2020 CrossFit Games Finals Event 11: Sprint Sled Sprint

[eleanor12]

@rob3rt That's new, it's been gone for more then an hour.

 

[rob3rt]

@eleanor12 hmm maybe its because im not in the US so maybe any website updates are slower? I dont know LOL

 

[rentalman]

@jonjones229 Brook's technique is comical. lmao this is great

 

[muggins2116]

@rentalman Like all the men pushed that way

 

[rentalman]

@muggins2116 Not really. She literally lifted the back of the sled up off the ground. The men just didn't have their arms straight (besides Noah) and were much closer to the sled while pushing.

 

[freedom0401]

@rentalman If it’s stupid and it works it isn’t stupid

 

[john25]

@rentalman Proper effective though. Lift back end, take a ton of drag off

 

[rentalman]

@john25 i'd have expected it to dig into the turf much more than this. Props to her.

 

[john25]

@rentalman Yeah absolutely, must be a really fine line!

 

[jesseb04]

@jonjones229 Sled sprints have always been events of controversy and I think that by Castro adding it again this year it’s a way to 1. troll 2. More importantly, make improvements to the event. Years ago they did the event on slick grass which impacted the lanes. Last year it was on turf but the huge fans blowing mist also impacted the lanes. I’m interested to see how they’ve put controls in place to remedy this...

Unfortunately when you’re doing events outside, it’s tough to control for weather (slick grass during the KB lunges / T2B event, in games past murph in a half shaded field, etc).

 

[dawn16]

@jonjones229 Castro is just being a troll programming a sled event after all the controversy.

 

[ryananthony]

@dawn16 what was the controversy?

 

[tennesseegirl1993]

@ryananthony Last year at the games there was a sled BMU event. There was a massive discrepancy between the pace some of the athletes were able to move some fairly light sleds. A lot of the athletes complained that there was no way the sleds were equal and there was some research done (unsure who by off the top of my head - maybe WODscience?) that indicated there was some correlation between certain lanes and slower times. Dave Castro consistently called BS and there was never an obvious answer as to what actually happened.

 

[ryananthony]

@tennesseegirl1993 Thanks for the context. With that info, 0% surprising Castro programmed it again.

 

[tennesseegirl1993]

@ryananthony Very true, although in his defence and as others have pointed out, there is usually a sled event of some sort!

I’m unsure if I want it to be fairer this year or not as I think the only way to stop Mat might be tampering with his sled ha ha

 

[the_laconic_dead]

@dawn16 Castro is a troll, but to be fair, sleds have pretty much been a staple in the games

 

[skipnrocks]

@jonjones229 Is it too much to ask for Katrin and Haley to be on the podium when all this shakes out? It’d be swell.

 

[the_laconic_dead]

@jonjones229 Haley is doing so well but I expect Katrin to extend her lead here

 

[kwb100]

@the_laconic_dead Once Haley develops her strength, she could push Tia I think.

 

[musicman887]

@jonjones229 This has been a very running heaving games