	In 2013, Briggs returned to competition with the drive of an athlete who had been forced onto the sidelines for a year. She won the worldwide Open, the Europe Regional, and CrossFit Games in Carson. It was a decisive victory, though some critics argue that the decisiveness was a consequence of the fact that the two-time champion, Annie Thorisdottir (2011, 2012), was not able to defend the title that year because of a back injury in the winter, and Julie Foucher, the previous year's silver medalist, did not compete since she chose to focus on medical school.