CrossFit Games

17.1 Is Gonna Hurt

February 24, 2017 by
thebarbellspin.com

The Wod. The Scorecard. The Leaderboard.

Flashback to Two Days Ago — “Would love to see burpee box jump overs or anything with burpees?.” — Kristin Holte

FUN FACT #1: Burpee box jump overs and dumbbell snatches are two movements that have never been in the Open before.

FUN FACT #2: With 225 reps and a 20 minute time cap, athletes need to do 1 rep every 5.3 seconds to make it.

FUN FACT #3: Kristin Holte and Samantha Briggs performed 17.1 at around 2AM local Paris time.

FUN FACT #4: Brent Fikowski and Rory McKernan got pegged with flour and syrup for losing their matchup.

Early Leaderboard — 1. Sam Briggs, 2. Kristin Holte…1. Ronnie Teasdale, 2. Patrick Vellner, 3. Brent Fikowski, 5. Chandler Smith (unofficial).