2022 CrossFit Games: Tia-Clair Toomey climbs leader board after rescheduled second event
- Thursday was supposed to be a rest day, but event two was rescheduled because of bad weather and took place after the opening ceremony
- Toomey, who is chasing sixth title, jumps from eighth to third overall after ‘shuttle to overhead’ contest
Mallory O’Brien, still leads overall, with Emma Lawson second.
Event two, held on Thursday, was the “shuttle to overhead”. The event was broken into two 100 point sections: the A section was the athlete’s total time to complete three runs, while the B was the total number of jerks completed across the three rounds. The women lifted women 200lb (90kg) and the men 300lb (136kg).
From 0:00-2:00 (2 minutes)
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Run 400m
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Max jerks
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Rest 1 minute
From 3:00-6:00 (3 minutes)
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Run 600m
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Max jerks
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Rest 2 minutes
From 8:00-12:00 (4 minutes)
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Run 800m
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Max jerks
Toomey finished 19th and first in the A and B respectively, enough to move her up to third.
Gabriela Migala of Poland, Lucy Campbell of the UK and Seher Kaya of Turkey finished first, second and third in the A section. With Danielle Brandon and O’Brien coming second and third behind Toomey in the shuttle to overhead B.
On the men’s side, Ricky Garard and Justin Medeiros maintain their first and second places overall. Roman Khrennikov is third.
The top three men for shuttle to overhead A were Dallin Pepper of the USA, Kealan Henry of South Africa and Tudor Magda of the USA, while Jeffery Adler, Saxon Panchik and Medeiros took the top three spots in the B section.
The Games continue as scheduled on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
