Peter Egyed (6th overall) from CrossFit Fury shown doing handstand pushups during the triplet on Sunday. This was a bit of revenge on Peter's part. It was the handstand pushups that almost kept him from competing in his third Games. He was 21st in 2008 and 10th in 2007.

Peter was in third place after the first workout at the Great Basin regional qualifier behind Chris Spealler and Eric O'Connor. Peter had a disastrous second workout, which was:

Complete 5 rounds for time of:
Deadlifts x 7 reps (275#)
30 Air Squats
7 Handstand Push Ups

He finished 27th with a 17:34, which moved him from third to thirteenth overall. Speal had the best time of the day at 5:02. Peter got stuck on the HSPU. He was out of the running.

A few weeks later, the Last Chance online qualifier was announced. Peter entered and had the best time overall for the three workouts (19:31), which sent him back to Aromas. He worked hard on the HSPU, and was ready for them when they came up on Sunday.

Sevan Matossian brings us this brief interview with Peter video ... [wmv] [mov]