Asia CrossFit Championship day two recap: Eik Gylfadottir puts pressure on Kristin Holte while Zeke Grove steals fourth event
- While the standings held over from day one, challengers to the crown are putting heat on the leaders
- Athletes such as Australia’s Zeke Grove and Iceland’s Gylfadottir are giving fans at the ACC a Sanctional to remember
While the top of the leader board didn’t change on day two of the first-ever Asia CrossFit Championship (ACC), you can bet the athletes at the top are feeling the heat heading into the final day.
Iceland’s Eik Gylfadottir led the field in the first half of the second event of day two, but women’s leader Kristin Holte was able to pull out a come-from-behind victory at Luwan Gymnasium in Shanghai on Sunday.
Gylfadottir said she was nursing a wrist injury which didn’t allow her to max out near the end of the event, which featured thrusters, muscle ups and snatches.
“I didn’t want to push it on the snatches,” said the 30-year-old. “But I’m pretty good at muscles ups so I thought I could make up some time there. But I did slow down a little bit.”
After Holte and Gylfadottir, the top women are rounded out with Chelsea Guardado and Hong Kong’s Victoria Campos, who holds a Brazilian passport.
Gylfadottir said the CrossFit Games aren’t atop her priority list in terms of fitness goals, but she definitely pondered the idea heading into the ACC.