Kristin Holte And Frederik Aegidius Win CrossFit Open Workout 20.2

CrossFit HQ announced that Reebok CrossFit Games athletes Kristin Holte and Frederik Aegidius are the official winners of CrossFit Open Workout 20.2. 

With their officially confirmed victory, these two athletes each get to take home $2,020 U.S. dollars. It doesn’t come as a surprise that Holte and Aegidius won the second workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open, because both of their scores were seriously impressive. 

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Did not mind doing 18.4 again – 20.3 was even more fun 😁 Thank you @norwegiancrossfitchampionship and @crossfitgamlebyen for hosting the Live Announcement early early this morning 🇳🇴🙏🏼 ⠀⠀⠀ Good luck to everybody tackling 20.3 💥 ⠀⠀⠀ @reeboknordics @unbrokenrtr @sportsmasterno @crossfitoslo @joakimrygh @synnoveantonsen ⠀⠀⠀ 📸 @lifeofmalm

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[Check out Lefteris Theofanidis And Emma McQuaid who won CrossFit Open Workout 20.1!]

What was CrossFit Open Workout 20.2 Again?

20 minute AMRAP

• 4 dumbell thrusters
• 6 toes-to-bars
• 24 double unders

Women: 35 lbs 

Men: 50 lbs

Holte, who finished in second place at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games, crushed Open Workout 20.2 with 1,045 reps. Aegidius, who is a four-time CrossFIt Games athlete, got 1,030 reps. 

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Open 20.2 at CrossFit Oslo with @elijahezmuhammad and the CFO boys🕴🏾💁🏻‍♀️⚡️ ⠀⠀⠀ Swipe to see video 1 with sound: We have the best crowd at @crossfitoslo 🙌🏼 ⠀⠀⠀ Video 2: When judge @joakimrygh need page 2 for the last round 😁 ⠀⠀⠀ 📸 @lifeofmalm ⠀⠀⠀ @reeboknordics @unbrokenrtr @sportsmasterno @redbullnorge #CrossFit #CrossFitGames #CFOWolfpack #InTheOpen

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There’s more to this story, though, because both athletes actually received penalties after video review. 

Penalties: Open Workout 20.2 

Aegidius got a false start penalty, and had his score adjusted to 1,028 reps which tied him with Derek Saltou. Because Saltou did not submit a video for 20.2, Aegidius earned the victory. Holte ran into technical difficulties during her video recording, but was able to provide a backup recording and take home the 20.2 win.

Now, you may be wondering what all of this video, back-up recordings, and video submissions are all about. Well, this year, the official CrossFit Games rulebook requires all of the athletes who are placed in the top 40 worldwide leaderboard at the end of each Open Workout/week to submit a video of their workout for review. 

The story continues though, especially regarding Aegidius, who encountered major penalties from Open Workout 20.1. His penalty in 20.1, for single-foot jumps during the burpees, actually means he cannot qualify through the Open.

This is certainly wild to fathom giving he just swept the competition for 20.2!

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When it rains it pours. This was a gut check. 24h after being dropped on 20.1, 20.3 or 18.4 was released with two movements I have struggled with in the past. My fight for a qualifying spot in the 2020 OPEN is over, but I’m of the firm belief that if you decide to do something, you finish it and you give it your best effort. I felt like I did that today. Not in the best headspace and easy to drown yourself in negativity given the circumstances and workout ahead of me. Goal was to finish the workout. And I did. Just. On to 20.4. DISCLAIMER – don’t do this at home. if any of your members look like me on the deadlifts. Stop them. Immediately. I’m a competitor, I know the risk but chose to push through.

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We’re now just a day away from the announcement of Open Workout 20.4, which means we’re nearly done with the 2020 Open.

Each week we’ve seen all kinds of shake-ups in the leaderboard with big athletes earning impressive wins, and also unexpected penalties — we’re excited to see what the rest of the Open in store. 

Feature image from @holtekristin and @frederikaegidius Instagram pages.