The fact that it was preventable and a clear mishap by CF makes it that much more traumatic. So disturbing watching it happen on the live feed with no one responding. He pulled off his cap early on which was an indication of distress and then the continuing of the feed and him showing increasing distress by bobbing and breaststroke is so awful. CF is responsible for lack of adequate safety.
I am 40 years old and watched all kinds of sports all my life and I never saw anything remotely close to this one. No analogy where tragic accidents happened in other events can be made with this one. He was brutaly left to die in front of all these people. I deeply hope that there will be justice for his family and somebody will be found accountable for not trying to save him.
@@tdusko You say "He was brutaly left to die"... Question: Do you believe they purposefully did not save him? In other words, it wasn't an accident? If not, then I don't understand the vitriol or the choice of words.
@@toddbutler3813Accident? We know for a fact that multiple people were signaling that man needs help. He was how many metres from two SUP guys and from the coast and nobody took it for serious for how many minutes?
This was pure negligence and avoidable. It’s sad but there is also anger here. He was in distress from the moment he took his cap off. Changed stroke from freestyle to back to breast and the commentators just laughed at that. Do they not know the signs? Sean Woodland would have caught this because he really cares. Where were the dive staff? The Paramedics following the race? The professional support staff? You can cut costs with the camera work, but not safety support of your competitors. They continued this as a business decision, hence breaking up into small groups to manage this. Taking down the feed was limiting liability. This is now what CrossFit HQ is.
Lieber Marius, Du bist ein sehr sympathischer, strukturierter und positiver Mensch, mit richtig gutem Content: sei es die Vergleiche der Ski- und Fahrradmodelle über die herausfordernden Ski- und Fahrradtouren. Du bist einer der wenigen RUclipsr, die sehr informativen und professionellen Inhalt liefern, ohne Trash, Drama und diesen ganzen famegeilen Leuten. Schau auf die positiven Kommentare, an Dir gibt es nichts zu kritisieren, mach bitte genauso weiter, wie in den letzten Jahren, Deine Arbeit ist herausragend gut. Sehr schlimm , dass heutzutage einige es tatsächlich schaffen, so einen tollen Kanal und einen sympathischen, immer positiven Menschen grundlos Standorten zu müssen. Viele Grüße aus Möchnchengladbach 🎉❤
Reality is that if an ‘event’ happened like this in any of our work places, people would not be backing up the next day and carrying on the way too many have. This was the time to band together and request more from CrossFit.
Know you guys were quite close respect John, big loss to the sport and especially Europe. Do what’s right for you guys and big love to the big man rest in peace …. That smile is everlasting ❤️ Paul🏴
Great open and honest words. I think we all have a bigger responsibity as humans than price money. And great to see JC that you and your Athletes hold a clear Value Set and show Responsibility for the Situation. Peace, love and health ❤ All the best to Lazar Family and friends.
Sending you and your athletes great love and peace in this tragic time. We will all miss him so much. A great loss for Europe. Whatever you all decide, we will support, hope your all okay Xxx
You’re right. I’m a huge sports nut & certainly in cycling, soccer, motor car racing, football, Olympic events etc all have a history of terrible athlete tragedies, so my thought was continue the games. Honour his legacy, like a fallen soldier, like we do a hero work out… you are correct though that this is an ‘unknown’ for CrossFit so it is different & very delicate. Take care (you and your team). Rest easy Lazar.
When I turned on RUclips yesterday to see what happened in event 1 ( I was at work unable to watch live) the range of things I expected to hear about did NOT include this. My god Im so sorry for your and his familys loss💔💔 I can’t even imagine… I will support and accept whatever decision you guys make regarding continuing. RIP LD💔💔
I know what you mean about the analogies of "it's something that happens" - but I guess the way I see it, whether you cancel them or continue them - it won't change what happened, nothing anyone can see or do could ever make it okay or make it better. He lived and breathed this sport - I feel those who feel able to continue could memorialize him and honor him by competing in his name. I think anyone who doesn't feel comfortable continuing could choose to leave and maybe be grandfathered into the next games (potentially). I know his brother has chosen to stay and fight through the grief and compete to honor his brother. If his family believes the games should go on, I have to imagine they believe that's what he would want. Sadly, I fear there will be a dark cloud over all of CrossFit for a while. Thank you for your video, your thoughtfulness, and kind words while we all grieve as a community. Stay blessed.
John, Lazar is the one person that understood how hard it was to get to the games. I don't think he would want people to throw away that opportunity. I think he would have wanted to go forward. Athletes are professionals. Fireworkers, EMT, doctors don't stop when they have to deal with death everyday.. it is their profession. I understand he was your friend. But for some, moving forward is continuing on with the game. May peace come to you and your athletes soon. RIP Lazar
The athletes should follow their conscience. As an avid fan, I no longer care who wins the 2024 Games. The result will forever be tainted, as some in the field were very close to Lazar and even if they choose to compete, they are now at a huge disadvantage. It’s also a factor that this does not appear to be a freak accident, but a foreseeable one that the organization’s safety plan completely failed to handle appropriately. The better analogy would be a GP race where a car crashes and catches on fire, with no sign of the fire crew while the driver burns to death in his car. Would a GP continue under those circumstances? I don’t think so.
The fact that it was preventable and a clear mishap by CF makes it that much more traumatic. So disturbing watching it happen on the live feed with no one responding. He pulled off his cap early on which was an indication of distress and then the continuing of the feed and him showing increasing distress by bobbing and breaststroke is so awful. CF is responsible for lack of adequate safety.
I am 40 years old and watched all kinds of sports all my life and I never saw anything remotely close to this one. No analogy where tragic accidents happened in other events can be made with this one. He was brutaly left to die in front of all these people. I deeply hope that there will be justice for his family and somebody will be found accountable for not trying to save him.
@@tdusko You say "He was brutaly left to die"... Question: Do you believe they purposefully did not save him? In other words, it wasn't an accident? If not, then I don't understand the vitriol or the choice of words.
@@toddbutler3813Accident? We know for a fact that multiple people were signaling that man needs help. He was how many metres from two SUP guys and from the coast and nobody took it for serious for how many minutes?
This was pure negligence and avoidable. It’s sad but there is also anger here. He was in distress from the moment he took his cap off. Changed stroke from freestyle to back to breast and the commentators just laughed at that. Do they not know the signs? Sean Woodland would have caught this because he really cares. Where were the dive staff? The Paramedics following the race? The professional support staff? You can cut costs with the camera work, but not safety support of your competitors. They continued this as a business decision, hence breaking up into small groups to manage this. Taking down the feed was limiting liability. This is now what CrossFit HQ is.
Thanks for your considerate words, best to you and your athletes🙏
Lieber Marius, Du bist ein sehr sympathischer, strukturierter und positiver Mensch, mit richtig gutem Content: sei es die Vergleiche der Ski- und Fahrradmodelle über die herausfordernden Ski- und Fahrradtouren. Du bist einer der wenigen RUclipsr, die sehr informativen und professionellen Inhalt liefern, ohne Trash, Drama und diesen ganzen famegeilen Leuten. Schau auf die positiven Kommentare, an Dir gibt es nichts zu kritisieren, mach bitte genauso weiter, wie in den letzten Jahren, Deine Arbeit ist herausragend gut. Sehr schlimm , dass heutzutage einige es tatsächlich schaffen, so einen tollen Kanal und einen sympathischen, immer positiven Menschen grundlos Standorten zu müssen. Viele Grüße aus Möchnchengladbach 🎉❤
Reality is that if an ‘event’ happened like this in any of our work places, people would not be backing up the next day and carrying on the way too many have. This was the time to band together and request more from CrossFit.
Know you guys were quite close respect John, big loss to the sport and especially Europe. Do what’s right for you guys and big love to the big man rest in peace …. That smile is everlasting ❤️
Paul🏴
Thanks for this John. Really tough for everyone. So sad. Hearts are with you and your guys.
Great open and honest words. I think we all have a bigger responsibity as humans than price money.
And great to see JC that you and your Athletes hold a clear Value Set and show Responsibility for the Situation.
Peace, love and health ❤
All the best to Lazar Family and friends.
Sending you and your athletes great love and peace in this tragic time. We will all miss him so much. A great loss for Europe. Whatever you all decide, we will support, hope your all okay Xxx
Well presented John
Thank you so much, coach, that you did not keep silence.
Indeed, this is so terrible lost for everyone in Crossfit community. No words...🙏🏻
You’re right. I’m a huge sports nut & certainly in cycling, soccer, motor car racing, football, Olympic events etc all have a history of terrible athlete tragedies, so my thought was continue the games. Honour his legacy, like a fallen soldier, like we do a hero work out… you are correct though that this is an ‘unknown’ for CrossFit so it is different & very delicate. Take care (you and your team). Rest easy Lazar.
When I turned on RUclips yesterday to see what happened in event 1 ( I was at work unable to watch live) the range of things I expected to hear about did NOT include this. My god Im so sorry for your and his familys loss💔💔
I can’t even imagine…
I will support and accept whatever decision you guys make regarding continuing.
RIP LD💔💔
Take care John
I know what you mean about the analogies of "it's something that happens" - but I guess the way I see it, whether you cancel them or continue them - it won't change what happened, nothing anyone can see or do could ever make it okay or make it better. He lived and breathed this sport - I feel those who feel able to continue could memorialize him and honor him by competing in his name. I think anyone who doesn't feel comfortable continuing could choose to leave and maybe be grandfathered into the next games (potentially). I know his brother has chosen to stay and fight through the grief and compete to honor his brother. If his family believes the games should go on, I have to imagine they believe that's what he would want. Sadly, I fear there will be a dark cloud over all of CrossFit for a while. Thank you for your video, your thoughtfulness, and kind words while we all grieve as a community. Stay blessed.
John, Lazar is the one person that understood how hard it was to get to the games. I don't think he would want people to throw away that opportunity. I think he would have wanted to go forward. Athletes are professionals. Fireworkers, EMT, doctors don't stop when they have to deal with death everyday.. it is their profession. I understand he was your friend. But for some, moving forward is continuing on with the game. May peace come to you and your athletes soon. RIP Lazar
The athletes should follow their conscience. As an avid fan, I no longer care who wins the 2024 Games. The result will forever be tainted, as some in the field were very close to Lazar and even if they choose to compete, they are now at a huge disadvantage. It’s also a factor that this does not appear to be a freak accident, but a foreseeable one that the organization’s safety plan completely failed to handle appropriately. The better analogy would be a GP race where a car crashes and catches on fire, with no sign of the fire crew while the driver burns to death in his car. Would a GP continue under those circumstances? I don’t think so.
Unless you personall knew Lazar you have NO IDEA what he thinks, even if you knew him, you really dont know - So why even suggest it??
@@peachstate08 I did know him
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At the end of the day it is all about the money - they did what typical sporting events do - do an honour thing, then move on -
“Even though people were aware of the risk of competing they never had to confront it, now they have to confront it”