The ninth edition was held over 3 days with the participation of 40 athletes
Russian Roman and Hungarian Laura win Dubai International CrossFit
Strong competitions decided the championship title.
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The ninth edition of the "Dubai International CrossFit Championship", which was held with the support of the Dubai Sports Council, concluded with the participation of 40 male and female athletes, and the best crossfit players in the world competed to win the championship categories and prizes amounting to one million and 300 thousand dirhams, over three days.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, President of the Rugby Union, crowned the winners of the tournament in the presence of Khalid Al Awar, Director of Sports Events Department at Dubai Sports Council, and Saud Al Shamsi, Director of the Championship.
A press release said: "The Russian Roman Khrenkov, ranked first in Europe and winner of the Russian Federation Championship in 2020, won the men's championship title, as the nominations were in his favour from the beginning. As for Hungarian Laura Horvath, ranked first in Europe and winner of second place twice in the world, She won the women's title, and each returned to his country with a prize of 50 thousand dollars.
At the end of the competition, Khrenkov collected 845 points, 92 points ahead of Serbian Lazar Dokic in second place (753 points), while Australian Ricky Garrard ranked third with 744 points, and Dokic got 30 thousand dollars for second place, while Garrard got 20 A thousand dollars in third place.
In the women's category, Horvath finished the competition with a total of 783 points, 33 points ahead of Norway's Christine Holte (750 points), for Holte to take the second place prize of $30,000, while Poland's Gabriela Megala ranked third with a total of 723 points and received $20,000.
The first day’s competitions were held at Ski Dubai at a temperature of 4 below zero and included three different exercises in the snow. The competitions were decorated with the slogans “Dubai Destinations.” The competitions for the second and third days of the championship continued, as the competitions were held at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Al Garhoud, which included seven A variety of exercises, one of the most difficult cross-fit exercises in the world.
The number of views of the last edition of the "Dubai International Crossfit Championship" on the Internet reached more than one million views.
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