Kaden Lebsack is back on top!
The 16-year-old Colorado native was once again crowned the winner of America Ninja Warrior, winning yet another $100,000 prize.
But it wasn’t an easy feat by any means.
The season-long battle between seasoned veterans and teen phenoms came to a head during the grand finale on Monday (August 29) at the 75 foot rope climb with Josh Levin and R.J. Roman representing for the veterans and Jay Lewis, Josiah Pippel and last year’s winner Lebsack representing for the teens.
The time to beat for the elusive $1 Million Grand Prize was 30 seconds, and though none of the five were able to hit that mark and take home the million, $100,000 was on the line for the ninja who got to the top the fastest. Amazingly, all five made it up in under a minute, with the three teens finishing within 1.2 seconds of each other at the top of the leaderboard.
With a time of 37.77 seconds, it was 16-year-old Kaden Lebsack who repeated his performance from last season and took home the prize and the title of “Last Ninja Standing.”
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When asked how he balances being the “last ninja standing” and a normal teen, the 16-year-old tells Celeb Secrets, “I do online school, and it helps me to be able to travel and compete and train more often.”
He also spilled the tea on where he’ll be spending his now $200,000 prize money — in investments and trips to Walt Disney World, of course!
Celeb Secrets sat down with Lebsack and runner up Jay Lewis, where they talked everything from balancing a normal life while training, winning the prize money and future goals. Check out the full video below — you don’t wanna miss it!
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With edits by Juliet Schroder.
