Story in the Meridian

The Meridian Regional brought Europe and Africa together in Ballerup, Denmark, from May 29 to 31.
A group of strong Icelandic women were poised to dominate the podium, and many bet on two-time Games champion Annie Thorisdottir to win. Instead, rookie Icelander Sara Sigmundsdottir handily topped the regional by collecting 38 points more than second-placed Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir. Despite starting the weekend with an Event 1 win, Thorisdottir sat in unfamiliar territory in third place at the end of the weekend.
Two-time Games qualifier Jonne Koski owned the men’s competition, taking first place in four of seven events and only finishing outside the top five once-Event 5, the max snatch. Koski also managed a record on Event 1-Randy-with a time of 2:17.5.
Europe’s women took down records in four of seven events. Kristin Holte finished Event 3 in 23:52, Davidsdottir posted 1:19.8 in Event 4, Oxana Slivenko’s 210-lb. snatch was tops in Event 5, and Sigmundsdottir completed Event 6 in 13 minutes flat.
After a weekend of intense competition, the Meridian will send three rookies-Sigmundsdottir, Steven Fawcett and Phil Hesketh-and seven veterans-Koski, Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson, Lukas Högberg, Davidsdottir, Thorisdottir, Holte and Thuridur Erla Helgadottir-to the individual competition at this year’s CrossFit Games.
Video by Eric Maciel and Adam Cline.
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[@perwiratempur]

These viking ladies are awesome!

[@031ish]

Those viking genetics!!!

[@alejangamer1054]

031ish IS ODIN BURG

[@themilitantvegan2515]

Viking strong is no joke

[@miriamgonzalezmartinez5802]

Sara is the cuttest & sweetest girl a part of a great athlete

[@alejangamer1054]

FOR ASGARD!!!!!!!!!

[@somesinger1575]

Keep these great videos coming, good work for production time :) Also . . . Josh Bridges to commentate!

[@rebnae]

Every athlete is ridiculously attractive.

[@eduardosanchezmartinez6463]

+Rebecca Naeve girl what happen is that when you workout not just your extensions muscles get protein also the muscles of your face ,the skin get clean ,bones hard,everything not just the body absolutely everyting evolve ,even your head get bigger because the cardio create a higger circulation and that means millions and millions of new neurons of your brain are born into a fastter process .in a few words, go to the gym and also learn yoga, BELIVE ME; yoga and any workout will give you all you ever want but i guess that for you ladies you need a different plan so you contain muscle definition,but yes if you dont like your face workout is also a good idea,THE best idea,peace im out.

[@juandavid1983]

Yes we are! xD

[@romeocasido5723]

It's so impressive that a small country like Iceland can churn out these top quality female athletes! It might be the Annie effect I assume. I'm guessing Annie is a celebrity in Iceland and a lot of the athletic girls who look up to her have turned to crossfit after their school sports career is over....

[@beebobox]

doesn't hurt to be the daughter of thor and odin :P

[@MrOpticBlade]

Romeo Casido Iceland has a long history in strongmen and strenght sports. Also because Iceland is so small there isn't much to do so people flaunt to working out naturally.

[@BJParker97]

Fraser + Dottir = Super Baby

[@Bechify]

BJParker97 Can be misunderstood as dottir means daughter - but yeah like Fraser + odinsdottir (daughter of Odin) who would then be Frasersdottir if it was a girl which would proberbly be a good name to have for the games 20 years ahead =)

[@adneovesen1249]

I am gonna correct you even though its been over a year since you posted the comment. The name would be matsdottir or mathewsdottir since they use the first name.

[@trevorengle9742]

Sara is insanely beautiful

[@nuhaalmarri8368]

Dottirs are amazing ...

[@k9132]

Those athletes give everything they got on every competition, that's what I love about Crossfit is all or nothing.

[@Imklaraffs]

Makes me proud to be Icelandic

[@whiteribbonman1]

+Imklaraffs You should be! I lived there for 2 years, nice people!

[@SamalJakobsen]

Icelandic girls to go all the way!

[@Serachja]

eager to see the games

[@leaaanne15]

Davidsdottir and thorisdottir are crazy gorgeous holy shit

[@astaquenopueda]

I thought they were talking about somebodies daughter.

[@beebobox]

that's what the names mean.

[@thespunger]

Looking forward to watching my countrywomen dominate at the games

[@atro29]

So many Dottirs

[@narugi93]

I wish I could be as strong as these wonderful women!

[@LizR003]

I wish I was a top athlete at Crossfit but the stuff they do is insane.

[@mandatvee]

Annie!!!

[@MattMetalMayho]

Yayyy a British male in the games :)

[@julieouellet247]

okay now can we get story in californiaaaaaaaa ::):):)

[@BoostFreaks]

So when Thor "The Mountain" will have kids, there's a chance a kid of his gonna be named Thorsdottir.

[@Lazerdiller]

Did anyone else notice how Frederik Aegidius kept changing nationality on the leaderboards?

[@royaltiri]

I haven't wanted to have blonde hair for about two decades but you watch this and you just want to look like an Icelandic woman. ;-)

[@georgesterner]

Meridian wins the award for "palest region"

[@nicklaslarsson]

georgesterner no shit? Northern Europe isn't exactly sunny during the winter, and the spring isn't that warm

[@georgesterner]

***** Thanks Sherlock, it's a joke. Relax

[@alpocio117]

Has the Nocal region been uploaded?

[@lopu11]

yes

[@toabhijeetsingh]

What is the exercise between 0:23 to 0:30 ?

[@aNiReXx]

What about them Metcon 1s? :)

[@abdulraffay356]

do men and women compete together or is their segrigation ?

[@strusior]

1:53 Koski is from Finland not fom Poland :)

[@andharvey8]

Is it just me or does Sigmundsdottir look just like Ruffnut from "How to Train your Dragon"?

[@pierrotmonami9506]

dont want to be rude, but there is such a distance between matossian's work and others'work

[@Dansthoughts]

Strong feminine beauty on the Dottirs'

[@itsatwistlife]

why are there so many dotters??

[@casualarrogance]

acacia kenny in Iceland you have your last name from you father’s name plus “dottir”, that means daughter. So Sigmundsdottir is literally “daughter of Sigmunds” and so on. For males is “son” instead of “dottir”, like Gudmunsson. Iceland is a powerhouse in Crossfit.

[@Cannonbo]

just call it the skandinavian region

[@qwontin7869]

or Europe

[@chuckd5877]

No...Europe is too broad. Scandinavian is more specific and there is a difference.

[@jonathansteeler7895]

how hot is the Icelandic triplets

[@paulhetherington4382]

Nicht gods, of dead history man. You worship all by yourself alone.

[@mrmushin1]

No Annie thordottiers and bjork odindottiers, jokes like they should meet and annie has to lose bjork since she is her aunt lol

[@aGuUU27]

HUNNI!

[@Krazeeyfool]

thorisdottor's gh gut is awful

[@johnkiltcher582]

Do you have to be blonde to do crossfit?

[@casualarrogance]

John Kiltcher it helps. Lol

[@4sh024]

Lacks racial diversity