James Sprague is the Fittest Man on Earth. The final day of the 2024 CrossFit Games in Fort Worth, TX, saw the second-year Games athlete log consistent performances over the tremendously difficult ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Wins the 2024 CrossFit Games, Her 7th Overall
Sports are unpredictable. Except when it comes to Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr. She wins. Every single time. And on Sunday, after a long, emotional weekend, 30-year-old Toomey-Orr did it once again en ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Community Gathers at Marine Creek Lake to Mourn Lazar Ðukić
On the morning of Sunday, August 11, around 50 people met at Marine Creek Lake to honor and pay tribute to Serbian Games athlete Lazar Ðukić, who passed away during the opening event of the 2024 CrossFit ... Continue Reading
“He Was There, Then He Was Gone”: Former Lifeguard Gives Eyewitness Account of Lazar Đukić’s Death
Rudy Trevino, the 10-year owner of Fit Stop CrossFit in San Antonio, was at the finish line during the first event of the 2024 CrossFit Games in Fort Worth. Trevino — a former lifeguard trained in ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 8 “Dickies Triplet” Results: Classic CrossFit to Start Sunday
As we head into the final day of a very emotional week at the 2024 CrossFit Games, athletes continue to compete with a heavy heart. Catch up: Head here for full 2024 CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Rule Leaves Super-Heavy Athletes Breathless at 2024 Olympics
On Aug. 10, the world's strongest — and largest — weightlifters gathered in the South Paris Arena for the Men's +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Olympics. Some competitors were seen ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Weightlifting Results: Live Updates + Schedule
The 2024 Olympics beckon the world’s best weightlifters to Paris, France. This year’s summer Games, which begin on Jul. 26 and run until Aug. 11, showcase five Women’s events and five Men’s events. 2024 ... Continue Reading
Li Wenwen Dominates 2024 Olympics, Wins Weightlifting Gold for China
The world's most dominant weightlifting team of the 21st century, Team China, sent six weightlifters to the 2024 Olympics. They will return home with five gold medals after Women's +81KG weightlifter Li ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Women’s +81KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are finally here. For the best super-heavyweight Women's weightlifters in the world, the moment of reckoning came during the +81-kilogram event on August 11. Here's ... Continue Reading
When Will You See Results Using a Treadmill? A Running Coach Lets You Know
Whether you’ve committed to riding it out on the ancient machine in your parents’ basement or are in the market for one of the best treadmills out there, everyone comes to the treadmill for a reason. ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 7 “Push Pull 2.0” Results: Freestanding Handstand Push-Ups Make the Difference
The final event of the day was all about inverted proficiency. It started with kipping handstand push-ups, moved to strict handstand push-ups, and ended with freestanding handstand push-ups. Catch ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard
The Fittest on Earth competed in Fort Worth, TX, from August 8-11 at the 2024 CrossFit Games — the first time the sport’s biggest competition was held in the Lone Star State. Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 6 “Clean Ladder” Results: Strength and Speed Prevail
Lift big, and lift fast, or you’re out. That was the name of the game during Saturday’s second of three events at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX. Heading into the event, six-time champion Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
The Push Pull Evolution: A Flashback to the 2014 CrossFit Games
Athletes in Fort Worth, TX, will finish the third day of the 2024 CrossFit Games with “Push Pull 2.0,” a riff on the iconic 2014 Games event featuring one of the most well-known epic battles between two ... Continue Reading
Greatest Ever: Lasha Talakhadze Wins Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics
During the Men's +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia claimed the gold medal. With this achievement, Talakhadze cemented himself as perhaps the ... Continue Reading
IFBB Pro League Wellness Athlete Daniela Schulz Dies in Plane Crash
IFBB Pro League Wellness athlete Daniela Schulz has died at the age of 30. Schulz and her husband, Hiales Fodra, were killed in a plane crash on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Vinhedo, Brazil, a town outside of ... Continue Reading
Remembering Lazar Đukić: A Tribute
I didn't know Lazar Đukić. I never met him. But this week, I cried for him. And I am mourning the loss. On the morning of Thursday, August 8, the life of 28-year-old CrossFit athlete Lazar Đukić was ... Continue Reading
Solfrid Koanda Was an Electrician: 3 Years Later, She Won First Olympic Gold for Norway in 52 Years
Norway hadn't won an Olympic medal in weightlifting since 1972 (a lone gold) until Solfrid Koanda came calling. Koanda, just 25, was working as an electrician three years prior to the 2024 Olympics. Then ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 5 “Chad” Results: Athletes Step Up on Saturday Morning
Saturday’s first event at the 2024 CrossFit Games in Fort Worth, TX, started with an even smaller roster than Friday, as Elisa Fuliano and Moritz Fiebig added themselves to the list of athletes to ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s +102KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, have finally arrived. For the athletes competing in the Men's +102KG weightlifting super-heavyweight division at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 10, it's been ... Continue Reading
Liu Huanhua Wins Historic Weightlifting Gold for China at 2024 Olympics
At the 2024 Olympics, Team China entered more weightlifters than any other country; three men and three women, the maximum team size. As of Saturday Aug. 10, China is four-for-five in weightlifting gold ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Women’s 81KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are upon us. With it comes the conclusion of a hard-fought, nearly two-year battle among the best 81-kilogram women in the world. For these light-heavyweight ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting at the Olympics, Explained by the Athletes
If you've been tuning into the action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, you might've found your way to a weightlifting event and wondered: How does this sport even work? Sure, weightlifting at the ... Continue Reading
Antonino Pizzolato Wins Controversial Bronze Medal for Italy at 2024 Olympics
In the final moments of the Men's 89-kilogram weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, no one in the South Paris Arena was more anxious than Antonino Pizzolato. Pizzolato, now a two-time Olympic ... Continue Reading