There was only one CrossFit Semifinal this weekend and it was the French Throwdown. The top athletes from around Europe (and Jayson Hopper) descended upon Paris, France, in an attempt to qualify for the 2026 CrossFit Games.
Hopper made easy work throughout the weekend racking up two event wins and two second place finishes on his way to win the 2026 French Throwdown. Moritz Fiebig finished in 2nd place overall while Nika Mausuradze qualified for his first appearance to the CrossFit Games.
The women’s side was a lot closer. Mirjam von Rohr and Aimee Cringle battled for the top spot on Sunday with von Rohr coming out ahead to win the women’s division. Cringle finished in second.
For the final spot, Leah Storen entered the final event in third, but was just 12 points ahead of CrossFit Games veteran Elisa Fuliano. Storen would take 7th in Event 6, but it was not enough to hold off Fuliano who took 3rd in the event and moved into 3rd place overall. With that Fuliano qualified for her fourth Games appearance.
And finally, on the team side, the French Throwdown would send the top 3 teams to the CrossFit Games. CrossFit Oslo Kriger dominated throughout to win and qualify for the Games. It will be BKG’s first time competing at the CrossFit Games on a team.
CrossFit Södra Wättern and eam Butcher’s Lab Pursuit took 2nd and 3rd, respectively, to earn a trip to the CrossFit Games.
Here are the final leaderboards for the men, women and teams at the French Throwdown.
MEN
1. Jayson Hopper (554 points)
2. Moritz Fiebig (467)
3. Nika Maisuradze (466)
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4. Luis Cuellar (437)
5. Calum Clements (425)
6. Fabian Hermans (394)
7. Colin Bosshard (393)
8. Enrico Zenoni (389)
9. Michal Wesolowski (314)
10. Bjarni Leifs Kjartansson (305)
11. Ruben Leite (293)
12. Guillaume Briant (290)
13. Diogo Pereira (287)
14. Tom Kingdon (285)
15. Luca Buisson (284)
16. Antonios Makaronas (282)
17. Alex Kotoulas (260)
18. Victor Helsinghof (259)
19. Rökkvi Guðnason (258)
20. Dmytro Myndresku (241)
21. Leonardo Barneschi (233)
22. Tommaso Pieri (232)
23. Victor Ljungdal (232)
24. Matteo Charrier (223)
25. Fabian Beneito (216)
26. Eduardo Caferra (205)
27. Victor Garcia de Val (205)
28. Toby Buckland (195)
29. Eric Zuchold (192)
30. Leonardo Grottino (191)
31. Quentin Gerald (152)
32. Romain Fellonneau (150)
33. Jules Castor (149)
34. Vitor Loffi Wawrzeniak (135)
35. Nicolas Sanier (99)
36. Loan Sloma (86)
DNF. Anestis Artemis, Harry Lightfoot, Giorgos Karavis, Sven Geens
WOMEN
1. Mirjam von Rohr (526)
2. Aimee Cringle (513)
3. Elisa Fuliano (470)
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4. Leah Storen (466)
5. Claudia Gluck (454)
6. Lucy McGonigle (408)
7. Holly Tynan (401)
8. Reese Littlewood (375)
9. Andra Moistus (358)
10. Morgane Thyssens (353)
11. Julia Jakobsen (347)
12. Ella Wunger (328)
13. Rebecka Vitesson (311)
14. Manon Angonese (296)
15. Afroditi Grigoriadi (281)
16. Elena Carratala (266)
17. Kristina Kika Vasic (265)
18. Célia Girard (256)
19. Laura Plaza González (248)
20. Lucia Celle (212)
21. Martina Borrini (210)
22. Lisa Janin (200)
23. Jasmine Ghilardi (195)
24. Rox Grootscholten (194)
25. Elin Birna Hallgrimsdottir (189)
26. Jorien Feddes (181)
27. Julia Blazejowska (177)
28. Rebekka Hoek (174)
29. Alazne Egiazabal (171)
30. Marika Seppälä (165)
31. Robine Verhaegen (163)
32. Rikke Laursen (155)
33. Katie Healy (153)
34. Debora Pignone (136)
35. Steinunn Anna Svansdóttir (103)
36. Maribel Gallardo (97)
37. Francesca Zagaglini (89)
38. Eider Murgia (66)
DNF. Joana Skendaj, Siria Meha
TEAMS
1. CrossFit Oslo Kriger (464 points)
2. CrossFit Södra Wättern (404)
3. Team Butcher’s Lab Pursuit (392)
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4. CrossFit Asker Kriger (352)
5. CrossFit ET Kaos (260)
6. CrossFit Caen (244)
7. CrossFit 383 x The Pace Programming (240)
8. Blueprint Crossfit Team AOD (230)
9. FitProcess Genas (176)
10. Audace CrossFit (156)
11. CrossFit Zarautz (148)
12. Grit Red (142)
13. CrossFit Grenoble (124)
14. CrossFit Pembrokeshire Tenby (116)
15. Stensed (106)
16. Zeuz x Vondelgym (64)
17. Team Taktical (62)
18. CrossFit Grillen (28)
19. CrossFit One More Rep (20)
DNF. CrossFit Happy Hearts
