2024 semifinals - Oceania, and North America West - Day 2

[giftsigns]

Torian Pro -

West Coast Classic -

Qualifiers for games -

North America West - 9 men, 8 women, 7 teams

Oceania - 4 men, 4 women, 3 teams

Leaderboard -

Oceania - https://games.crossfit.com/leaderboard/semifinals/2024?semifinal=235&division=2&sort=0

North America West - https://games.crossfit.com/leaderboard/semifinals/2024?semifinal=233&division=2&sort=0

Individuals Events -​

Saturday

Event 2 - 5 rounds for time:

• 100 double-unders
• 20 toes-to-bar
• 10 front squats

Time cap: 18 minutes

Men: 225 pounds

Women: 155 pounds

Event 3 - 7 rounds for time:

• 10-calorie Echo bike
• 1 legless rope climb
• 10 box jump overs
• 1 legless rope climb

Time cap: 16 minutes

Men: 30-inch box, 15-foot rope

Women: 24-inch box, 15-foot rope

 

[rubberrodent]

@giftsigns I hope the North American coverage is better for day 2

 

[psalmtoday]

@rubberrodent The American West production makes the European coverage look like the Super Bowl. It’s basically unwatchable.

 

[leebarnes]

@giftsigns Maddie Sturt is killing it. Hope she can keep it up. It's been fun watching her win every event thus far.

 

[katshavens]

@giftsigns How are there no spectators at North America West?

 

[lisa1971]

@katshavens You can 100% see why they want to take the Games abroad. Insane enthusiasm (like in France, Spain or the UK) compared to relative apathy in the US

 

[lisa1971]

Also relevant however that HQ's marketing is an absolute shit-show.

 

[jnorthey]

@lisa1971 Holiday weekend

School graduations

Gas is $5/gal in CA


It’s not ONLY because HQ is dumb. But HQ is dumb

 

[kbstyles]

@lisa1971 I live nearby and wanted to go but not at the cost of $55 per ticket.

 

[bigred009]

@katshavens cost of travel in general to get to/stay in the area, add in it's memorial day weekend so prices are higher than usual, no one wanting to travel on memorial day weekend, general lack of interest in crossfit anymore on the west coast (this was the area it first started in so it's been around "longer" and has been replaced by new fitness trends).

 

[christissovereign]

@katshavens I was very close to going but I'm not a fan of general admission tickets. I'd rather have my assigned seat for the entirety of the events or just sit at home to watch from there.

 

[giftsigns]

Quite a big drop-off in time for the Oceania men in event 2 after the top 4 men- almost a minute difference between the 4th and 5th place (12:18 to 13:13). Compare to Europe where the competitors are more evenly spaced. there were 10 men in that one minute (from 12:19 to 13:17).

 

[giftsigns]

William Leahy looked like he was going to smash the best time for event 3, but then something happened. Still a good time, but he didn't look too good at the end, I hope he is not injured.

 

[be_a_light]

@giftsigns Tore his achilles tendon on the last few reps on the box apparently.

 

[giftsigns]

@be_a_light That's tough, I hope he can recover well, and that it wouldn't take too long.

 

[mscottfoster]

@giftsigns People in the livestream chat are saying he may have withdrawn? Not sure if it’s true

 

[giftsigns]

@mscottfoster That's sad if true. He doesn't seem to have the best of luck at these competitions.

 

[sanjaya1984]

@giftsigns Oceana coverage has been excellent all weekend

 

[keyboard0012]

@giftsigns Is Justin medeiros cheating by not doing double unders on the gold number plate? If not why aren't more doing it to shorten the distance

 

[giftsigns]

@keyboard0012 I can see quite a few people not doing on their the number. Since their judges didn't stop them, I would assume they are not required to do it.