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Garard at the 2025 CrossFit Games

A Review of the 2025 CrossFit Games – At-Home Spectator’s Edition

On Saturday, an “on this day” picture popped up on my phone.  Oh, what a journey the Games have been on. Not only have I been a relatively average CrossFit athlete since 2011 (and, I hope, an ... Continue Reading

Black-and-white photo of Lazar Ðukić at the CrossFit Games

One Year Gone –  Mourning the “Heart of Europe,” Lazar Ðukić

With additional contributions by Scott Freymond. There are moments in history that mark a profound transformation. A tragedy happens that affects everything and everyone moving forward. You can look ... Continue Reading

Kerstetter waves to the audience

5 Epic Performances That Stole the Show at the 2025 CrossFit Games

Another CrossFit Games has come and gone, and as fans of the sport, we feel a bit like a child on the day after Christmas: Still full of cheer, yet disappointed as the Games are now a whole year ... Continue Reading

A man competes in the CrossFit Games

Why the 2025 Games Were a Win for the CrossFit Methodology

Over the past few seasons, a lively debate has developed online and elsewhere about the connection (or lack thereof) between CrossFit as the “sport of fitness” and CrossFit as a fitness methodology for ... Continue Reading

Jenn Powers wearing a swat-style vest

Building Her Own (Wolf) Pack – How Jenn Powers Became a Grid League Team Owner

Jenn Powers didn’t set out to become a Grid League team owner.  When Powers was at her heaviest years ago, she weighed over 325 pounds, was in the ICU, and on various medications.  She ... Continue Reading

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr struts triumphantly at the CrossFit Games

2025 CrossFit Games Athletes’ Instagram Gains Hit 5-Year Low — What It Says About the Sport

Every year after the CrossFit Games, we take a look at who won the “Instagram follower game” — meaning, which athlete picked up the most followers during the week of the Games.  For the first time ... Continue Reading

Fee Saghafi at a competition

The Race to Copenhagen – World Fitness Project Challenger Athletes Fight for Their Season

As the dust settles on the 2025 CrossFit Games, many elite athletes will soon set their sights on the World Fitness Project Tour Stop II. The WFP Tour Stop II Challenger Qualifier video reviews ... Continue Reading

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Built on Belief: The Story Behind CrossFit Green Leaf

When the owners of CrossFit Bullseye decided to close their doors in June 2024, the gym’s community refused to be broken up. So several members convinced the gym’s manager and coach, Sasha Jones, to open ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Event 9+10 Results: Hopper, Garard, Sprague Claim Podium Spots in the Closest Race in CrossFit Games History

With two events remaining, the battle for the top three men at the 2025 CrossFit Games was as close as it has ever been. Six men were arguably still very much in contention, not only for the podium but ... Continue Reading

Jayson Hopper

Jayson Hopper Wins the 2025 CrossFit Games 

After three days of what can only be described as a game of leaderboard ping-pong, Jayson Hopper is the 2025 CrossFit Games Fittest Man on Earth. Remind me: Going into the final day of competition, ... Continue Reading

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Wins the 2025 CrossFit Games, Her 8th Overall 

We have said it before, and we’ll say it again: Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr is, without question, the greatest CrossFit athlete we have ever seen. She is officially the 2025 CrossFit Games champion, a feat she ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Games Event 8

2025 CrossFit Games Event 8 Results: Austin Hatfield Makes a Big Jump in the Standings After Event Win

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! Only 38 points separated the top six men heading into Day 3 at the CrossFit Games at the MVP Arena in ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Leaderboard

2025 CrossFit Games Live Results & Leaderboard

Breaking: Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr wins the 2025 CrossFit Games for the women and Jayson Hopper wins for the men! The Fittest on Earth will head to Albany, NY, August 1-3, for the 2025 CrossFit Games. It's ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Events 6+7 Results: Garard and Sprague Score Critical Points and Lucy Campbell Has a Day

Day 2 of the 2025 CrossFit Games ended with a back-to-back, two-part test, “Throttle Up/Hammer Down,” with 200 total points up for grabs. Here's what they were up against to finish the day: “IE06: ... Continue Reading

Justin Medeiros

How This Year’s One-Rep Max Back Squats Stack Up to Past CrossFit Games 

One of CrossFit’s founding principles is that it’s measurable and repeatable, and the Games are no exception.  And there’s no better way to showcase this than through repeat workouts, which have long ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Event 5 winner Mirjam von Rohr

2025 CrossFit Games Event 5 Results: Colten Mertens and Mirjam von Rohr Impress With Big 1RM Squats

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! After exciting races this morning in “Albany Grip Trip,” a test of grip strength and gymnastics ... Continue Reading

Lucy Campbell, winner of 2025 CrossFit Games Event 4

2025 CrossFit Games Event 4 Results: Lucy Campbell Snags Leader Jersey From Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! Laser-focused, almost possessed, is how Lucy Campbell appeared during “IE4: Albany Grip Trip” at the ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Roster Member Haley Adams

Full 2025 CrossFit Games Roster – See the 60 Athletes Who Qualified

The 2025 CrossFit Games qualifying season is now complete, and we have a full roster of 30 men and 30 women.  These athletes listed below earned their tickets through one of the 10 In-Person ... Continue Reading

Lucy Campbell

One-Handed Cleans? Lucy Campbell Adapts, Delivers Improbable Performance at 2025 CrossFit Games

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! And the “are you kidding me” moment on Day 1 of the 2025 CrossFit Games goes to Lucy Campbell for her ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Event 3

2025 CrossFit Games Event 3 Results: Fee Saghafi Fends Off Stacked Field to Win “Climbing Couplet” 

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! Feeroozeh “Fee” Saghafi set the time to beat in “IE3: Climbing Couplet,” a classic CrossFit-style ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Event 2

2025 CrossFit Games Event 2 Results: Ricky Garard Edges Out Justin Medeiros by Tenths of a Second

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! Just .35 seconds separated Ricky Garard and Justin Medeiros in “IE02: All Crossed Up,” which included ... Continue Reading

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr struts triumphantly at the CrossFit Games

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Beat Two-Thirds of the Men During the 2025 CrossFit Games Opening Event

Be sure to keep up with our live 2025 CrossFit Games leaderboard to get event results in real time! Sports are unpredictable, but one thing that has generally remained consistent is that when it comes ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Event 1 Results: Business as Usual for Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Jeffrey Adler

The 2025 CrossFit Games got off to a blistering start on Friday as top individual athletes took on a four-mile run, a 3,000-meter row, and a two-mile run, all along the Hudson River at Jennings Landing in ... Continue Reading

2025 CrossFit Games Leaderboard

Ultimate Spectator’s Guide for the 2025 CrossFit Games

Welcome to Albany, NY — the 2025 host of the CrossFit Games — where the roar of the fittest crowd on Earth meets the clang of barbells. As you cheer for the top athletes in the sport, this guide is your ... Continue Reading

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