{"id":12514,"date":"2023-05-22T21:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=12514"},"modified":"2023-05-22T22:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:03:45","slug":"2023-crossfit-africa-semifinal-results-great-wins-by-michelle-basnett-and-jason-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/2023-crossfit-africa-semifinal-results-great-wins-by-michelle-basnett-and-jason-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal Results \u2014 Great Wins By Michelle Basnett and Jason Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michelle Basnett (Individual Women) and Jason Smith (Individual Men) are the winners of the 2023 Crossfit Africa Semifinal <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0the second of seven Semifinal events around the globe. Both Basnett and Smith have now earned definitive berths in the <a data-lasso-id=\"256094\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/mal-obrien-withdraws-2023-crossfit-semifinals-crossfit-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 CrossFit Games later this August<\/a>. This specific 2023 Semifinal\u00a0took place on May 19-21, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Meanwhile, the Teams division saw <strong>CrossFit FBDV Mayhem Africa take home first<\/strong> after a strenuous battle through six workouts.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsgcieXup9e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsgcieXup9e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsgcieXup9e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Michelle Basnett (@michellebasnett_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-call-out-bm-icon is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em><strong>More from Breaking Muscle:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/toes-to-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"256103\">How to Do the Toes-to-Bar for Core Strength and Power<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-eat-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"256096\">How to Eat More for Muscle and Strength Gains<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here are the results and top 20 finishes for each of the three participating divisions at the 2023 CrossFit Africa Semifinal. Note: The respective Women&#8217;s and Men&#8217;s Individual divisions competed through seven workouts. Meanwhile, the official CrossFit leaderboard lists just 19 teams. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"womens-division\">Individual Women\u2019s Division<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Michelle Basnett \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>613 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariska Smit \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>596 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gilmari Reyneke \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>580 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christina Livaditakis \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>570 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tanha Bouffe \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>507 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gemma Rader \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>497 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Holliday \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>492 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Megan Joy McDermott \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>418 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Megan Faul \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>411 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alicia Stoop \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>408 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxx Klynsmith \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>380 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ingy Hossam Eldin \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>362 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary Jamieson \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>355 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sofia Bennani \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>553 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laura Hume \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>345 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thea Kruger \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>322 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Thomson \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>320 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liza-Mari Giliomee \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>318 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Skinner \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>299 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cora-Lee Van Tonder \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>294 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mens-division\">Individual Men\u2019s Division<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Jason Smith<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 596 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conrad Winnertz<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 500 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruan Potgieter<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 497 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darren Zurnamer<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 482 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Kernot<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 475 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Griesel&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 474 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Van Dongen<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 466 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Holliday<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 433 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dutoit Botha<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 418 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assem Effat<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 413 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruan Conradie<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 366 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matthew Schiff<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 350 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Damien Botes<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 348 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Driss Bouchiah<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 333 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Julian Liebenberg<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 333 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kealan Henry<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 332 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert Heuer<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 282 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keegan Muir<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 278 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amr Saleh<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 273 points<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hilmar Von Mansberg<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 259 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CshEcR6uWmi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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