the next spring, briggs won the open yet again but failed to qualify for the games after placing fourth at the 2014 europe regional. briggs finished in 26th place on the maximum distance handstand walk event, going only , early in the competition and even with three event wins and never finishing lower than eighth on any other event, briggs was unable to close the gap between herself and the leading athletes. in a shocking turn of events, briggs became the first reigning individual champion to be eliminated at the regionals.