This past August, in Madison, Wisconsin, 17-year-old Haley Adams stepped up to a barbell that weighed more than she did. It was the first day of the CrossFit Games, the sport’s annual competition to find the Fittest on Earth, and already Adams had beaten the 19 other girls in the 16-17 age division in a Marines-style obstacle course and a series of handstand walks.

Now, for the final part of the last event of the day, she had to get that 165-pound barbell from the floor to above her head in one explosive movement — twice.

Not only did Adams snatch the final weight, but she also won the event (which combined with jump-roping) by 34 seconds, a margin of victory that only expanded during the next four days of competition. Of the 11 events in her division, she won nine, took second in the other two, and accrued 1,080 points, more than 200 points higher than the second-place finisher.

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