Anyone who once said there would be an asterisk after the name of whoever won the CrossFit Games after Rich Froning went team, stood corrected as Mat Fraser took dominance to a new level in Events 11, 12, and 13. He will go into the end of the day with a 195 point lead over second place, Ben Smith, further solidifying the reality that he may stand on the top podium spot for the first time.

Handstand Walk

Logan Collins set the time to beat in the first heat with a time of 2:12, but it ended up being good for an 11th place event finish after the final heat. Jacob Heppner took the lead in the handstand walk in that second heat, but Mat Fraser caught up to him in the final 40ft. Heppner was able to hold onto his lead for an event win, Fraser finished in second. Scott Panchik and Noah Ohlsen finished in third and fourth respectively. Ben Smith finished in seventh.

Suicide Sprint

Going into the sprint we expected to see strong performances by Cole Sager and Scott Panchik. However their times weren't able to touch Roy Gamboa's time from the first heat. Gamboa took the event win in the first heat with a time of just over 43 seconds. The real show was the foot race between Mat Fraser and Ben Smith. Fraser pulled passed for a heat win and second place finish in the event overall. The announcers and spectators didn't know how to react other than mind blown in what Fraser can do. "He did not do that last year!" The announcer said. "This should've been an event he was in the middle of the pack!"

The Plow

Garret Fisher made up some ground on The Plow after a poor performance in the first of the three events this morning. He paced himself at the beginning and was able to come back hard on the second half. Josh Bridges was out front early in the second heat, but the lead didn't last long. Mat Fraser and Patrick Vellner were even with each other, but it was Lukas Högberg who took the heat win. Fisher would take the event win, his best finish this year.

Leaderboard (Men):

1. (942) Mathew Fraser
2. (747) Ben Smith
3. (711) Patrick Vellner
4. (673) Brent Fikowski
5. (671) Jacob Heppner
6. (662) Scott Panchik
7. (649) Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
8. (632) Alex Anderson
9. (626) Josh Bridges
10. (625) Cole Sager
11. (606) Travis Mayer
12. (589) Alex Vigneault
13. (569) Marcus Filly
14. (548) Lukas Högberg
15. (546) Noah Ohlsen
16. (505) Travis Williams
17. (501) Christian Lucero
18. (486) Samuel Kwant
19. (464) Garret Fisher
20. (463) Rasmus Wisbech Andersen
21. (459) Rob Forte
22. (443) Lukas Esslinger
23. (437) James Newbury
24. (405) Ben Stoneberg
25. (403) Albert-Dominic Larouche
26. (401) Lucas Parker
27. (393) Gary Helmick
28. (392) Zak Carchedi
29. (389) Jacob Anderson
30. (362) Sam Dancer
31. (354) Logan Collins
32. (344) Roy Gamboa
33. (340) Spencer Hendel
34. (324) Sean Sweeney
35. (319) Adrian Mundwiler
36. (310) Joseph Guesnier
37. (306) Khan Porter
38. (271) Mitchell Sinnamon
39. (203) Zeke Grove
40. (142) Jonne Koski

Continue to Event 14 Recap (Women)
Continue to Event 14 Recap (Men)

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