Gui Malheiros is Grateful and Good to Go for the Games

July 29th, 2024

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • Gui Malheiros is back, grateful, and good to go for Fort Worth. Learn more about the young Brazilian phenom below.

  • Have you noticed that some Games athletes always seem to be at the top of the leaderboard with particular programming and toward the middle or bottom of the pack with different programming? Check out part two of our series on athlete superpowers and kryptonite.

  • Haley Morrone found CrossFit, dropped 100 pounds, and became a coach and affiliate owner, but a recent health scare once again reminded her of the power of fitness.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“[Not qualifying for the Games] was one of the most important things that happened to me, in my career.” - Guilherme Malheiros on the Mayhem Athlete podcast

CROSSFIT GAMES

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Poised and Grateful, Guilherme Malheiros Returns to the CrossFit Games

At the 2017 CrossFit Games, anyone looking for the next “up-and-comer” would’ve immediately been drawn to a young man standing out amongst the crowd in the 16-17 Age Group Division. 

  • That 17-year-old — snatching 291 pounds — was Brazilian athlete Guilherme Malheiros. 

This weight happened to be the same that Mat Fraser lifted, as the individuals were also challenged with a 1-rep-max snatch that year. 

Let’s just say it got a lot of people talking.

At the time, Malheiros was competing against others who have since made their way to the Games in the Men’s Division, Cole Greashaber and Bayley Martin. 

  • That year, he finished in second place, and as he aged out of the Teen Division, he had his eyes on the next step: to compete as an individual. 

The Brazilian’s Background

While we have seen many teens-turned-individual athletes over the last handful of years, the transition is not usually a smooth or quick one on the men’s side. 

  • It takes time for male teen athletes to earn their spot at the Games, competing shoulder-to-shoulder with the big boys. 

We have yet to see a male qualify as an individual in the season immediately following their last year as a teen. 

  • Malheiros, so far at least, is the only one who has made that jump in just two years. 

On an episode of the Mayhem Athlete Podcast, Malheiros said that while he sustained an injury after the 2018 Open, ultimately, he didn’t qualify because he underestimated his competition.

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SPEED READS

🏋️🏋️ 2024 CrossFit Games Event 8: Dave Castro outlined Event 8 for the individuals on Friday, an elimination-style clean ladder. Get the details.

💪🎒Train Hard in Fort Worth: Headed to the Games in August? Get ready to Train Hard with CrossFit Games champ, Jason Khalipa, Gabe Yanez, and their GORUCK partners. Check out the schedule for happy hour meet-and-greets, morning men’s club workouts, and “Murder Yoga” (open mat Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).

🚨❤️‍🔥 Northern Spirit for Divisional Games: Northern Spirit, the French clothing brand that sponsored the 2024 CrossFit Semifinals announced this week that it would be sponsoring the Masters, Teen, and Adaptive Games as well.

🧑‍💻👩‍💻Now Hiring: Two major training camps/media teams have posted available social media positions this week. Check them out and get your applications in.

  • Mayhem Media Team — Requiring a relocation to (CrossFit Mecca) Cookeville, TN, the Mayhem Media Team is searching for a Social Media Videographer and Creative Editor.

  • PRVN Fitness — If you are looking to get your foot in the door, this might be the opportunity. PRVN Fitness is looking for a social media intern to work remotely. Apply today.

🎟️📈 Games Ticket Resale Prices Dropping: The CrossFit Games start in a week and a half, are you still looking for tickets? Mike Halpin, the mind behind Known & Knowable, has been watching the 2024 CrossFit Games ticket resale prices on StubHub, Vivid Seats, and Ticketmaster and they have started to ⬇️. Find the best available deals here.

ICYMI: What makes a comeback complete? And more to the point, is Haley Adams’ comeback complete with a Games qualification or is there unfinished business in Fort Worth? We dug into that question and four other CrossFit Games storylines you might not be considering.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

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Even the best athletes in the world have strengths and weaknesses. 

  • For example, Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr has never won an event with handstand walks.

Because every event involves a different combination of movements, reps, time domains, and weights, it can be difficult to determine where an athlete shines and where they fall behind.

For the 2024 CrossFit Games, we looked at five women who have their sights set on the top 10 to highlight their superpowers, but also acknowledge their kryptonite.

Alex Gazan

Superpower

Alex Gazan has a three-year winning streak when it comes to legless rope climbs at Semifinals. 

  • She set the world record in 2024 Semifinals Event 3, nearly six seconds ahead of the second-fastest time held by Toomey-Orr. 

At the CrossFit Games, the only legless rope climb event she faced so far was “The Alpaca Redux” in 2023, and she cruised to a third-place finish in that event.

Gazan’s prowess for upper body pulling also translated to third place in “Parallel-Bar Pull” at the Games last year with its eight rounds of sled pulls.

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Haley Morrone: Health Scare “Could Have Been Much Worse” if It Weren’t for CrossFit

Haley Morrone knew something was wrong. 

This May her period was heavier than normal and she found herself bleeding irregularly for the entire month. 

Then, she started to feel dizzy, especially when she worked out.

  • “We’re in Texas and it has been extremely hot here, so I was almost wondering if it was maybe heat exhaustion,” said Morrone, who first started CrossFit 10 years ago 100 pounds heavier.

After losing the weight, Morrone went on to become the affiliate owner of Converse CrossFit in Converse TX, but she closed her gym in the spring of 2022 and now is a coach at CrossFit Virilis in Cibolo, TX.

Needless to say, Morrone has a good sense of her body, and so once she started feeling dizzy she immediately contacted her doctor.

  • “They did some tests, they gave me some antibiotics…and sent me home,” said the 41-year-old.

The antibiotics made no difference, so three weeks later, in June, she returned to the doctor, and the same thing happened: Her blood pressure, heart, and lungs all looked good, and she was given more antibiotics and told she was fine. 

Morrone knew she wasn’t.

  • “I have been doing CrossFit for 10 years, and because I’ve lost 100 pounds, my journey has always been about modifying workouts, always pacing myself, always listening to my body, so I have never been the type of person who has pushed myself to where I would throw up or anything like that,” she said.

HIGHLIGHTS

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  • Congratulations to Brodie from Freezing Hot CrossFit in Australia on the clean and jerk PR.

  • 👖Check out this throwback of Sean Velas, owner of Team Soul in Miami, repping out some quick toe-to-bar in jeans.