Crossfit North Vancouver Challenge

 

 
 
 
 
Competitor Jason Noel strains against the 121 kg in the Clean and Jerk section of the Olympic weightlifting competition held at Crossfit North Vancouver on the weekend. After competing in the lifting event on Saturday 70 male and female athletes then faced a day-long Crossfit challenge to determine the overall winner.
 

Competitor Jason Noel strains against the 121 kg in the Clean and Jerk section of the Olympic weightlifting competition held at Crossfit North Vancouver on the weekend. After competing in the lifting event on Saturday 70 male and female athletes then faced a day-long Crossfit challenge to determine the overall winner.

Photograph by: Terry Peters , North Shore NEWS

On February 2 & 3, 70 male and female athletes from the Lower Mainland and around the province competed in the Crossfit North Vancouver Challenge. The 2 day event saw them performing in an Olympic weightlifting contest on Saturday that was run by the B.C. WeightLifting Association. The second day was a full schedule of Crossfit workouts with the top six men and top six women facing off in the winner take all final to determine the winner. See more info at www.crossfitnorthvancouver.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Competitor Jason Noel strains against the 121 kg in the Clean and Jerk section of the Olympic weightlifting competition held at Crossfit North Vancouver on the weekend. After competing in the lifting event on Saturday 70 male and female athletes then faced a day-long Crossfit challenge to determine the overall winner.
 

Competitor Jason Noel strains against the 121 kg in the Clean and Jerk section of the Olympic weightlifting competition held at Crossfit North Vancouver on the weekend. After competing in the lifting event on Saturday 70 male and female athletes then faced a day-long Crossfit challenge to determine the overall winner.

Photograph by: Terry Peters , North Shore NEWS

 
Competitor Jason Noel strains against the 121 kg in the Clean and Jerk section of the Olympic weightlifting competition held at Crossfit North Vancouver on the weekend. After competing in the lifting event on Saturday 70 male and female athletes then faced a day-long Crossfit challenge to determine the overall winner.
Paul Lance completes his lift. He finished the two day event in 7th place.
Alex Sparling concentrates during her lift.
Alex Sparling successfully completes her Clean & Jerk.
The crowd watches as another competitor completes his lift.
Roe Stewart prepares for her clean.
Roe Stewart does an 80 kg (176 lb) split jerk under the watchful eye of Christine Girard, Canadian Bronze medalist in weightlifting.
Richard Liddiard catches the weight for his Snatch lift.
Richard Liddiard successfully completes his lift.
Mandy Gill holds her position for the judges during the weightlifting competition.
Taryn Haggerstone gets ready to finish her lift.
Deanna Whiteley from Victoria gets ready to finish her lift.
Lindsey Simonini Liddiard focuses at the starting position for her third and final lift.
Adrianna Kara looks for the judges signal for a successful 59 kg (129.8 lb) Snatch lift.
Competitors fill the pullup stations for the first Crossfit workout on day two of the competition.
Corey Auger performing his second set of pull-ups under the scrutiny of judge Doug Giles.
Mandy Gill, in pink, does the thruster portion of the workout called Fran on Sunday morning.
Lindsey Simonini Liddiard on the final set of thrusters for the first workout of the day, which required each athlete to complete 21 pullups, 21 thrusters, 15 pullups, 15 thrusters, 9 pullups, 9 thrusters as quickly as possible.
Rosa Fontana on the pullup bar.
Mandy Gill throwing the 14 pound ball at the 10 foot high target during the third workout of the day.