The first Open workout started in Canton, Massachusetts with Rich Froning and Mat Fraser. 15.1 was a 2-part event with a 9-minute AMRAP consisting of toes to bars, deadlifts and snatches, followed by a 1-rep max clean and jerk within a 6-minute time cap. Nick Urankar from Central East region finished on top of the leaderboard with 228 reps in the triplet and 170 kg on clean and jerk. Canadian Maude Charron placed 1st in the women division with 223 reps and a 109 kg lift.
Nick Urankar, 31 yrs, Central East
Maude Charron, 21 yrs, Canada East
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In Europe Iceland stole the show.
Sara Sigmundsdottir and Annie Thorisdottir tied for first in women category, and Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson won in men’s division ahead of Steven Fawcett (England) and Jonne Koski (Finlad).
Russia had the biggest lifts in 15.1a. Oxana Slivenko had the heaviest clean and jerk (115 kg) on the ladies side, and Vladislav Rigert took number 1 with a 172-kilo lift on the men’s chart. Vladislav Rigert, son of a famous weightlifting coach David Rigert completing the workout with a 172 kg clean and jerk.
First workout was packed with excitement and yes, humor as well. Like Kim Jong Un leading the chart for a second.
After being sidelined last year due to injury, Lacee Kovacs is back and currently sits on 4th place (In Europe).
Sam Briggs, competing in South East this year, placed 2nd worldwide in part one, but slipped down the chart in the clean and jerk due to injury. We wish Sam a speedy recovery to come back even stronger for the Regionals.
For those of you looking at the leaderboard and wondering what happened thank you for your messages and I will be ok … Last Monday I suffered an injury whilst training, I have been receiving treatment and I am confident that I can complete the @crossfitgames Open … The max C&J was just too much to ask of my body at this time but I didn’t miss out on the Games last year to quit on this season already!!! A photo posted by Samantha Briggs (@bicepslikebriggs) on
How did 15.1 go for you?
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