Sam Kwant fluctuates on the third day

After the first leg of the 2020 CrossFit Games, Sam Kwant Make clear to the morning chalk He was fighting for a place on the podium. Since there is only one event left – a chance of 100 more points – and the first and second place are already in the bag on the morning of the third day, a podium place for the 24-year-old is on the horizon.

Remind me: Kwant came to be known in the 2020 CrossFit Games “Most underrated athlete” in The Field. He flew under the radar, also with an impressive player record – a top 20 result in 2018 and a 13th place in 2019 – behind him.

• “Sam Kwant, he came to these CrossFit games with a big question mark on it. You know, should he be here, should he be here before, “commented Bill Grundler before the sprint, sled and sprint event, in which Kwant finished in second place, just four tenths of a second behind Mathew Fraser.
• “But every time there is a very grumpy Very grainy, very ugly event, it performed very well, ”concluded Grundler.

Kwants third day, so far: Today was a big day for Kwant. He finished third that morning, 25 points behind Jeffrey Adler, who was second with 440. After his event victory in “Swim ‘N’ Stuff” and his second in the “Sprint Sled Sprint”, Kwant moved up to second place with 590 points, 85 points ahead of Justin Medeiros (505 points), who is now in third place .

• “To be honest, I wasn’t sure I wasn’t sure if this would be my event or not, ”Kwant told Niki Brazier in an interview after the swim. “I think I was only able to hold on a little longer than anyone else. It was all about the attack wheel. “

The bottom line: If Medeiros does not win the next event and Kwant receives a zero, Kwant will take second place at the Crossfit Games 2020. But as we saw in the competition a small mistake can cost a lot of points.