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2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal Results — Jason Smith & Michelle Basnett Qualify For CrossFit Games

The 2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal took place on May 19-21, in South Africa, and gathered this continent’s greatest CrossFit athletes. However, only the winners of both the men’s and women’s divisions earned qualification for the 2023 CrossFit Games. Consequently, dozens of elite athletes gave their all in the hopes of securing the exclusive top spot. However, Jason Smith and Michelle Basnett won their respective men’s and women’s divisions and thus qualified for the 2023 CrossFit Games. 

Jason Smith had no problems in winning the men’s division of the 2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal. He won two of the events and claimed impressive top-10 finishes in all of the remaining five events. In the end, his point tally came out to 596, while his closest rival, Conrad Winnertz, had 500. 

Michelle Basnett, however, had to grind to get her victory. She accumulated an impressive 613 points with three event victories, but still had a few athletes narrowly following her. However, Michelle proved to be the most consistent in the field and rightfully earned her place at the 2023 CrossFit Games.

2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal Leaderboards

Men

Note: Only the winner of the men’s division qualified for the 2023 CrossFit Games.

Women

Note: Only the winner of the women’s division qualified for the 2023 CrossFit Games. 

Teams

Related: 2023 CrossFit North America East Semifinal — Full Results

Individual Division Tests (Workouts) Recap

TEST ONE

For time: 

Time cap: 30 minutes

Women: 180 pounds

Men: 225 pounds

Men’s Results

Women’s Results 

TEST TWO

As many reps as possible in 3 minutes of:

*Complete 3 rounds, resting 1 minute between rounds.

*Score is total reps across the 3 minutes. 

Women Wear a 10-pound ruck, 24-inch box

Men Wear a 20-pound ruck, 30-inch box

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

TEST THREE

For time:

Semifinals Linda — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of: 

Time cap: 17 minutes

Women: 220-pound deadlifts, 60-pound dumbbells, 105-pound squat cleans 

Men: 295-pound deadlifts, 90-pound dumbbells, 145-pound squat cleans

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

TEST FOUR

For load:

Time cap: 6 minutes

After the time cap for test four clocked out, the athletes had just two minutes to rest before initiating Test Five.

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

TEST FIVE

For time:

Time cap: 6 minutes

Women: 125-pound snatch

Men: 185-pound snatch

Men’s Results 

Women’s Results

TEST SIX

For time: 

Time cap: 15 minutes (Men) — 16 minutes (Women)

Women: 125-pound Squat

Men: 185-pound Squat

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

TEST SEVEN

Three rounds for time of: 

Women: 150-pound Sandbag

Men: 200-pound Sandbag

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

Related: How to Watch the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals

The first week and two of the Semifinal competitions are already done. So, 13 men and 12 women have already qualified for the 2023 CrossFit Games. The total number of spots at the Games will be 40 in each division, so the next two weeks will determine the full roster. We still have five more Semifinal competitions set to take place, which will fill out the remaining qualifying spots.

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