This is Roman Khrennikov, the Russian athlete who has won over the entire CrossFit community In recognition of his heroic performance on the final day of the Olympic Games. It seems that 2023 will be his dream, and he is cherishing the victory, but something unexpected happened…
After wearing the front-runner’s jersey for three straight days, winning two and finishing in the top five seven times, he smells like a potential champion. However, he suffered a noticeable limp in the penultimate Test of the weekend… Roman Khrennikov’s dreams of becoming the fittest man on earth were dashed after he injured his left foot in the previous Muscular Log Test. up.
Jump!CrossFit training with this professional PicSil jump rope
Jump!CrossFit training with this professional PicSil jump rope
Roman Krennikov jumping on one leg
However, giving up is not an option. The Russian was placed among the rest of his teammates and continued to play until the end. First jump rope with one foot and one leg and double down, and then pull the weight. A few minutes later, Khrennikov was competing alone, applauded by the audience and opponents, and some people in the stands were moved to tears. Yes, like the best Hollywood movies!
“I want to be my son’s hero and see me fight to the end,” he said afterward. Already on the podium and with a third-place medal, he couldn’t stop smiling with pride at what he had achieved.
Roberto Cabezas is Men’s Health Spain’s specialist in fitness, CrossFit, bodybuilding, training materials, nutrition and sports supplements. I graduated in Journalism from the School of Information Sciences in Madrid and have always loved sports. I play football, practice karate, tennis and now I’m into paddle tennis and train in the gym. I firmly believe that healthy living, eating well and exercising daily are essential to both physical and mental health. I encourage you to combat stress with a workout routine that includes fitness training. One of my hobbies is food shopping because I love to eat, especially meat, but also fruit and healthy desserts. I’m not missing out on my daily protein shake and recommend trying peanut butter and bananas, one of the many recommendations you’ll find in the nutrition content I write and tackle on topics like creatine, protein whey, and others. Professionally, before joining Hearst Magazines Health, I worked for nearly 20 years at the same company for Teleindiscreta, TP and Supertele magazines, where I learned to be a journalist. Before I had looked at economic advisors and women’s sites.
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