Sara Sigmundsdottir leads CrossFit sanctional Filthy 150 after day one, with all to play for on the men’s side
- The first of the season’s sanctionals is taking place in Ireland and the first day sees a familiar face at the top of the leaderboard
Sara Sigmundsdottir leads the way after day one of the first CrossFit sanctional of the 2020 season. The Filthy 150 is taking place in Ireland, over November 22, 23 and 24. The winner earns a spot at the CrossFit Games.
The Icelander is on top after three workouts on 270 points, ahead of Norwegian Kristin Holte (258) and Steph Chung (250) of the US.
The first workout was a combination of the skierg and handstand walks. The second workout tested athletes with muscle-ups and back squats and the final workout of the day was four attempts at a maximum weight snatch.
But it was fifth-placed Andrea Solberg of Norway who caught the attention of the commentators as a relative unknown who won the first workout.
“The thing that stuck out the most Solberg,” one of the commentators said. “You knew that Sigmundsdottir was going to be good, you know that Holte would be good. But Solberg though, the way she executed and then followed through on the second workout, and even on the snatches, she did a really great job. That really stood out to me.”