by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 4, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit Games, External Posts
Sunday morning started down at the lake. All 10 remaining men and 10 women lined up ready to dive into the water. SWIM PADDLE 1,000-m swim 1,000-m paddle Time cap: 50 minutes All the male and female athletes completed the event together. Aussies Tia-Clair...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 4, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, External Posts
PAT VELLNER “Tough shake today. Back against the wall, had to send it this morning. Sucks not to make the cut and have the chance for another epic comeback this year, but those are the breaks. Good luck to everybody left competing. Keep that podium warm for me...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 4, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit Games, External Posts
The day started with a sprinting event that would savagely cut the field in half, from 20 to 10 athletes. For many big name athletes, the tension was palpable. They had to survive this event and make it to the final 10. After the Sprint Event was completed, all...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 4, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit Games, External Posts
Mat Fraser showed grace and courage under pressure as he beat Scott Panchik in an exhilarating final showdown during the last event on Saturday. CLEAN EVENT For load: 1-rep clean *Tiebreak with 5 reps for time 215-220-225-230-235-240-245-250-255-260 lb....
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 3, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit Games, External Posts
Sara Sigmundsdottir is out. She went into the third day of competition in 20th place and needed to perform well in the Sprint Event in order to secure any kind of chance to progress to the final 10. She didn’t make it past the first heat. The sprint event...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 3, 2019 | Athletes, BoxRox, CrossFit Games, External Posts
At the end of Day two, friday, at the CrossFit Games, Willy Georges was sitting in 20th position, having narrowly escaped the cut. Six hours later, after he had already been kitted out for the next day with his special athlete gear, he was informed that he had now...
