On Saturday April 2nd the Swiss Strongman Federation hosted the swiss championship in Log Lift & Axle Bar Deadlift in Lucerne at the GO-Active fitness exhibition.
CrossFit Basel was represented with four athletes, Vanessa Grosdanoff, Bogdan Krumov, Bruce Phillips and Headcoach Ramon Gysin.
In a last (wo)man standing style contest athletes competed in two different events. Athletes could skip a weight or jump in whenever they wanted. It was a short but intense competition. The ranking in each event was added to one final ranking.
All CFBS athletes did extremely well, here are their results:
Women:
1. Vanessa Grosdanoff
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Men:
2. Ramon Gysin
5. Bogdan Krumov
6. Bruce Phillips
Axle Bar Deadlift:
Vanessa took first place with a new swiss record of 185kg:
Ramon took second place with 300kg:
Bogdan took 5th with 240kg:
Bruce took 6th with 220kg.
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Log Lift:
Vanessa tied first place with Larissa, pressing 55kg overhead.
Ramon took 2nd with a new personal best of 127kg:
Bogdan and Bruce shared fifth place.