Dave Castro's Games Event Releases

July 18, 2016

CrossFit

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Team

Team Event 1: Team Murph

Wednesday, July 20

For time:
1,800-meter run with litter
100 Worm push presses
300 chest-to-bar pull-ups
100 Worm squats
1,800-meter run with litter

All team members will wear body armor (20 lb. for men, 14 lb. for women). During the runs, the team will carry a teammate in a litter. Who is carried in the litter will rotate at predetermined intervals.

Team Event 3 & 4: Triple Deadlift

 

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Jul 11, 2016 at 6:30pm PDT

For time:
21-15-9 reps for time of:
Deadlifts
Synchronized burpees
100-ft. handstand walk (each round)

Event 3: MMM
Event 4: FFF

The teammates will use a three-person axle bar. 12-minute time cap.

Team Event 5: Climbing Worm

 

CrossFit Games Team Event 5 @crossfitgames #CrossFitGames

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Jul 13, 2016 at 9:23pm PDT


9-21-21-9 reps for time of:
Worm clean and jerks
Rope ascents

There are two ropes per team.

Team Event 6: Double Worm Sprint

 

Team event 6. Double Worm Sprint. @crossfitgames #crossfitgames @roguefitness

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Jul 17, 2016 at 7:42pm PDT

 

Team Event 9: Team Sprint Relay

 

Berm Bob

 

12:59pm. Demo team testing with big bob. @crossfitgames #crossfitgames

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Jul 18, 2016 at 1:10pm PDT

4 rounds for time of:
600-meter berm run
140-ft. Big Bob push

Demo Team Tests Slug

 

Buddy Swim

For time:
3-by-500-m swim relay, as pairs

 

Individual

 

Individual Event 11: 280’ Handstand Walk for Time

 

Individual Event 11 280' handstand walk for time @crossfitgames #crossfitgames

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Jul 12, 2016 at 6:17pm PDT

 

Individual Event 12: Suicide Sprint

 

Individual Event 13: Plow Pull

280-foot plow drag for time.

Each athlete will pull the sled across the field twice. 

 

Ring Handstand Push-ups

 

Ocean Swim

For time:
500-meter swim

All 80 athletes, 40 men and 40 women, will compete in one heat.

Squat Clean Pyramid

For time:
10 squat cleans (245 / 165 lb.), by 2:00
8 squat cleans (265 / 180 lb.), by 4:00
6 squat cleans (285 / 195 lb.), by 6:00
4 squat cleans (305 / 205 lb.), by 8:00
2 squat cleans (325 / 215 lb.), by 11:00

Similar to Event 1 at this year’s Regionals, athletes will progress through 5 stations at increasing weights with decreasing reps. Athletes that do not complete all the reps at a given bar before the cutoff time will be given credit for the reps they completed at their last bar and then ranked based on the time at which they finished their last full segment.

Murph

For time, with a 20 / 14-lb. weight vest:
1-mile run
Then, 5 rounds of:
     20 pull-ups
     40 push-ups
     60 squats
Then, 1-mile run

Each athlete will wear weighted body armor for the duration of the event.

 

And so it begins. @crossfitgames #crossfitgames

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Jul 4, 2016 at 8:28am PDT


Climbing Snail

600-m berm run
2 rope ascents
40-ft. Snail push
2 rope ascents

600-m berm run
2 rope ascents
40-ft. Snail push
2 rope ascents

600-m berm run
2 rope ascents
40-ft. Snail push

The athletes will not get to touch the Snail until the event.

Wednesday Start

At the end of the Tuesday Reception, Castro told the individuals to meet in the lobby Wednesday, July 20, at 3:30 a.m. The athletes now know the start time of the 2016 Games, but they do not know what events they will face.