Smith, 25, went into the final day of competition with a slight point lead over Mathew Fraser, the eventual second-place finisher, and two fourth place finishes in both “Pedal to the Metal” events sealed the deal for Smith. It’s a great bodyweight element to incorporate into the plethora of bodyweight elements that we incorporate.” “I tested it with my demo team and every single women on the team got up it three times but the weekend caught up to them. “I was surprised more women didn’t go up the peg board,” says Dave Castro, CrossFit Games Director. Many of the elite athletes were struggling to ascend the American Ninja Warrior-style wall.
Leaderboards were changing daily and for the individual competition, it came down to the final event, which consisted of an unfamiliar fitness challenge: climb up and down a vertical climbing peg board three times however you can. CrossFit Mayhem members took home $50,000 for the team win.
Four-time CrossFit Games champion Rich Froning competed in the team category, leading his team CrossFit Mayhem Freedom to victory. Both individuals winners earned a $275,000 prize. On the women’s side, Katrin Davidsdottir of Iceland took home the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” in her third CrossFit Games appearance. In his seventh Reebok CrossFit Games appearance, Ben Smith won the multi-day fitness competition on Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.