2021 Spartan World Championship Mens Elite Race | Abu Dhabi

The stage is set for the first-ever international Spartan World Championship in Abu Dhabi.
The top OCR athletes from around the world gather for the battle in the desert.
Can OCR superstar Ryan Atkins claim his first world championship title or will it evade him again?
Special thanks to the Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
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[@YourFitnessQuest]

Running in sand the whole time is a totally different animal than the ski resort venues they usually do. That looked brutal. It's also cool to see so many international competitors at this championship. Congrats to Atkins for winning and the Spartan crew for the great coverage!

[@johnandrews8590]

Happy that Ryan finally got his World title. The emotion says it all. Great race.

[@deriusbrown25]

Right. Bout time.

[@aaronbushue499]

Spoiler alert your the top comment and I was still watching the video lol

[@marekmrazek9758]

Why only 31 minutes short race coverage :( When the race was more then 2 hours. Thank you for that but I'm a little disappointed.

[@patrickharner]

Happy for Ryan. Sergei- what a class act! "The shadow you can't shake." Stunning compliment from the world champ on the runner up.

[@STEEPPOW]

This should have far more coverage and views. Amazing race.

[@passleycraig]

Great 👍 coverage and play by play. It’s always good when David adds insights into what racers are doing along the course. I’m glad a volunteer or staff told Ryan that he grabbed the wrong sandbag. This prevented a controversy at the end. Beautiful course and dunes.

[@SpartanRaceTube]

🙏

[@deriusbrown25]

Let's go Atkins. Hard work pays off.

[@mattsully2238]

Again, please stop showing the podium finishers in the thumbnail. It ruins the drama of the moment.

[@johnandrews8590]

100% agree. Very annoying.

[@NomeCultJoe]

fucking true; the dramatic editing and narration and the thumbnail spoils it all

[@WalksAlone]

Excellent coverage. I’m soooo happy for Rayan Arkins. He really dug as deep as it get to make it come true for himself 💪💪😎

[@SpartanRaceTube]

thank you

[@brynsonperillo2345]

Thrilling race! Ryan really had to fight for the win. Bravo - Well deserved!!! Awesome race for Sergei and Jonathan who made Ryan earn it. Excellent coverage and venue. Great Job! Looking forward to running at Abu Dhabi.

[@huahintrailrunners4030]

What an amazing race and beautiful desert scenery! I wish I could have been there to experience the course!

[@scotto2863]

So happy for Ryan. He played it smart and went out hard. Much love and respect 💪💪💪

[@tonibringuier9106]

Incredible coverage, locution and an epic career, rarely lived!

[@SpartanRaceTube]

thank you

[@jaimseygirl2594]

Amazing race! Ryan deserves the win. So happy for him. Awesome job. 👏👏👏

[@manurushs418]

Magnifique soleil, courses !!! 👍🏾👏🏾! Bravo aux coureurs, Organisateurs, bénévoles ...

[@Mars-cs1ct]

I'm loving the coverages latey. Awesome job.

[@Djeango2]

epic race from Ryan, and congratulation to every contenders

[@AceAureus]

Really happy for Atkins. A well deserved win.

[@cdigdawg]

Nice coverage. Great race! Congrats to Ryan Atkins for claiming the title.

[@SpartanRaceTube]

thank you

[@miimki2711]

Ryan Atkins is a beast of honour 🔨🔨🔨

[@barabarossa]

It is a great coverage of the race, it would even better if you wouldn't use photos of the race winners in the video thumbnails, it ruins the fun a bit :)

[@Idoitfortheskonkas]

Absolute beasts

[@Finnspin_unicycles]

Ryan trying pretty hard not to cry in the interview, must mean a lot and he deserves the title.

[@BurksArribaRunningAwareness]

Champion 🌱🏃🏽‍♂️🥇

[@JoyDahan]

Amazing🙂

[@3monightmar3]

Omg Watson's steampunk sunnies are so cool!

[@Mattbarentsen]

Awesome 😀

[@emilyyoung8065]

Great race and brilliant to watch, when do we get to watch the elite ladies?

[@wilwaren8571]

now that s what you call challenge 💪

[@kevincook1356]

Great coverage! About 27:26….Sergei was not in the lead….you can clearly see Atkins is still in the lead…😀

[@andreisevela1496]

This is so far the best video footage of Spartan event. Very professionally done. Thank you

[@chrissyjimenez6907]

when will the women's be uploaded?

[@marvyjoyanduyan7636]

Been there❤️👌 Aroo from team🇧🇭

[@heltonfernandes865]

Um dia eu chego a competir ai.

[@daegudiva]

I LOVE Spartan Race, but the back drop is not as visually pleasing as the mountains, perhaps that is just me. I am not saying it is not challenging and an excellent test of human performance. That being said I am thrilled that Ryan won his world championship.

[@JaredHathaway]

Having a Sandbag Carry while running on sand is the funniest thing I heard today!

[@andreisevela1496]

😁

[@JaredHathaway]

@@andreisevela1496 all smiles

[@BurksArribaRunningAwareness]

Hamilton Center Incorporated Union Health

[@shundt100]

Has the women’s world championship coverage been posted yet? I don’t see it .

[@SpartanRaceTube]

yes it has

[@sl33pyTea]

I F******* LOVE THIS TYPE OF SH**!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bigkellycraft]

Did you say Richard Hynek is from Croatia? He is from the Czech Republic

[@sandiegojoey1]

Is Atkins wearing a continuous glucose monitor on the back of his left tricep? If so, is it the Dexom with continuous monitoring? That would be interesting because you can set it to sync with your watch and give real time glucose alerts.

[@hillcityninja3155]

Arooo

[@carlynicegirl28]

no video of female category ?

[@vickianadulcio7659]

lol not the bridesmaid lmfaooo

[@user-uu4gs1cd3e]

How kilometer?

[@passleycraig]

On a separate note, I wish and hope Joe partners with Whoop on Spartan series, Championships or/and WTMs. He interviewed Whoop founder on Spartan Up. It would’ve been cool to see the strain levels of each racer along this course.

[@SpartanRaceTube]

agree, we've been trying to get whoop on board. hopefully something works out next year.

[@josephjoestar4755]

The camera man 🥱

[@zagreb2012]

Why Kilian Jornet has white rope? @02:51

[@raylightzzz]

Why was this race held in the desert? Hell wasn't available?

[@victorrosero6948]

Look at how soft that sand is

[@gregwaters8480]

I’m telling you running in sand is ridiculous just ridiculous and difficult!!!

[@forechann4117]

Wow, there is barely anyone there

[@diverdan7350]

That Barbwire is way too high it should be half the height come on Spartan

[@tommyflyer5115]

What! Is this real human?

[@dmitrysmirnov61]

Perelygin is the best

[@QuantumValley123]

Did Veejay not compete because of a rib injury??? We need him out there representing USA 🇺🇸.

[@aaroncoffman8134]

He has been focusing on shorter races lately.

[@stalebread_]

86? in my country hot is 95 (smirk emoji)

[@MrAlexmiele8910]

86 in Abu Dhabi is hot? Oooooook.

[@whereisyorick]

13:55 this was not Albon come on guys haha

[@jakefroese8695]

I saw that too albon doesn’t wear a had facing forward and his hair is not dark

[@amblincork]

Commentary not up to usual standards - a lot of the time we didn't know what was happening

[@Dountman]

It’s not the radio.

[@amblincork]

@@Dountman Did you miss the bit about " up to the usual standards" ? I meant by the usual standards of Spartan vids.

[@wanderinlife68]

Disappointed in Spartan. Where is the women’s coverage? You have the best female competitor there is and nothing. Awesome for Ryan but there are two winners in this event. You want people coming out. Let’s see the women’s race.

[@aaroncoffman8134]

In recent races, Spartan has been alternating when races are posted. Men's video first then women's a few days later. Then next race is women's race first followed by men's race (Big Bear US National Series). I suspect same pattern continues. The do seem to be fair in this regards.

[@SpartanRaceTube]

it is posted.

[@ddsmith3633]

Horrible location.

[@stefanstefan8171]

Hynek is from Czech republic, no way Croatia, Watson you are such a shame to this sport and you confirm that everytime you open your mouth 🤦

[@baileystrunk1489]

This dude was texting during the commentary. Poor and turns me off from this sport

[@SpartanRaceTube]

he was looking at his notes, not texting.

[@cookiebozo]

Looks boring af