The latest HYROX London event was held at the London Olympia, over 3 days, from Saturday 4th May to Monday 6th May. It was the biggest HYROX event to date with approximately 12,000 athletes particpating over the weekend (plus several thousand spectators).
The event was the final UK HYROX event of the season and was spectacular. It was held in a greater amount of hall space than was seen at the previous Olympia event.
Those competing included Olympic great Eve Muirhead (check out our recent podcast with her here), Zack George (aka Steel the Gladiator), and Rox Lyfe’s Greg Williams and Paul Gillingham teamed up in the Men’s Doubles.
Read on for the main results of the day…
Men’s Pro
The Men’s Pro was won in impressive fashion by Sean Noble in a time of 00:59:09.
Second was Sam Craig in 01:01:16.
Third place was taken by Andy Sloan in a time of 01:01:25.
Women’s Pro
The Women’s Pro was won by Eve Muirhead in a time of 01:06:37. This is just a second Pro HYROX race for Eve and was a 10 minute improvement over her previous time. We said after interviewing her on the Rox Lyfe podcast last year that if she focuses on the sport she can really be someone to watch as a contender for reaching the Elite 15 and she is certainly starting to show that. She’ll next be racing in Nice at the World Championships and is surely a contender for an age group podium.
Second was Jen Howard in 01:08:51, and third place was taken by Jodie Digby in a time of 01:09:06.
Men’s Open
The Men’s Open was won by Charlie Botterill in an incredible time of 00:56:27 – a World Record in the 16-24 Age Group! It was also his second race of the weekend after racing in the Pro division the evening before. You can catch our chat with Charlie here (it’s one of our most popular episodes this year).
Second was Ed Parsons in 00:58:33.
Third place was taken by Aaron Docherty in a time of 00:59:14.
Women’s Open
The Women’s Open was won by Sinead Bent in a time of 01:01:50.
Second was Jayne Nisbet in 01:03:20.
Third place was taken by Natasha White in a time of 01:04:10.
Pro Doubles
The Men’s Pro Doubles was won by Jordan Bryant and Tom Hogan in a time of 00:53:41. This was the 10th fastest time ever in the Pro Doubles division and the second race of the weekend for both gents, with Jordan having already won the Open Doubles division on Saturday (see below).
The Women’s Pro Doubles was won by Sam Pretty and Jodie Digby in a time of 01:01:11.
Open Doubles
The Women’s Open Doubles was won by Lucy Hammett and Rhiannon Kirk in a time of 01:01:26.
The Mixed Open Doubles was won by Geordie Stewart and Kate Harrison in a time of 00:55:35.
The Men’s Open Doubles was won by Harry Thompson and Jordan Bryant in a time of 00:52:42.
HYROX London Olympia 2024 Course Layout
HYROX Youngstars
The Olympia event saw the debut of “HYROX Youngstars” – a competition for children aged 8-15. For more information check out this article. The course layout is shown below…
Sports Direct Partnership
Sports Direct were announced as HYROX’s title partner for the London event, and their Oxford Street store was the home for competitors to complete their early registration. They also offered people the opportunity to win high-performance gear from the PUMA HYROX collection and provided a taste of what the competition has to offer through three workout stations —consisting of rowing machines, assault runners and skiergs.
Live DJs performed in store to pump up attendees, and PUMA HYROX ambassadors, Faisal Abdalla and Gede Foster, were on-site providing last minute advice.
To complete the preparation, Sports Direct and PUMA also hosted a series of gym classes for fitness enthusiasts of all levels in the FLANNELS store across the street from the Sports Direct Oxford Street location on the 2nd May and a run club with MyProtein on the 3rd.
Frasers Group CEO, Michael Murray said: “HYROX shares Sports Direct’s ambition to make sports accessible to all as it is a race designed to accommodate both professional athletes and everyday fitness enthusiasts. I am a big believer in fitness and well-being, and nobody has captured the fitness space and created hype quite like HYROX has. We’re excited to see how seasoned competitors and first-timers perform in the race with the support of our in-store activities, and how many of our shoppers feel inspired to take their training to the next level.”
HYROX founder, Christian Totzke said: “We believe that HYROX is the healthiest form of competition on earth, it’s a sport which anyone can compete in and it’s great for us to see Sports Direct with its huge reach and depth of consumer support our journey. Our mission is to connect the world’s training communities through our sport, training and lifestyle and there are few better conduits for that mission than Sports Direct which already serves as a townhall for so many different sports, brands and people”.
Here are some photos from the 3 days…
The previous HYROX London event was held in November 2023 at the London Excel. You can read more on that here.
