WATCH: Chad Mackay Battles For A Podium Spot At The CrossFit Games

With fellow Australian Khan Porter having already claimed second position, Chad Mackay - on the right of the video - looked to grab the final podium spot in the first event of the 2015 CrossFit Games - the Pier Paddle.

Coming out of the water, America's Noah Ohlsen had Mackay by a length, with the hulking Aussie slowly pulling the lead back in scenes not unlike the final straight of the Melbourne Cup.

But it wasn't to be, with Ohlsen taking third behind Porter and Finland's Jonne Koski. (But first in the yet-to-be officially scored Face Plant stakes)

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