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With a year of understanding the new rules, the “superteams” started to make a comeback, all with the goal of toppling Mayhem Freedom’s dominance over the division.
As expected, those intentions and goals were not met but it did make for one of the closest team races in a long while giving hope for the division after Froning steps away.
He’s been the only constant through every iteration of the Mayhem Freedom team and undoubtedly one of the greatest Games athletes of all-time.

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He leaves with his affiliate’s name engraved on the Affiliate Cup a record six times.
That same cup has made Cookeville, TN home since 2018.
Samuel Cournoyer will more than likely dive back into individual competition where he will be considered a top-10 threat in 2023.

Taylor Williamson hasn’t announced what her plans will be but she is in the midst of her second year of physician’s assistant school and will be concentrating a lot of her efforts there.
I can’t imagine that even though Froning and the rest of the team will not be returning to defend the title, that wall walk movement standard the team name goes away or a new version, a repackaged version of the team returns to defend the title.

Maybe athletes from the Mayhem Independence team, who finished fifth at the Games, move in to take over the name and defend the crown.
The Mayhem Justice team also could feed into the new team as well.
Froning has not had an issue bringing athletes in much like what he did with Cournoyer, Nisler and Williamson the last couple of seasons.

He could convince any number of athletes already in Cookeville training as individuals to take a year off to gain experience, win some money and a championship.
When they decided to return for the 2022 season with a new name and teammate in three-time “Fittest Man in Norway” Nicolay Billaudel, they became one of the favorites to challenge Mayhem Freedom for the championship.

Their outfit choice would be short-lived however as Freedom would go on to reclaim the lead the following event and never relinquish it again.
They were one of three teams to record all top-10 event finishes with eight top-5 finishes among spartan 500 workout their accomplishments.
They finished 65-points behind Froning and company, the narrowest margin of victory by Mayhem Freedom since 2015.

It means that Oslo could be the next in line to topple Mayhem Freedom from the throne.
However, if Mayhem Freedom and more specifically Froning do not return to defend their title (which he has announced he will not) the team from Norway would be the favorite and bring the Affiliate Cup to Europe for the first time ever.
As with many teams, turnover in athletes could affect the success or failure of their season.
Oslo has an accomplished individual athlete in Billaudel.

Richter has finished in the top-20 in Europe in the individual Quarterfinals the last two years including tenth this past season and has announced her desire to take a crack at the individual competition burpee for beginners this coming season.
Oslo has the depth of athletes and a system in place where they can field a championship caliber team.
But to team members Joshua Al-Chamaa, Devyn Kim, Brittany Weiss and Jorge Fernandez it was inevitable.

The Games put a bow on a 2022 season that saw them overlooked despite all of their accomplishments throughout the three stages of qualification.
Outside of Mayhem, no other camp can claim a more successful Games run both in longevity and success.
Invictus has the pedigree, sending a team to every Games since the division was started in 2009.

With their third place finish it gives the San Diego-based camp four podium finishes, the second most for an affiliate behind Mayhem, and their first since the 2019 season.
In 2021 the team finished a disappointing 19th as they struggled with injuries and line-up changes.

They added teen alum Kim, who was a member of the talented Invictus Unconquerable team that would have made their Games debut in 2021 as well but were disqualified when one of their members tested positive for a banned substance.
The Brit is one of the fittest men in Europe but had never competed at the Games.
The team offered him the opportunity to put that feather in his hat.

All four placed in the top-100 in the Open with Fernandez placing 12th in the North America Quarterfinals.
Al-Chamaa placed 8th in the European Quarterfinals.
Weiss made huge strides as an individual athlete, placing a career-best 30th in the Open and following that with a 46th in the North American Quarterfinals.

The 20-year old Kim competed in just the Open and placed 98th, continuing her huge jumps in performance since aging out of the teen division where she was a perennial podium contender.
Weiss and Fernandez will each turn 28 next season, Al-Chamaa will be 31, meaning their window to compete as individuals will continue to shrink.
All indication is that the team will return to attempt to capture a second team title for the Invictus camp.

Doing that would make them just the third affiliate with multiple Games titles joining Mayhem and Hack’s Pack UTE.
How could it not be, two of the greatest CrossFit athletes in the history of the sport in Froning and Annie Thorisdottir would throw their best at each other.
A team made specifically to topple crossfit ltp Mayhem, a task that has been attempted many times with just the Wasatch team succeeding in 2017.

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However, that team did not have the star power that Reykjavik possessed.
On paper it seemed like a very formidable team, one that could possibly take out the Mayhem empire.
At the feet together squat Lowlands Throwdown Semifinal, it appeared to be figured out as they dominated the field to win every event, a task that Mayhem matched as well.
Tikkanen, Thorisdottir and Fisher ultimately made the call that she was ready to go and that they would go with the team that got them there.

The team as whole was disappointed by the end result but not the effort they put forth.
What kept the team off the podium was a 30th place in the second workout of the opening day, “Pegs and P-Bars.” That put the team in a hole early, a hole they would spend the next four days clawing out of.
Will she give it another run with a team in 2023, using the lessons learned.

The answer to that question is up in the air right now but we can say with certainty that the seven-month journey Reykjavik went through was fun to watch and we hope we see another team wearing the Reykjavik jersey in 2023.
This brought back the “superteams,” as affiliates looked to cash in on the opportunity to make a name for themselves.

Teams like the aforementioned Reykjavik as well as OBA, CrossFit Selwyn and Move Fast Lift Heavy are notables that were formed with members not from their typical affiliate membership or training camp.
The 2019 season was the most notable season for this as almost every team was considered a “superteam.”.
The benefits of going this route are many including the chance to compete at the Games.

For athletes who are looking to take a season off from individual competition to let their body heal, the lower training volume for a team is attractive.
It also allows athletes to extend their competitive career a few more seasons as they still get to compete at the highest level outlet reebok crossfit.
The odds of winning an event at the Games at the team level will be higher if Froning and this year’s Mayhem Freedom team elect not to return as they have hinted.

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Teams like CrossFit Omnia Black, Pro1 Montreal and 8th Day CrossFit Black who all finished in the top-10 are examples of this.
In those teams’ cases they have members who have been a part of their gyms culture for multiple years and work at those affiliates.
A record seven non-US based teams finished in the top-10 including two on the podium.
For the first time ever a European team finished on the podium with CrossFit Oslo placing second.

French team CrossFit Genas placed third as well to highlight that the rest of the world has caught up with the US.
This makes what happened last year even more impressive for European and Oceania teams.
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