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6 Games Athletes We Really Admire

6 Games Athletes We Really Admire

Last week was one giant adrenaline rush. We saw the most skilled athletes in the world compete for a spot on the podium and the coveted title of Fittest on Earth. Some saw their greatest dreams realized. Others narrowly missed out on victory. And for a few of them? Things...

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19 Athletes Look Back on the 2018 Games

19 Athletes Look Back on the 2018 Games

Just like that, another competitive season is over. The 2018 CrossFit Games have concluded, and what a week it was. The fittest athletes from around the globe gathered in Madison to leave it all on the competition floor. Competitors train all year for these few days, and while only a...

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Are Mat Fraser and Rich Froning Going to be Neighbors?

Are Mat Fraser and Rich Froning Going to be Neighbors?

Could two of CrossFit's greatest champions soon be living in the same town? It just may be. You may have noticed that recently on Instagram, Mat Fraser posted a photo skeet shooting in Tennessee. Apparently, the scenery and hospitality are rubbing off on him. On a recent CrossFit podcast, Sevan Matossian...

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Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and Training Around Injury

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and Training Around Injury

We all shed a tear when Camille Leblanc-Bazinet had to pull out of the CrossFit Games on the second day of the competition due to a shoulder injury. In a post on her Instagram, LB explained that she had dislocated her shoulder a couple weeks prior and torn her labrum....

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Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

The debate surrounding whether or not it's safe to practice CrossFit while pregnant continues; but one woman has done her part to put the naysayers to rest: Michaela North not only competed at the CrossFit Games while pregnant — she won! North was a few weeks pregnant when she set...

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Dethroned: Wasatch CrossFit Claims Affiliate Cup Championship

Dethroned: Wasatch CrossFit Claims Affiliate Cup Championship

When stepping on the competition floor, there is one objective: to win. In a competition like the Team division at the Reebok CrossFit Games, that can seem like a big goal especially when Rich Froning and CrossFit Mayhem is the team to beat. But it’s certainly not impossible. photo: Instagram...

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Australians Dominate The Women’s Podium

Australians Dominate The Women’s Podium

It all came down to .19 seconds and what an incredible finish it was! Only six points separated the Top 2 Australian women going into the final event, but it was Tia-Clair Toomey that landed at top of the podium. Two points behind her was Kara Webb and the final...

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Three Countries, One Podium

Three Countries, One Podium

There were a lot of surprising moments during the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games, but one thing that wasn’t a surprise was the man standing on top of the Men’s podium—defending champ, Mat Fraser. Last year, Fraser won in an impressive fashion, putting over 150 points between him and Ben Smith...

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And Then There Were 10-Final Team Event Announced

And Then There Were 10-Final Team Event Announced

Coming into Day 4, it was announced that after Burpee Litter, the 10th team event at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games, the field would be cut to ten for the final event. In traditional CrossFit Games fashion, Dave Castro announced the event and then added a twist to the end....

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Did He Say Intervals? Individual Event 12 Announced

Did He Say Intervals? Individual Event 12 Announced

Event 12 is up next and Dave Castro brought back a format last was last programmed in the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games: intervals. When he lead with apologizing to the legs of the athletes for more squats, everyone knew it was going to be difficult. 75 overhead squats worth. photo:...

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Anything Can Happen: Day 3 Recap

Anything Can Happen: Day 3 Recap

There days down, one to go. Anything can happen. Event after event, the leaderboard has been turned on it’s head as athletes battled through a day of heavy lifting. It all started with Strongman’s Fear where athletes were given three heavy objects to move across the field in any order...

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Shaken Up: Day 2 Recap

Shaken Up: Day 2 Recap

One thing is for certain, The CrossFit Games are not in California anymore. The move to the Midwest brought a whole new list of opportunities, but also some new challenges, some of which people may not have expected. Amongst the most challenging is probably Mother Nature as Day 2 started...

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