick Vellner

3rd - Lukas Hogberg

4th - Brent Fikowski

5th - Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson

6th - Noah Olsen

7th - Cole Sager

8th - Rasmus Anderson

9th - Willy Georges

10th - Cody Anderson

11th - Scott Panchik

12th - Ben Smith

Well, Mat Fraser remains unstoppable.

But Patrick Vellner was just as impressive despite all the mishaps that he had, including that big crash on the bike and falling from the Cargo net.

Lukas Hogberg, rarely outside the top three and finishes third.

Brent Fikowski has dropped down to 4th Fittest man in the world from runner up last year.

And Iceland's Bjorgvin Gudmundsson deserves a fantastic 5th place finish.

Former World's Fittest Man, Ben Smith gets 12th place.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/CrossFitHQ

2018 Reebok CrossFit Games: Continue to Rise

                  

So, the CrossFit Games 2018 are over.

We have loved watching the top 0.001% of human ability compete at the highest level.

Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey retain their titles as fittest Man and Women on Earth.

CrossFit Mayhem Freedom  wins the Team competition.

Kyle Kasperbauer wins Men's 35-40

Neal Maddox wins the Men’s 40-45.

Anna Tobias wins the Women’s 35-40 category, and the Legend that is Sam Briggs comes back from injury to finish second.

Stephanie Roy wins the Women's 40-45 category with our very own Kelly Friel from CrossFit Southampton comes second.

The British ladies showing the lads how its done!

These amazing athletes have inspired us all.

It’s time to start training for next year’s Open.

But more importantly, we must understand why we train.

“For in the answer lies the testing. How will you be better tomorrow?”

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/CrossFitHQ