The video is an interview with Bionic right before his run.

The picture was taken about 15s into the race, running up the first hill. Ricky Frausto is in the lead, with Jason Khalipa and Mike Giardina right behind. Bionic is in the red shorts and white sunglasses, right behind Dutch and Jeff Tincher. Speal is just to our left of Tincher wearing the big headphones. OPT (white hat) is right behind Brendan (mohawk), and right next to Geoff Aucoin (black hat). Pat Barber is in the back.

In this race, though, starting order was very different from finishing order. The athletes finished the heat like this:

Speal 3:22
OPT 3:34
Jeff Fleming 3:46
Ricky Frausto 3:47
Pat Barber 3:48
Jeff Tincher 3:55
Jason Khalipa 3:58
Dutch 4:04
Geoff Aucoin 4:05
Bionic 4:12
Brendan 4:20
Nick Hawkes 4:21
Mike G 4:34
Eric Jones 4:45

Bionic Pre-Run Interview ...[wmv][mov]

CrossFit Hardcore of Boca Raton, FL sent a few folks to the Games:
Adriana Grassi
Omar Torres (Bionic)
Lance Mosely

They made a highlight video of their experience.

The picture is of the 3 of them with another Floridian (Jenni Orr). We're not sure what they're doing here, so maybe some other native Floridians can offer some ideas.

CrossFit Hardcore Video Highlights ...[wmv][mov]

Here's another good-lookin' video from Von Ware, this time talking to rising CrossFit monster Kallista Pappas. Kallista is 14, a veteran of both CrossFit Games events, a gymnast, and a budding beast on the CrossFit horizon.

Von Ware/Kallista Pappas ...[wmv][mov]

For those of you who asked, or secretly desired, to see the results by event, here they are, in PDF. For the really curious among you, Caity placed 11th in the run, 8th in the Thruster WOD.

Jason was 11th in the Thruster WOD and 38th (!) in the run. The run results are interesting; only 38 seconds separate first from 38th place. Kind of a quirky irony, but it also indicates just how competitive the field was.

Here's another beautifully produced video from Von Ware, who's done some great videos for the Games (another one of his montages was recently featured on the main page). By the way, Von is QUITE the athlete himself. If you've never taken the opportunity to Google him up, give it a shot!

Von Ware/Jason Khalipa Interview ...[wmv][mov]

Tom Campitelli from CrossFit Oakland put together this slideshow of his pictures of the Oakland crew from this year's Games. Oakland won the affiliate cup over several great teams, after months of dedicated preparation.

They brought the right mix of athletes and skills for this year...but who knows about next year?

Thanks to Mike Minium of CrossFit Oakland for this detailed list of not only who, but when they appear, in the slideshow.

It's fantastic to be able to put a name with a sweaty face!

CF Oakland Slide Show ...[wmv][mov]

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Here's another great video from yesterday's enthusiastic, if slightly unsteady, videographer. The heart and enthusiasm he (and the other Games spectators) displays is wonderful. I'm afraid Bingo may have lost the "top spectator" title here. These videos are a great addition to our catalog of Games content, and they also really make you appreciate the efforts of Tony B and his team.

Caity finished the run in 11th overall for the women - pretty amazing.

Caity's Run ...[wmv][mov]

There are a couple of things to learn from this video:

First, Caity Matter, who works out and is a trainer at Rogue Fitness, pushed HARD on the final reps of the final workout of the Games. No doubt that this girl is an outstanding athlete.

Second, it's hard to hold the video camera steady while screaming your lungs out for your favorite competitor!

Caity's Final Reps ...[wmv][mov]

"Behind every great man is a great woman." The awesome Jamie V., soon to be Mrs. Tony Budding, is the source for many of the great photos we get to enjoy on the CrossFit site.

In the video, we get to see Jason Khalipa knock out a blistering 500M on the C2 rower. Not a PR, but then, it was his third workout of the day.

Seems like he's taking keeping his title seriously!

Khalipa Rows ...[wmv][mov]

Our amazing sponsor recruitment specialist (otherwise known as the chief arm twister), Mike Pomerenning, goes through the incredible goodies that the Games winners received. We had, as you will see, tremendous support from a wide variety of cool sponsors, and hope that this little video will whet your appetites for next year's events.

I was talking with our Customer Service rep tonight, and she told me that on Sunday night, July 6th, she received an email marked URGENT! The contents of that email? "How do I register for the 2009 Games?"

So...don't wait too long before starting to train for next year....

Mike P. Displays Games Goodies ...[wmv][mov]

Inquiries have been researched, scoresheets have been reviewed, fat-fingered typos have been fixed, and the results re-calculated.

Below in PDF are the men's, women's, and team corrected final standings.

Thanks to all of the eagle-eyed reviewers helping us get this right, and thanks to you all for your patience. We didn't say *which* Wednesday we'd have the results retabluated, did we?

Men's Corrected Results (PDF)

Women's Corrected Results (PDF)

Corrected Team Standings (PDF)

As a couple of you might have heard, there's a CrossFit movie in the works. Sevan and Carey are the evil geniuses behind this effort, and their movie will culminate with the 2008 CrossFit Games.

Here they are, discussing how things went after the first day of the Games.

Sevan & Carey After Day 1 ...[wmv][mov]

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As most of you know, the choice of Sunday's event wasn't announced until Saturday after the first three events were completed.

Here's your chance to see the announcement, which includes the description of the standards. As some of the Khalipa-naysayers will discover, the "squat clean to thruster" technique was briefed to all the competitors as an allowable method of completing the work.

Check the reactions to the choice, too. More than a few groans (and several cheers) met the announcement.

Sunday's Event Announcement ...[wmv][mov]

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Here's a great video sent in by Josh and Tanya Wagner of CrossFit Apex in Harleysville PA. It chronicles their games experience from start to finish. You will see blood, sweat, and smiles, but no tears, in this one.

CrossFit Apex Goes to the Games. ...[wmv][mov]

Based on the queries for corrections submitted, we've reviewed the official scoresheets and made the appropriate corrections - final versions are in the PDFs.

Special "Spirit of CrossFit" kudos to Geoff Aucoin, who dropped himself out of a top-20 finish and into the DNF pack by admitting that he and his spotter mis-counted the reps on his final workout, resulting in a time based on 27 reps, not 30.

The outstanding integrity in coming forward, while small comfort for his drop in standings, elevates him to the top of the heap in my book.

UPDATE 13 JUL: Folks, looks like some technical difficulties with the results files, so I'm pulling them back to compare to an original file and the official timesheets. Will get them back up after some data validation. Sorry for the delay, and the angst.