Las Vegas Winemaker/CrossFit Athlete Alvarez Excels On Titan Games TV Show Monday Night
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Las Vegas was well represented on NBC’s The Titan Games Monday night as Cirque du Soleil performer Wayne Skivington and winemaker/crossfit athlete Margaux Alvarez appeared on the network TV show in prime time tonight.
Alvarez scored a big win on a previous Titans show and then defeated a rock climber from Bishop, California in a Mt. Olympus final competition Monday to defend her titan title status in the show’s west region.
Alvarez is a CrossFit Games veteran who is a winemaker living in Las Vegas and making wines under the G.O.A.T. brand in Paso Robles, California. The 35-year-old Alvarez is both agile and powerful, a combination that has served her well on the Titans show that features events that require strength and speed, too.
Alvarez said she is motivated by the loss of her sister who died in a car accident 12 years ago. In May, LVSportsBiz.com chatted with Alvarez about her appearance on the 13-episode TV show.
Keep in mind the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson executive-produced The Titan Games was filmed in Atlanta in February before the coronavirus pandemic shut down America’s economy in March. The TV show features an array of creative athletic one-on-one competitions featuring all types of physical skills and everyday competitors with a wide spectrum of backgrounds.
Skivington was introduced as a Cirque performer who said he went through a divorce and was relishing his role as a dad to his son.
This was filmed back in February before the COVID-19 health crisis crushed the Las Vegas economy. On Monday, Monreal-based Cirque du Soleil filed for bankruptcy in hopes of reorganizing business opereatuons to come back. Cirque said it filed for the bankruptcy because of the “immense disruption and forced show closures as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic” and hopes to restructure its debt.
Skivington defeated a competitor to reach the final, but he lost to Air Force Captain Noah Palicia in the Mt. Olympus competition Monday.
But for Alvarez, the winemaker moves on for more action on the show.
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