He’s been putting in serious work for this yr’s competition.
2022 CrossFit Games Men’s runner-up Roman Khrennikov has his sights set on moving up that one last spot and overtaking two-time defending champion Justin Medeiros on the 2023 Games in Madison, WI within the week of Aug. 1-6. Khrennikov qualified for the Games due to placing fourth within the North America East Semifinal.
He’s made probably the most of the past month of preparing for the Games by committing his time to training in a wide range of disciplines needed for CrossFit success. Along the way in which, he’s been documenting his progress on Instagram and sharing together with his 129,000 followers.
On June 30, 2023, Khrennikov posted a video of himself performing gymnastic ring muscle-ups with an added twist for the upper body. He would perform an additional dip before lowering himself back down for the following repetition. The video clip doesn’t appear to point out an entire set, but Khrennikov might be seen performing 4 full repetition of this advanced movement.
The elite CrossFitter has also has been putting the metcon machines through their paces. Two days before his ring workout, Khrennikov showed himself working through a superset of air bike pedaling and rowing. He didn’t disclose the particular “calories burned” or time performed for either exercise.
Last but definitely not least, Khrennikov has shown that he can still move serious weight on strength-focused lifts, similar to this set of snatches with 93 kilograms (205 kilos), which he lifted for 3 explosive repetitions. He shared this training clip on June 19, 2023, and laid out in the post caption that it was “[six] weeks before CrossFit Games.”
Khrennikov is certainly one of several athletes trying to knock Medeiros off the highest spot and forestall a “three-peat” on the Games on the Men’s side of the sector. Other top contenders which have previously finished in second on the Games include Patrick Vellner (2018, 2021), Samuel Kwant (2020), and Noah Ohlsen (2019), each of whom also qualified for the 2023 Games.
Khrennikov’s runner-up finish in 2022 was his highest placing on the Games in his profession. He was thirteenth within the 2020 Games, but didn’t compete in the game’s championship contest in 2021 or 2018 despite being qualified.
As for the present champ he’s attempting to dethrone, Medeiros is working to develop into the third-ever Men’s champion to win three titles in a row. Mat Fraser won five titles (2016-2020) and Wealthy Froning Jr. won 4 titles (2011-2014). Each Froning Jr. and Fraser ended their careers as champion. Ben Smith won the one title that separated Froning Jr. and Fraser’s reigns when he became the Fittest Man on Earth in 2015.
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