The 2021 CrossFit Games are underway for the top 40 men and 40 women from around the world. The athletes, who qualified through Semifinals, have gathered in Madison, Wisconsin, to compete for the title Fittest on Earth.
Day 1 at the competition saw individual athletes tackle four events which included a long swim and longer paddle, the return of the Pig flips, sprints, and wall walks.
The women’s field was reduced to 36 athletes and lost some top podium contenders, following the news of Bethany Shadburne and Kari Pearce testing positive for COVID-19 and being medically removed from the competition, Russia’s Svetlana Kubyshkina unable to make it to Madison, and Larissa Cunha failing a drug test and, even though she’s appealing the case, the Brazilian athlete won’t be allowed to compete.
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CrossFit is entering its first full competition cycle under the guidance of new CEO Eric Roza, and the widely popular Open is the first step of the regime s efforts to make the sport more inclusive and accessible to all comers. The all-online event, which has always provided an entryway for everyday CrossFitters to measure their fitness against the pro class of the sport, is even more, well, open, than ever, with new workout variations and divisions for different types of entrants and new divisions for adaptive athletes.