Day 2 was highlighted by an amazing surge from Laura Horvath.
After the second day of Individual Competition on the 2023 CrossFit Games, Sophomore CrossFit Games competitor Emma Lawson, while Roman Khrennikov widened the gap between himself and the remainder of the Men. Alexis Raptis (second place) is just ahead of likely favorite Laura Horvath and Chandler Smith is the closest to Khrennikov. Following a poor opening day, reigning Men’s champion Justin Medeiros (twelfth place) rebounded nicely to place himself inside striking distance of the highest through the remainder of the way in which.
2023 CrossFit Games Individual Leaderboard
Listed below are the highest 10 Individual Women after two days of the 2023 CrossFit Games:
Women
- Emma Lawson (Canada) — 477 points
- Alexis Raptis (United States) — 458 points
- Laura Horvath (Hungary) — 457 points
- Alex Gazan (United States) — 450 points
- Arielle Loewen (United States) — 432 points
- Jamie Simmonds (Australia) — 388 points
- Annie Thorisdottir (Iceland) —356 points
- Bethany Flores (United States) — 370 points
- Emma Tall (Sweden) — 327 points
- Paige Powers (United States) — 350 points
Men
- Roman Khrennikov (United States) — 543 points
- Jeffrey Adler (Canada) — 443 points
- Chandler Smith (United States) — 432 points
- Jay Crouch (Australia) — 411 points
- Brent Fikowski (Canada) — 405 points
- Bjornvin Karl Gudmundsson (Iceland) — 401 points
- Patrick Vellner (Canada) — 392 points
- Jelle Hoste (Belgium) — 364 points
- Bayley Martin (Latest Zealand) — 363 points
- Jonne Koski (Finland) — 357 points
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Event 4 Results — The Alpaca Redux
As a substitute of being a closing workout prefer it was in 2022, the Alpaca Redux kicked matters off on Day 2 of the 2023 Games.
Athletes had the duty of pushing a weighted sled (443 kilos for the Women, 546 kilos for the Men) 126 feet for the fastest time. After they finished their sled push, the competitors needed to perform three rounds of:
- Two legless rope climbs
- 12 kettlebell clean and jerks
- A 42-foot sled push starting with two (53 kilos for Women, 70 kilos for Men) kettlebells
Note: After each round, two additional kettlebells were added.
Khrennikov began to tug away from the sphere with a dominant win because of a time of 12:34.59. Emma Tall coasted ahead of the remainder of the Women with a victory and time of 15:54.01. That was nearly 42 seconds higher than Horvath (16:36.18) in second place.
Notably, CrossFit Games veteran Ben Smith suffered a torn patellar tendon in his right leg in the course of the workout. The athlete didn’t withdraw and, on the time of this writing, continues to be persevering within the competition. Smith had surgery on a torn meniscus on his left leg in 2019.
Event 5 Results — SkiBag
On the SkiBag, the athletes had one other race for time, on this instance completing the below circuit as fast as possible:
- 30-calorie SkiErg
- 30 sandbag squats (125 kilos for Women, 200 kilos for Men)
- 20-calorie SkiErg
- 20 sandbag squats (125 kilos for Women, 200 kilos for Men)
With a blistering time of 4:36.18, Laura Horvath flexed her muscles en path to a snug win by over a minute. For the Men, Colton Mertens (4:30.60) just edged out Samuel Kwant (4:34.75).
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Event 6 Results — Helena
The Helena of the 2023 CrossFit Games was a slight variation of the classic benchmark WOD that the majority of the athletes were already acquainted with. Quite than implement kettlebell swings and pull-ups, this Helena consisted of three rounds of the below, with an 11-minute closing date:
- 400-meter run
- 12 bar muscle-ups
- 21 dumbbell snatches (35 kilos for Women/50 kilos for Men)
For the Women, Jamie Simmonds paced ahead of the group with a time of 8:27.12. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Adler (7:56.58) was the one competitor to finish the course with a sub-eight-minute time, besting his nearest competitor, Will Moorad (8:05.63) by barely greater than nine seconds for the Men’s workout win.
Day 3 On Tap
Identical to that, half of the 2023 Individual CrossFit Games are within the books, and it looks like there could possibly be two latest champions. On the Men’s side, barring an outright collapse, Roman Khrennikov appears to be in an ideal position to interrupt through with a title after his runner-up result last yr. On the Women’s side, a appears to still be too near call, but Lawson, Horvath, and Raptis have definitely separated themselves to date in a race for the highest.
Saturday and Sunday in Madison await, and it’ll be a Games marathon, not a sprint.
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