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South African Letchen du Plessis received a scholarship to play netball for the North West University. Letchen had her dream set to one day play for the Proteas and represent her country on the court. Letchen dislocated her hip during a match in 2018 and what happened after that is a series of events that changed her life forever. In this episode Letchen talks to me about the journey from learning to walk again to becoming the second fittest woman on earth in the neuromuscular division at the 2021 NoBull Crossfit Games.  

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The 27th Fittest woman on earth Carolyne Prevost, sits down to talk to me about her season, this years Games, balancing being a teacher, an elite Crossfit athlete and a hockey career. Carolyne delves deeper into changes made to the season, media cuts and how we can grow the sport.

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Matt O'Keefe is the president of Loud and Live sports. With 2 semi-finals under their watchful eye along with the most exciting Crossfit competition in our sport, Wodapalooza, Matt has made his mark and proved to be the go to guy for events and management. O'Keefe is also seen as the agent who first saw the potential of the now most decorated and accomplished athlete in Crossfit Mat Fraser. Matt O'Keefe believes that business is personal and with all of his success in our sport, this approach is the right one. It started with a clothing brand, progressed to being ,in his words, the caddy for Mat Fraser, to now having the biggest names in our sport under his management. The future of Crossfit looks bright, especially if Matt O'Keefe is in it.  

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I got asked by one of the athletes in a recent interview why I changed the name of the podcast. So I decided to let you in on what has been happening the past 9 months, why the name has changed and how this project will not just benefit the fans but the elite athletes way after retirement.

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Dave Levey, the 2018 Fittest man on earth Masters 40-45. Dave competed at his first CrossFit Games in 2012 at the age of 35 only doing CrossFit for 6 months. Qualifying for the Semifinals for individual men Dave proved that he can still throw it down with the younger guys. Unfortunately Dave had to withdraw from the 2021 CrossFit Games due to an injury 4 weeks before he would leave for Madison for his 5th appearance at the Games.

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Tim Paulson punched his 5th consecutive ticket to the Crossfit Games in Madison after placing third at the Granite Games in 2021. After becoming a father in 2020 his life has changed drastically but balancing his business, fatherhood and training for the Games comes easily for Paulson. Tim talks about his 2019 Crossfit Games experience after being cut after the first event and how he trains his mind just as hard as his body. 

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In 2019 Michelle Merand came 41st in her first Crossfit Games appearance after qualifying via the Fittest in Cape Town Sanctional event where she placed 5th. In 2021 she missed a trip back to the Games by placing 3rd. Michelle also declined her invitation to take part in the last chance qualifier in the coming weeks. In this episode, Michelle explains why, and hints on her future plans in the sport. Please leave a review and follow the Just Elite Instagram account @_just_elite for more on this episode. Subscribe to the YouTube channel Just Elite to stay up to date with all the new episodes.

The 2019 Nasional champion of South Africa Dina Swift, talks about her 2021 season, future plans in the sport and what really happened at the 2019 Crossfit Games. 

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Jason Smith has been the national champion of South Africa from 2013 and recently punched his third ticket to the 2021 No Bull Crossfit Games after winning Fittest in Cape Town Semi Final. Jason is also 38 years old but as he says he isn’t ready for masters and he doesn’t think masters is ready for him. He discusses his long and successful career and what he thinks South Africa needs to do, to catch up with the United States.

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Arielle Loewen seems to have come out of nowhere to win the Granite Games semi-final and punching her first ticket to the 2021 No Bull Crossfit Games. Arielle qualified for her first regionals in 2014 and competed every year till 2018 where she competed while 2 months pregnant. Arielle did not come out of nowhere. Arielle has been working for this for many years. But was it the plan to go for it this year? Actually, it was kind of an accident.

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