Concord will have two representatives on American Ninja Warrior, one of them considered favorite to win

Concord, California – Two men of Concord competed on American Ninja Warriors and advanced to stage 2 of the competition after finishing the obstacle course.

In this year’s competition the prize has been set at $1 million and Sean Bryan, a Concord native is considered one of the favorites to win it. Bryan competed also last year but due to arm injury, he was forced to give up.

This week, Bryan, who has competed all summer to advance to the National finals in Las Vegas completed the Stage 1 finals course with the 4^th fastest time. But also beating the 2 minute 45 second time limit of the course was another Concord resident, Adam Rayl.

The 28-year-old concrete worker recently moved to Concord from Arizona. He has been a strong Ninja Warrior competitor since his first attempt in Season 8. In 2020’s season 12, Rayl made it to the finals but was knocked out of competition by that year’s winner Daniel Gil.

The American Ninja Warrior national finals include 4 stages, with competitors eliminated at each stage until just 2 remain to compete against each other for the $1 million prize. In stage 1, athletes have 2 minutes and 45 seconds to overcome 9 obstacles that test agility and speed.

In a nail-biting finish, Rayl had just seconds to climb the last obstacle. Judges had to review footage of his finish closely before declaring that he had hit the finishing buzzer just a tenth of a second before time ran out.

Both Adam Rayl and Sean Bryan will compete in Stage 2 of the finals, which begins with the Sept. 13 episode.