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RNZ News
2 days ago
- Health
- RNZ News
Christchurch teenager wins fitness competition Torian Pro
Tahlia Vosaki, 14, will represent New Zealand at the global teenage CrossFit Games. Photo: Tahlia Vosaki A rigourous CrossFit training schedule continues to propel Christchurch teenager Tahlia Vosaki to new levels of success. The 14-year-old won the teen individual female 14-15 division at the Torian Pro 2025 in Brisbane over the weekend, which is considered the top CrossFit competition in Oceania. Vosaki won three of her five events and finished second and third in the other two events to give her a significant 74-point winning margin over her closest competitor. She won the Alfred, made up of three rounds of one kilometre row, 20 chest to bar (pull-ups) and 10 cyclone sandbag squats. In the Clean Complex, made up of one clean, one hang clean and one jerk, Vosaki lifted a total of 230 pounds (104kg) - which was the most by any female or male competitor in her age-group. Vosaki also won the Double Isabel, made up of 150 double unders on the rope, followed by 30 snatches of a barbell, followed by 150 more double unders. She finished second in the Move It or Lose It IV which involved a mix of a calorie ski, dumbbell snatches and burpee box jump overs in a three minute rotation. The Hann, involving a 100ft handstand walk, 100ft walking dumbbell lunge, six legless rope climbs 12ft, 100ft handstand walk, 100ft walking dumbbell lunge, four legless rope climbs 12ft, 100ft handstand walk, 100ft walking dumbbell lunge, three legless rope climbs 12ft, was the event Vosaki finished third in. Vosaki is working towards proving she is the strongest teenager in the world at the global teenage CrossFit Games in the United States in August, where she will compete against the top 30 fittest teenagers in her age group. Tahlia Vosaki. Photo: Supplied / Morgan and Kaden Gibbons Following her success in her first major competition in Brisbane, her coach Justin Cotler reflected on the teenager's work ethic on social media. "In May of last year, I got an email from a 13-year-old named Tahlia Vosaki," Cotler wrote. "She told me it had been her dream since she was eight years old to compete at the CrossFit Games as a teen. "She didn't ask for shortcuts. She asked for coaching and ever since that day, she's shown up with discipline, heart, humility, grit, and desire… every single session." Cotler looks forward to what Vosaki can achieve at the CrossFit Games in the United States. "Tahlia is everything that's right about this sport," he wrote. "Hard-working. Coachable. Grounded. No drama. "She's earned every bit of this moment-and it's just the beginning." Vosaki told RNZ last month she trains five days a week, up to four-and-half hours a day around homeschooling. "On my training days I train once in the morning, which would be about one-and-a-half to two hours, then I go home and do my schoolwork, and then in the afternoon I would go back to the gym and have a two to two-and-a-half-hour session," she told RNZ's Afternoons. She said she got into CrossFit through her parents. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Otago Daily Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
14-year-old wants to become world's strongest teen
A Christchurch 14-year-old is vying to prove she is the strongest teenager in the world at the global teenage CrossFit Games. Tahlia Vosaki will fly to Ohio in the United States in August for the competition, which is reserved for the top 30 fittest teenagers in her age group. CrossFit involves high intensity interval training, which builds strength and conditioning through weightlifting, gymnastics and cardio. The 14-year-old said she had a rigorous training schedule, and switched to homeschooling last year to help her achieve her goal. "I train five days a week, and I have two rest days and on one of them I swim and do a recovery," she told RNZ's Afternoons. "On my training days I train once in the morning which would be about one-and-a-half to two hours, then I go home and do my schoolwork, and then in the afternoon I would go back to the gym and have a two to two-and-a-half-hour session." Tahlia Vosaki, 14, will represent New Zealand at the global teenage CrossFit Games. Photo:Tahlia Vosaki Vosaki's personal bests included lifting 160kg in the deadlift and 85kg in the snatch lift (lifting a barbell from the ground to overhead in one smooth motion). She said she got into CrossFit through her parents. "They would take me and my sister with them to the gym and I remember watching them do their CrossFit classes and wanting to do them," she said. Competing at the world games had been a long-held goal, she said. "There were two different steps to qualify for the games. The first one was the CrossFit open where a bunch of teams sign up and it was one workout a week for three weeks, then the top 200 move on to the semi-finals which was over a weekend, we had five workouts, and whoever qualified from that the top 30 goes to CrossFit Games," Vosaki said. "I hope to keep doing this and make it to the adult games when I'm older."
RNZ News
7 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
Christchurch teen is a Crossfit powerhouse
Tahlia Vosaki is a Christchurch 14-year-old who has her eye on becoming the strongest teenager in the world. She'll head to the US in August to represent New Zealand at the Teenage CrossFit Games. She talked to Perlina about all the hard work she's putting in.
