The upcoming CrossFit Games season has some fierce female athletes on the roster.
Last updated on December 11th, 2020
The CrossFit Games offseason is short this year, which means it’s time to start scoping talent for the 2021 competition schedule. The Open kicks off the season in February, with Sanctionals events to follow, some already announced. Dare we say it it’s starting to feel like old times again.
While Tia-Clair Toomey has demonstrated consistent domination with a four-peat performance in 2020, the rest of the women’s field has vacillated during her reign. Get up to speed with the lineup below of the women you’ll want to keep tabs on this coming year.
ATR Extra: Heavy Lifting - Queensland Leads Australia s Weightlifting Revival 12/11/20
(ATR) They have to thank their wives for finding their way into weightlifting coaching almost by accident yet Australian Olympic team coach Miles Wydall and protégé Callum Hannay typify how the sport is thriving in the State of Queensland while its reputation and Olympic status is the subject of a massive realignment internationally.
Callum Hannay assists a lifter at the Burleigh Barbells gym.
Hannay laughs that his first encounter with wife Sarah, a keen CrossFit competitor, former Mutai fighter and boxer, calling it “love at first fight”. It led to him making the progression from Mutai to CrossFit to barbells.