The 2025 UAE Storm Games hosted elite athletes over the weekend along with community individual and team divisions. The two-day competition saw multiple CrossFit Games veteran throw down in Fujairah, UAE.
After six events and seven scores, Jelle Hoste and Jamie Simmonds stood atop the men’s and women’s leaderboard, respectively.
Hoste won three events, including the final two events, to hold off Nasser Alruwayeh. Kalyan Souza would take 3rd overall by leapfrogging Toby Buckland on the final event.
Alruwayeh is coming off a two-year sanction from the CrossFit Games after failing a drug test at the Far East Throwdown Semifinal in 2022. Alruwayeh proved that his supplement was tainted and received a lesser two-year sanction as a result. Alruwayeh’s sanction is now over and he is able to compete in the 2025 CrossFit Games season.
Men’s Standings
1. Jelle Hoste (660 points)
2. Nasser Alruwayeh (625)
3. Kalyan Souza (574)
4. Toby Buckland (571)
5. Marius Pettersen (566)
6. Victor Helsinghof (562)
7. Bruno Marins (543)
8. Alex Millington (524)
9. Jack Laker (498)
10. Maysam Rohani (494)
11. Olegs Lascenko (492)
12. Christopher Nilsen (487)
The elite women’s division saw multiple Games veterans on the competition floor – Jamie Simmonds, Matilde Garnes, Seher Kaya, Sara Sigmundsdottir and Julia Kato.
At the end of the weekend, Simmonds won three events (like Hoste) on her way to victory. Simmonds, however, entered the final event seven points behind Andrea Solberg. Simmonds won the final event while Solberg failed the Flip Sled twice. The missed reps caused Solberg to drop to 6th in the event and allowed Simmonds to earn the win.
Solberg would tie with Garnes with 625 points, but Solberg’s two event wins were the tiebreaker to take 2nd place overall.Â
Women’s Standings
1. Jamie Simmonds (643 points)
2. Andrea Solberg (625)
3. Matilde Garnes (625)
4. Seher Kaya (598)
5. Sara Sigmundsdottir (574)
6. Verena Reimers (549)
7. Luiza Marques (527)
8. Evie Hollis (511)
9. Kamila Takeyeva (509)
10. Julia Kato (484)
11. Milana Kaksic (461)
Head over to Competition Corner for the detailed results and leaderboard.