HYROX Rimini June 2023

HYROX hosted an event in Italy for the first time on 2nd and 3rd June 2023. This was a 2-day event at the Fiera di Rimini IEG and formed part of the Rimini Wellness Expo.  It was the first event of the 2023/24 HYROX season.  A further event has been announced, again in conjunction with Rimini Wellness, for 1st and 2nd June 2024.  This will be the final event of the 23/24 season aside from the 2024 HYROX World Championships.

Men’s Pro

The winner of the Men’s Pro race was Beau Wills in a time of 01:02:11. Second was Joe Bingham in 01:04:36. Rounding off the podium was Ivan Pranjic in 01:07:12.

Beau kindly shared his thoughts with us after winning the race in the video below…

Women’s Pro

The Women’s Pro race was won by Viola Oberländer in a time of 01:06:11. Camilla Massa was second in 01:09:00. Third place was taken by Sasha Aleksandra in 01:15:17. 

Men’s Open

Fastest of the day in the Men’s Open was Jaafar Moumen in a time of 01:00:43.  Second was Niklas Hirmke in 01:02:10 and third was Arne Vink in 01:04:49.

Women’s Open

It was an all Italian top three in the Women’s Open. The winner was Laura Bellomi in 01:09:34. Second was Camilla Contesso in 01:11:20. Third place was taken by Giada Gelonese in 01:12:28.

Doubles

The fastest Women’s doubles pairing of the day were Emma Grech and Raissa Camilleri in a time of 01:05:40. 

The Men’s Doubles was won by Arthur Barbey and Maxime Krantz in a time of 00:55:07.

The Mixed Doubles was won by Miriam Gualdi and Luca Cavicchiolo in 01:01:33.

World Record

A special mention goes to Michela Pieri, Giuseppe Spreafico, Eugenio Bianchi and Camilla Massa, who broke the Mixed Relay World Record in a time of 00:52.36.  The record was previously set at London Olympia by a team including our Rox Lyfe coach – Paul Gillingham.

And finally…

An event in Italy couldn’t go by without a little romance. As he stood on the podium, Javier De Cepeda Hernandez propsed to his girlfriend.  She said yes! You can see the special moment in the below video… 

And the unrivalled support of the HYROX community was perfectly summed up in the below video, as the final competitor crossed the finish line…

Here are some photos of the event:

Other Italian HYROX events have been held in Milan and Turin.