Jayson Hopper, Mirjam von Rohr win French Throwdown

Jayson Hopper and Mirjam von Rohr won the 2026 French Throwdown in Paris after a three-day CrossFit semifinal that awarded three men’s and three women’s spots to the 2026 CrossFit Games. Final results published on May 18 showed Hopper taking the men’s title with 554 points and von Rohr winning the women’s division with 526. The event ran from May 15 to May 17 and was the only in-person CrossFit semifinal held that weekend, according to The Barbell Spin. The top three finishers in each individual division advanced to the Games. ### Which athletes actually qualified out of Paris? The men’s qualifiers were Jayson Hopper, Moritz Fiebig and Nika Maisuradze, according to the final leaderboard published by The Barbell Spin. Hopper finished first on 554 points, Fiebig second on 467 and Maisuradze third on 466, leaving a one-point margin between the final two qualifying positions. (thebarbellspin.com) The women’s qualifiers were Mirjam von Rohr, Aimee Cringle and Elisa Fuliano. Von Rohr scored 526 points, Cringle 513 and Fuliano 470, with Leah Storen missing out in fourth on 466 after entering the final event in a qualifying place, The Barbell Spin reported. ### How dominant was Hopper on the men’s side? Jayson Hopper separated himself early and never lost control of the men’s competition. (thebarbellspin.com) BoxRox reported that Hopper won Event 1 in 20:09.8, added second-place finishes in Events 2 and 3, then won Event 4 in 7:55.0. Across the six scored portions of the competition, he did not finish lower than ninth, and his final margin over Fiebig was 87 points. Fitness Volt reported Hopper placed in the top two in every event except the fifth one, where the competition was split into two parts, and finished ahead of more than 30 athletes in the field. The Barbell Spin said Hopper “made easy work” of the weekend with two event wins and two second-place finishes. ### Where was the closest battle in the men’s field? (boxrox.com) Moritz Fiebig and Nika Maisuradze were separated by a single point for the last two men’s Games spots. BoxRox said Fiebig was helped by an Event 2 win in 10:32.0, while Maisuradze stayed near the top of the standings throughout the weekend. The Barbell Spin leaderboard listed Fiebig on 467 and Maisuradze on 466, confirming how narrow the fight for second and third became by the end of the competition. (fitnessvolt.com) Maisuradze’s third-place finish also secured what The Barbell Spin described as his first CrossFit Games appearance. ### How did von Rohr win the women’s division? Mirjam von Rohr won a tighter women’s contest that remained in play into Sunday’s final stages. (boxrox.com) The Barbell Spin reported that von Rohr and Aimee Cringle “battled for the top spot on Sunday” before von Rohr finished ahead overall. Fitness Volt said von Rohr won three events and backed that up with top-10 finishes in the remaining workouts to reach 526 points. (thebarbellspin.com) BoxRox described her win as a late surge over Cringle, who finished second on 513, while Fuliano took third after what it called one of the steadiest performances of the weekend. ### What happened in the fight for the final women’s berth? (thebarbellspin.com) Leah Storen entered the last event in third place, 12 points ahead of Elisa Fuliano, according to The Barbell Spin. Storen finished seventh in Event 6, while Fuliano took third in that event and moved into third overall. Elisa Fuliano’s result sent her to what The Barbell Spin said will be her fourth CrossFit Games appearance. (fitnessvolt.com) The final women’s standings left Fuliano on 470 points and Storen on 466. ### What comes next for the athletes who advanced? The six individual qualifiers from Paris are Jayson Hopper, Moritz Fiebig, Nika Maisuradze, Mirjam von Rohr, Aimee Cringle and Elisa Fuliano. (thebarbellspin.com) The Barbell Spin’s pre-event and post-event reports said the French Throwdown awarded three men’s and three women’s places to the 2026 CrossFit Games. May 18 results from Paris now place those six athletes into the next stage of the 2026 season, with the CrossFit Games field continuing to take shape through remaining qualification events. (thebarbellspin.com 1) (thebarbellspin.com 2)