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Oklahoma City hosted the fourth round of American Ninja Warrior finals, which aired on Monday night. As with the Atlanta city finals, no women made it through the qualifying round.However, the region had some impressive women in its ranks. Sometimes all that keeps competitors from completing a course is a single tricky obstacle, and in Oklahoma City, that obstacle was the Log Runner.The third obstacle continued to give ninjas problems Monday night, taking out six competitors. It has also knocked out many of the women competing, including returning ninja and obstacle course racer Rose Wetzel.We were watching people go down, down, down, Wetzel said in a phone interview with espnW. No matter how great of an athlete someone is, if theres a ninja-killer, it doesnt discriminate.Wetzel is a fierce competitor. She is the second-ranked Spartan racer in her age group and has competed on two seasons of American Ninja Warrior. She also participated in the first episode of Team Ninja Warrior.Ive done so many sports activities, and theres something magical about American Ninja Warrior, Wetzel said.Wetzel is one of the female ninjas to get her start in the sport after the record-shattering sixth season in which three women completed the warped wall and Kacy Catanzaro finished the Dallas city finals course.Catanzaro is still the only woman to finish a city finals course. In each of her first two seasons, Wetzel competed in the same region as Catanzaro, which she says is important to her as a competitor.She has more pressure than anyone I know in that sport, Wetzel said. She continues to inspire me and I know she continues to inspire other people. Even if she were to never hit another buzzer for some crazy reason, she is a symbol of doing the impossible. That will never change. She broke that ceiling for us all and gave us permission to really go for it.Wetzel appreciates her athletic success. The rainbow tights she wears are a reflection of that. For many ninja competitors, their outfits are important to them, either so they can be identified easily or so they can raise awareness about a cause. Wetzel has loved ones that have struggled with various physical and mental ailments, so she chose to recognize them by wearing rainbow, which she says reflects all the colors of the ribbons for various causes.Im really grateful for this window of time, which I hope is a really long one, Wetzel said.Oklahoma City finals specs:Finishers: 2Female finishers: 0Women moving on: 0New or modified obstacles on second half of course: 1 out of 4The course:Were into city final episodes, where the first six obstacles remain the same as in each of the city qualifiers (except for a couple of tweaks). In city finals, the course builders added four obstacles on the second portion of the course (which well review below), bringing the total number of obstacles to 10.The first obstacle on the second part of each city finals course so far (i.e., the seventh obstacle overall) is the Salmon Ladder. Ninjas hang from a bar and must propel themselves upward to jump the bar up a series of rungs.Bungee Road returns from season seven as the eighth obstacle. Using their upper body, ninjas transition through a series of bungees before leaping onto a horizontal cylinder. From the cylinder, they swing to the next platform.The ninth obstacle is all new, and quite a doozy! The Window Hang requires ninjas to grip a ledge with only their fingers on either side of a window. They must maneuver between the five windows by reaching or doing a lache, or jump between them.The Invisible Ladder returns as the 10th obstacle. So far, thats been the case on each city finals course. Ninjas grab rings suspended from a hole in a platform and pull. When their movement stops, the ring catches their weight so that it looks like they are pulling themselves up a ladder, through the hole at the top of the finishing platform.Looking forward:After a two-week hiatus, our next ninja fix will be from Philadelphia. The Philly city finals promise to not disappoint, with four women getting their opportunity to test the course. Thats the most women to ever run a finals course in one city. Someones gotta make it to Vegas, right? Derwin James Youth Jersey . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat. Dan Fouts Womens Jersey . 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BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez thought his final week as a member of the?New York Yankees was going to be on the field, not the bench.Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided otherwise, prioritizing winning over sentimentality.Girardi said Rodriguez will not start Tuesday and Wednesday, but would be in the lineup Thursday against knuckleballer Steven Wright. A-Rod also will start Friday, his final game with the team.Im disappointed, Rodriguez said Tuesday at Fenway Park. When I heard him say I can actually play in all four games, I was really excited to get some at-bats. I dont know what happened.On Sunday, after the Yankees announced the plan for A-Rod to be released Friday and then take a job as a special adviser, Girardi said he would let A-Rod dictate his playing time for his final week in pinstripes.If he wants to play in every game, Ill find a way, Girardi said. ?Girardi said his comments Sunday were made when he got caught up in the moment, so he is choosing the Yankees pursuit of the wild card over A-Rods farewell.Im an emotional guy, Girardi said. My heart can get tugged at. I think I got caught up in the emotions. Im human. There is a human element to me. There is a human element to Alex. Im not saying he wont play these next two days and that he wont be in there. Im managing to try to win the games. Thats what I have to do. This is a veryy important series for us.dddddddddddd This is one of the teams that we are chasing.A-Rod never made it into Tuesdays game, a 5-3 Yankees loss. Fans at Fenway chanted We Want A-Rod late in the game, hoping hed get in the game.?Rodriguez said he came to the park excited Tuesday, hoping to play in all three games at Fenway. The Yankees started Tuesday 4? games back in the wild card with 51 games remaining.Girardi started Brian McCann at designated hitter against right-hander Rick Porcello. Rodriguez is hitting .204 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 62 games.We started to give the at-bats to other people because of what we saw, Girardi said. Thats hard for me to say, because I believed in Alex. He was a guy that was always so productive for us. I dont know. I dont know if there would be a right situation out there for him. He is going to be 42, and he doesnt really play a position.Rodriguez, who just turned 41, would not totally close the door on Friday being his final game.I dont know that answer right now, Rodriguez said. Im content with how this week has gone down.For now, A-Rod is still a Yankee and stuck on the bench.Said Girardi: My responsibility as the manager -- and we are still in this -- is to win games. ' ' '