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A new group of athletes have come from all over the country to take on the world's most brutal obstacle course. Who has what it takes to become the first American Ninja Warrior? Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Venice Final July 13 |
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The Qualifier courses have
been run. Our finalists have been chosen. Now it's all
about the second in the chase for six buttons and $1
million. The run to greatness begins again in Venice.
VENICE, CA Venice Beach Boardwalk The 30 finalists will face the Qualifier Course again, PLUS four obstacles, two of which are making their ANW debut tonight. - Quintuple Steps - Mini Silk Slider - Tilting Table - Spin Cycle - Hourglass Drop - Warped Wall - Salmon Ladder - Rumbling Dice - Rotate a 30-pound box, then drop to another weighing 50 pounds and rotate THAT. - Clear Climb - Work your way across a 24-foot climbing wall that is tilted 35 degrees back - Invisible Ladder - Pump your arms upward like you are climbing a ladder up 30 feet. Again, it's win-and-in. Finish the course and you have guaranteed your ticket to Vegas and Mt. Midoriyama. If we do not reach 15, then the 15 who have run the furthest in the fastest time will go to the final course. - Rashad Richardson (30; Henderson, NV; motivational speaker; Hourglass Drop) - FAIL Hourglass Drop (Course out) - Ben Melick (33; Los Angeles; personal trainer; Hourglass Drop) - FAIL Rumbling Dice Three more tried to earn their tickets. Everest Ling, Heath Burian, and Arnold Hernandez all failed. - Jason Tirado (28; Carmichael, CA; nursing student; Hourglass Drop) - Survived aplastic anemia. FAIL Hourglass Drop (course out) - Theo Agu (31; Corona, CA; tech support engineer; Hourglass Drop) - FAIL Hourglass Drop - Jackson Meyer (23; Seaside, OR; biology student; Hourglass Drop) - the Ninja Scout has eaten roadkill before. FAIL Hourglass Drop - Almas Meirmanov (30; Las Vegas; circus performer; completed) - orig. from Kazakhstan, born into the circus. FAIL Salmon Ladder Three rookies got their shot - Azeo Torre, Matthew Dodd, and Nir Halfon - but all of them got wet. Middle of the road coming... - Ryan Robinson (32; Folson, CA; highwire artist; Hourglass Drop) - says the fear associated with highwire walking keeps him alive. FAIL Rumbling Dice Two more athletes - Shane Hernandez and Travis Weinand - came out confident, left humbled. Now for every win on this course, someone's gotta take a seat on the bus home. - Dustin Rocho (36; Las Vegas; CPR instructor; Hourglass Drop) - Nowadays, he's training four little ninjas instead of three. FAIL Rumbling Dice. But with a time of 2:00 and 14 runners to go, he's assured of his place in the National Final. - Jessie Graff (31; Calabasas, CA; stuntwoman; Hourglass Drop) - in the history of ANW, only three women have made it up the Warped Wall. Jessie's hoping to be #4. She IS! And she's the first to take on the Clear Climb... which she FAILS, but she's guaranteed her slot in Vegas and on the top of the board so far. Trying to do the same are Michael Skiba, Johnnie Ho, and Michael Burkett-Crist, but all failed. Burkett-Crist may have a shot at it. Still no finishers. - Alan "The Beast" Connealy (35; Concord, CA; gym owner; completed)) - FAIL Hourglass Drop - Grant McCartney (27; Honolulu, HI; flight attendant; completed) - Last year, he lost his mother. FAIL Clear Climb - David Campbell (38; Scotts Valley, CA; audio/video engineer; Hourglass Drop) - First to the Invisible Ladder... where he FAILS. But wow, about 5 feet away. Another three - Sam Goldstein, Alvaro Campos, and Travis Brewer - took to the course. Only the first two will advance to Vegas. Down to the final two. - Nicholas Coolridge (26; Venice, CA; construction worker; completed) - He lives in a van, he eats from a dumpster, he trains like a beast. COMPLETE! (6:06.39) I didn't think we were going to get a finisher! Alan Connealy is on the bubble. The one man who can knock him off... - Kevin Bull (30; Scotts Valley, CA; stock trader; completed) - With his :37 time, Alan is eliminated... but can Kevin finish? Nope. FAIL Invisible Ladder. But still, it's enough. LEADERBOARD 1) NICHOLAS COOLRIDGE (6:06.69) 3) Kevin Bull (Invisible Ladder) 2) David Campbell (Invisible Ladder) 4) Alvaro Campos (Clear Climb) 5) Grant McCartney (Clear Climb) 6) Jessie Graff (Clear Climb) 7) Dustin Rocho (Rumbling Dice) 8) Ben Melick (Rumbling Dice) 9) Ryan Robinson (Rumbling Dice) 10) Almas Meirmanov (Salmon Ladder) 11) Jason Tirado (Hourglass Drop) 12) Sam Goldstein (Hourglass Drop) 13) Michael Burkett-Crist (Hourglass Drop) 14) Azeo Torre (Hourglass Drop) 15) Theo Agu (Hourglass Drop) Next time, we punch another 15 tickets to Vegas in Kansas City. For more information on the contestants, including never-before-seen footage, or to watch this episode in its entirety, go to nbc.com/anw |
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