Ceaselessly With Us: The 2024 Belgrade Video games Honor Lazar Ðukić’s Life and Legacy By Competitors

Ðukić is being remembered in his dwelling nation through the competitors.

The 2024 Belgrade Video games, held in Belgrade, Serbia, have been initially set to happen September 6-8, lower than a month after the 2024 CrossFit Video games

Shortly after the demise of Serbia’s personal Lazar Ðukić, although, organizers selected to postpone the occasion out of respect for the Ðukić household and the better Serbian group. 

  • “Lazar Ðukić left a profound mark on our group and was an important a part of this competitors,” the Belgrade Video games crew posted on Instagram in August.

In the identical assertion, organizers requested for endurance and understanding because the occasion was rescheduled for November 15-17. 

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The Lazar Ðukić Memorial Competitors

Because the competitors inched nearer, it was introduced that the 2024 occasion could be devoted to Ðukić “with nice respect and sorrow.” 

  • “Lazar was a task mannequin for all our opponents and proudly represented our nation, Serbia, on the worldwide stage. Due to his extraordinary achievements, Serbia has discovered its place among the many nice sporting nations,” the Belgrade Video games posted on Instagram. “His laborious work and dedication impressed us and confirmed {that a} small nation can obtain nice issues.”
  • The submit continued: “Our event was and stays the place the place Lazar was meant to showcase his power and love for the game. It’s now our privilege to dedicate this competitors to him, as an enduring tribute to all that he represented.”

For lots of the athletes who competed on the Video games, this occasion will function a solution to honor Ðukić and his household, to face alongside each other, united of their grief and their hope that his demise was not in useless. 

The 2024 Belgrade Video games Roster

Many elite European athletes have landed in Belgrade for this weekend to participate within the occasion — some as a contest, many as an exhibition. 

Moritz Fiebig, Elisa Fuliano, Camilla Salomonsson Hellman, Bronislaw Olenkowicz, Jacqueline Dahlstrom, and Matilde Garnes are amongst these on the roster. 

  • “I really feel very honored getting the invitation and likelihood to compete for Lazar this weekend… it’s probably the most significant competitors, not solely this yr however in my profession,” Garnes advised Morning Chalk Up.

She went on to share recollections of Ðukić and reminisce on her time spent as his buddy.

  • “He was an athlete I appeared as much as in so some ways, each for the way he competed laborious but additionally the particular person he was off the competitors ground. He was humorous, all the time joyful and welcoming,” Garnes mentioned.

She additionally shared that when she was simply starting her profession in aggressive CrossFit, she was shy and uncertain, intimidated by lots of the high-level athletes. She mentioned that Ðukić was all the time there with a welcoming smile and immense kindness, which stood out to her significantly. 

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Elisa Fuliano additionally shared her sentiment and that from her perspective, her presence on the Belgrade Video games shall be a real solution to honor Ðukić, as she felt she wasn’t in a position to do this on the CrossFit Video games.

  • “An entire occasion shall be devoted to him and his reminiscence proper in his dwelling nation. I’m certain it is going to be particular, and I’ll be so honored to be there,” Fuliano advised Morning Chalk Up.

For as soon as, she mentioned, it is going to be good to step onto the competitors ground with no expectations or strain. She isn’t targeted on her efficiency as a lot as she is concentrated on collaborating within the occasion to expertise it, be current, and embrace every little thing that Ðukić’s life meant.

The Occasion

Because the occasion edges nearer, the Belgrade Video games crew makes preparations with grateful hearts filled with emotion. 

They acknowledge that this yr is especially particular, not only for the group who shall be on-site however for anybody who has determined to take part in any approach — these watching the stay stream hosted by Brian Good friend, these checking in on scores all through the weekend, and people liking and sharing social media posts. 

  • “Lazar was really somebody our group noticed as a task mannequin; he achieved what everybody right here dreamed about,” the crew advised Morning Chalk Up. “We’re very honored to (have recognized) him and to dedicate this competitors to him as a gratitude for what he has accomplished for our group.”

They went on to elucidate that planning the occasion was very tough for them, as he was presupposed to be on the competitors ground together with his brother, Luka. 

  • “We hope that we did sufficient to honor him and his legacy and that everybody who comes will see how a lot he meant to us as an athlete, a buddy, and a member of the family,” the crew mentioned. 

The weekend shall be filled with tributes to Ðukić. 

One shall be a gap ceremony with a video compilation with submissions from GORUCK, the Buttery Bros, and Speaking Elite Health, in addition to a memorial wall of photographs despatched in from folks all through the world. 

Garnes mentioned that the expectation for the weekend forward is that every one the athletes compete in the way in which that Ðukić did and deal with one another like he did… that we’re doing this for him, not for ourselves. I hope all opponents this weekend will honor him in one of the best ways doable, that he actually deserves.”

  • “I want he was there with us, however in spirit, he shall be,” she concluded.

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Featured picture: @belgradegames / Instagram


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