Brazil CrossFit Championship Day 1 Recap

The opening day of the 2020 Brazil CrossFit Championship came to a close in beautiful São Paulo on Friday with all three leaderboards showing the diversity of the field. The day featured two events each for the individual athletes and teams. Both divisions started the morning at the track and field stadium next door to the Ibirapuera Gymnasium for the opening event.

The women’s division:

South America dominates the top of the women’s leaderboard with Camila Siller representing the host country atop of the standings. The 26 year old Brazilian is competing in her first career Sanctional as an individual. She has been consistent through the first two events with a fourth-place finish in the opening event, the “Bike/Run” workout, and fifth in event two, the “March of Pain”. She holds a four-point lead over the second fittest woman in Argentina, Sol Lupo. Argentinian national champion Melina Rodriguez and Carolina Long from Brazil are tied for third, just eight points behind Siller.

• American Amelia Mellon won the “Bike/Run” event with a time of 17:14. She’s currently tied for seventh with fellow American Dani Davis.
• Mia Edgar is in fourth place and is the top American on the leaderboard. The US Navy physician placed third in the opening event and finished the day with a tenth in event two. She is just 16 points off the lead.
• Mexico’s second fittest woman, Cecilia Ramirez Villamil sits in sixth, 20 points behind Siller.
• Melina Rodriguez bounced back from a disappointing opening event by winning the “March of Pain” nearly 30 seconds ahead of Davis.