It’s moving day in Europe and Asia.

June 3   |   POWERED BY

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

• The final week of Semifinal action is well underway
• Moving Day tests are on tap (and already happening) at the Far East Throwdown the Asia Semifinal and in Europe. Catch up below
• The first day of competition concluded for Europe and Asia individuals. Check out who’s in the lead heading into moving day

The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games Europe Semifinal in Berlin, Germany heads into moving day today and Lazar Djukic, Emma Tall, and No Shortcuts CrossFit are on top of the leaderboard at the beginning of the day competition yesterday with two team events. Full details on that are included below.

Resources to stay up to date:

• Here are the men’s and women’s recap from Day 1
• Jonne Koski set a world record in Test 2
• Swedish women dominate the leaderboard
• Nerd out on stats
• European athletes crush the sled pulls on different flooring
• Europe content hub
• How to watch and schedule of events
• Leaderboard
• Roster

Leaderboard

The competition today starts at 9:00 AM GMT+2, that’s 3:00 AM for those of you on the East Coast in North America. Here’s how the leaderboard looks heading into moving day.

1. Lazar Djukic – 191 | Emma Tall – 173 | No Shortcuts CrossFit – 361
2. Henrik Haapalainen – 173 | Annie Thorisdottir – 161 | CrossFit Prestanda – 355
3. Moritz Fiebig – 167 | Gabriela Migała – 156 | CrossFit Oslo Navy Blue – 346
4. Jelle Hoste – 160 | Karin Freyová – 155 | CrossFit Trondheim – 346
5. Jonne Koski – 160 | Madeleine Persson – 151 | CrossFit Genas – 334
6. Alex Kotoulas – 145 | Manon Angonese – 146 | CrossFit Walleye Athlete – 331
7. Uldis Upenieks – 134 | Matilde Garnes – 143 | CrossFit Oslo Blackout – 331
8. Enrico Zenoni – 125 | Ella Wunger – 140 | CrossFit Portti – 280
9. Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson – 125 | Laura Horvath – 135 | CrossFit Rotherham – 262
10. Colin Bosshard – 125 | Elisa Fuliano – 134 | CrossFit Butcher’s Lab Flæk – 256

Remind me: Europe will qualify ten teams, 11 women, and 11 men to the 2023 CrossFit Games.

Full leaderboard

Workouts, Schedule and How to Watch

Saturday’s schedule of events: Below is the broadcast schedule. You can watch all events live on our content hub.

• Individual Test 3 — 9:00 AM GMT+2 | 3:00 AM ET | 8:00 AM BST
• Team Test 5— 11:45 AM GMT+2 | 5:45 AM ET | 10:45 AM BST
• Individual Test 4 and 5— 1:20 PM GMT+2 | 7:20 AM ET | 12:20 PM BST
• Team Test 6 — 5:20 PM GMT+2 | 11:20 AM ET | 4:20 PM BST

Want to see the schedule in your local time zone? Our schedule will automatically update to where you are on MorningChalkUp.com.

Day 3 Tests

Individual Test 3 – Semifinals Linda 

For time
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:

Deadlifts (295/220 pounds)
Dumbbell bench presses (90/60 pounds)
Squat cleans (145/105 pounds)

Time cap: 17 minutes

Team Test 5

1 minute max-rep cleans (275/195 pounds)
2 minutes rest
1 min max-rep cleans (295/215 pounds)
2 minutes rest
1 min max-rep cleans (315/235 pounds)

Individual Tests 4 and 5

TEST 4

For load:

Run 800m
Max snatch

Time Cap: 6 minutes

Following the time cap, athletes will have 2 minutes to reset.

TEST 5

For time:

8 snatches (185/125 pounds or 84/56.5kg)
Run 800m

Time Cap: 6 minutes

Team Test 6

For time:
15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 1 seated legless rope climb (each)
Men complete 10 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 2 legless rope climbs (each)
Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 3 rope climbs each
Men complete 20 handstand push-ups each

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Time cap: 16 minutes

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The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games Far East Throwdown, Asia’s official Semifinal event, moves into it’s second day of competition today at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan, South Korea. It’s moving day for athletes as we head into arguably the biggest day of competition. Ilyas Kuliev, Anastasya Dodonova, and CrossFit Fly High Kolesnikov Team are your leaders going into day two. Full details on that are included below.

Resources to stay up to date:

• ICYMI: Here’s our recap of Day 3 in the men’s and women’s divisions
• Far East Throwdown content hub
• How to watch and schedule of events
• Leaderboard
• Roster

Remind me: The top 2 women, 2 men, and 2 teams automatically qualify.

Leaderboard

The second day of competition starts at 8:00 PM ET, but here are the top 10 athletes and teams going into day two. The leaderboard is currently not updated.

1. Ilyas Kuliev – 176 | Anastasya Dodonova – 184 | CrossFit Fly High Kolesnikov Team – 200
2. Kyungsun Kang – 164 | Seher Kaya – 180 | CrossFit We Can Do It TeamBUSAN – 175
3. Ant Haynes – 152 | Kamila Takeyeva – 160 | CrossFit Marvel Black – 170
4. Anton Yakovlev – 148 | Shahad Budebs – 152 | Stud CrossFit Team STUD – 170
5. Seungjong Kim – 148 | Dawon Jung – 144 | CrossFit Erada 1 – 165
6. Morteza Sedaghat – 141 | Yuko Sakuyama – 139 | CrossFit Pangyo Avenue Swaggers – 145
7. Anatolii Borisenko – 140 | Minjeong Kim – 132 | Red Tower CrossFit Red Tower CrossFit – 125
8. Arthur Semenov – 136 | Or Cohen – 122 | CrossFit Club 49 – 125
9. Ruslan Miftakhov – 124 | Raisa Blinova – 121 | We CrossFit YangJae – 115
10. Eren Kim – 119 | Gaeun Kim – 116 | InnerFight CrossFit DXB – 105

Full leaderboard

Workouts, Schedule and How to Watch

Saturday’s schedule of events:

• Team Test 3 — (Friday) 5:00 PM PT | (Friday) 8:00 PM ET | 1:00 AM BST
• Individual Test 3— (Friday) 5:54 PM PT | (Friday) 8:54 PM ET | 1:54 AM BST
• Team Test 4 — 9:19 PM PT | 12:19 AM ET | 5:19 AM BST
• Individual Tests 4 and 5 — 10:13 PM PT | 1:13 AM ET | 6:13 AM BST

Want to see the schedule in your local time zone? Our schedule will automatically update to where you are on MorningChalkUp.com.

Day 3 Tests

Individual Test 3 – Semifinals Linda 

For time
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of:

Deadlifts (295/220 pounds)
Dumbbell bench presses (90/60 pounds)
Squat cleans (145/105 pounds)

Time cap: 17 minutes

Team Test 5

1 minute max-rep cleans (275/195 pounds)
2 minutes rest
1 min max-rep cleans (295/215 pounds)
2 minutes rest
1 min max-rep cleans (315/235 pounds)

Individual Tests 4 and 5

TEST 4

For load:

Run 800m
Max snatch

Time Cap: 6 minutes

Following the time cap, athletes will have 2 minutes to reset.

TEST 5

For time:

8 snatches (185/125 pounds or 84/56.5kg)
Run 800m

Time Cap: 6 minutes

Team Test 6

For time:
15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 1 seated legless rope climb (each)
Men complete 10 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 2 legless rope climbs (each)
Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Women complete 3 rope climbs each
Men complete 20 handstand push-ups each

Switch

15 Worm burpees
15 Worm squats

Time cap: 16 minutes

1 – At his first ever Semifinal, Jelle Hoste from Belgium gets his 1st ever Semifinal event win in Test 1.

3 – Three women from Sweden are currently in the top 10 overall after Day 1 (Emma Tall 1st, Madeleine Persson 6th, Ella Wunger 8th).

10 – With a 7th in Test 1 and 8th in Test 2, Annie Thorisdottir has still never placed outside the top 10 in a Semifinal workout.

61 – Emma Lawson’s world record score of 61 total burpees in Test 2 will stand as no women were able to beat it.

70 – All women in the top 10 on Test 2 weigh 70kg or less, showing once again that lighter, smaller athletes dominate Test 2.

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