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Nicolas Atkin

Mat Fraser clicked into top gear on Friday at the Dubai CrossFit Championship, winning the first two events and finishing second in the third to move 40 points clear at the top of the men’s leader board.
The American’s effort of 137 kilograms was enough for first place in Event 4, the “Max Snatch”.
Fraser then finished Event 5, titled “Under Pressure”, in 6 minutes, 16 seconds at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.
Then came the “Acid Bath” – 500 metres on a SkiERG. then a 500m row, then 1,000m on a BikeERG, with a time cap is 6 minutes for men and 7 minutes for women. Fraser was second in 04:57, behind Roman Khrennikov of Russia (04:54).
Men’s leader board


Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson is second overall among the men after finishing sixth, second and fifth in the three events.
Dubai CrossFit Championship: day two recap after ‘4x4’ desert run
Thursday’s overnight leader Willy Georges is third after finishes of fourth, third and sixth.

In the women’s standings, Samantha Briggs continued her dominance to top the leader board for a third straight day, and leads by 34 points.
She recovered from a 27th-placed finish in the Max Snatch to finish third in Event 5 and second in Event 6.
Watch: full highlights of day three


Jamie Greene of New Zealand stayed second overall, but two-time CrossFit Games champion Sara Sigmundsdottir moved up to third with a strong showing.
Sigmundsdottir was ninth in Event 4 but finished second and fourth in the final two events.
Women’s leader board


Mia Akerlund of Sweden was the winner of the women’s Max Snatch with 104kg.
Dubai CrossFit Championship 2018: schedule, workouts, times for individual events, teams
Greene took first place in “Under Pressure” – a workout which consisted of a yoke carry (280kg for men/180kg for women), then 15 parallette handstand push-ups (regular for men/20kg plate and abmat for women), then three rounds of 15 box jumps over (30 inches for men/24 inches for women) and 10 ring muscle ups, before a 20m yoke carry (280kg/180kg), all with a time cap of 10 minutes.

Hungary’s Laura Horvath, the 2018 CrossFit Games runner-up, was first in the women’s Acid Bath but is down in ninth place overall having finished 31st in Event 5.
Invictus kept their place at the top of the team standings with two second-place finishes.
Dubai CrossFit Championship: day one recap



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Dubai CrossFit Championship day three: leader board, recap as Mat Fraser powers into top spot

Mat Fraser competes on day three. Photos: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Jamie Greene

Women's leader board

Sara Sigmundsdottir

Men's leader board

Men's leader board 2

Willy Georges

Dubai CrossFit Championship 2018: live stream and highlights

Sara Sigmundsdottir competes on day one. Photos: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Mat Fraser during Event 2

Jamie Greene cools down.

Athletes compete during the Gulf Swim

Dubai CrossFit Championship 2018: leader board for men, women and team events

Mat Fraser during day one. Photo: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Athletes line up for the start of the women' desert run.

Team leader board

Athletes compete on day one

Dubai CrossFit Championship 2018: schedule, workouts, times for individual events, teams

Athletes line up for the start of the men’s desert run. Photos: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Alex Kotoulas competes

Athletes compete in the '4x4' desert run

Mikaela Norman runs during the '4x4'.

Dubai CrossFit Championship: day two leader board, recap, highlights after ‘4x4’ desert run

Athletes compete in the ‘4x4’ desert run. Photos: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Dubai CrossFit Championship women's leader board part two

Dubai CrossFit Championship team leader board

Laura Horvath competes in the desert run.

Dubai CrossFit Championship men's leader board part one

Athletes line up for the start of the men's race.

Mat Fraser competes.

Dubai CrossFit Championship men's leader board part two

Dubai CrossFit Championship 2018: leader board, highlights from day one as Alex Kotoulas, Samantha Briggs sit top

Alex Kotoulas competes during day one. Photos: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Dubai CrossFit Championship women's leader board part one.

Sara Sigmundsdottir competes during the 'Baywatch' event.

Dubai CrossFit Championship team leader board.

Samantha Briggs and Jamie Greene on day one

Dubai CrossFit Championship men's leader board part two.

Dubai CrossFit Championship men's leader board part one.

Dubai CrossFit Championship women's leader board part two.

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Reigning CrossFit Games champion wins two of Friday’s three events and finishes second in the other to shoot straight to the top of the leader board


Dubai CrossFit Championship day three: leader board, recap as Mat Fraser powers into top spot

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Reigning CrossFit Games champion wins two of Friday’s three events and finishes second in the other to shoot straight to the top of the leader board

Reigning CrossFit Games champion wins two of Friday’s three events and finishes second in the other to shoot straight to the top of the leader board