Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro made a few big announcements at tonight’s Athlete Ceremony in the Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. After 553 athletes walked across the floor waving their countries’ flags, Castro took the stage.
His first announcement told the details of one of Saturday’s events.
“Typically, we do our swim events early on in the week,” he said. “This year, we did a row on Day 1. … We’re doing the swim event for everybody on Saturday.”
Castro then reintroduced the team rescue sled from the 2015 Games to the teams.
The 2018 swim events are as follows:
Madison Triplus (Individuals)
For time:
Swim 500 meters
Paddle 1,000 meters
Run 2,000 meters
Athletes will begin on the Lake Monona shoreline, enter the water and swim a 500-meter course, concluding back on land. They will then grab a paddleboard and paddle a 1,000-meter course. Finally, the athletes will exit the water and run 2,000 meters to the AEC, where they will cross the finish line.
Time cap: 40 minutes
Team Triplus
For time:
Swim 500 meters
Sled paddle 500 meters
Run 2,000 meters
Teams will begin on the Lake Monona shoreline and enter the water to swim a 500-meter course, concluding back on land. Once all four members are back, they will grab a sled and paddle the 500-meter course. Finally, the teams will exit the water, grab their ropes and run 2,000 meters to the AEC where they will cross the finish line.
Order: All at once
Time cap: 40 minutes
Next, Castro announced additional Saturday events for the teams and individuals.
Bicouplet Relay (Teams)
For time, as a relay:
F1 completes 21-15-9 reps of:
55-lb. snatches
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Then, M1 completes 21-15-9 reps of:
85-lb. snatches
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Then, F2 completes 12-9-6 reps of:
85-lb. snatches
Bar muscle-ups
Then, M2 completes 12-9-6 reps of:
135-lb. snatches
Bar muscle-ups
Each athlete will complete one of the couplets as a relay. The event is over when the last athlete performs the final bar muscle-up and crosses the finish line.
Order: F M F M
Time cap: 19 minutes
Bicouplet 1 (Individuals)
21-15-9 reps for time of:
Snatches
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
M 85 lb. F 55 lb.
Time cap: 6 minutes
Bicouplet 2 (Individuals)
12-9-6 reps for time of:
Snatches
Bar muscle-ups
M 135 lb. F 85 lb.
Time cap: 6 minutes
There will be a 1-minute transition between the two bicouplets.
Fans were first involved in Games programming at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games when Castro left it up to the community to choose Heavy DT or Double DT as the fifth event of the competition. Heavy DT was chosen.
This year, Castro announced, fans will choose whether athletes perform Bicouplet 1 or Bicouplet 2 first.