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CrossFit Open 20.5 Penalties

CrossFit HQ Dishes Out Multiple Penalties for Open Workout 20.5

The final round of penalties have been announced for the 2020 CrossFit Open. Over the weekend, CrossFit HQ disclosed that 15 athletes have received penalties for their Open Workout 20.5 video ... Continue Reading

Maddie Sturt rows

Maddie Sturt’s Quest For a Fifth CrossFit Games

The CrossFit Games Open can be a bittersweet experience for many of us. We know we’re fitter than we were last year, but our performances on the leaderboard don’t reflect this. One moment we’re ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Filthy 150 Results

Sara Sigmundsdottir, Justin Medeiros, and Team ROMWOD Win CrossFit Filthy 150

Over the weekend, the CrossFit Filthy 150 wrapped up in Ireland and marked the official start of the 2020 CrossFit Sanctionals™ season.  The Filthy 150 competition kicked off Thursday and ran ... Continue Reading

Cedric Lapointe Open 20.4 Penalties

CrossFit HQ Releases Penalties Issued for Open Workout 20.4

This week's string of CrossFit Open penalties are in and multiple athletes in the top 40 have received penalties. Reminder, for this year's Open, CrossFit HQ requires every athlete that finished in the top ... Continue Reading

Hungarian CrossFit Athlete Gabor Torok

Gábor Török Responds to CrossFit Games Suspension

Gábor Török of Hungary was one of five athletes in breach of the CrossFit Drug Testing Policy  at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games after testing positive for banned substances.  Török tested ... Continue Reading

Gabor Torok Drug Policy Breach

Five More Athletes Suspended Due to CrossFit Drug Policy Breach

On Sunday, CrossFit HQ shared a press release that provided the names of five athletes who have received suspensions due to drug policy breaches. The five athletes include: Gabor Torok, Vincent Lopez, ... Continue Reading

Andrea Nisler Squatting

How Andrea Nisler Accidentally Finished in the Top 20 in the 2020 CrossFit Open

Andrea Nisler has never taken the Open seriously.  “The Open was never that important to me,” said the 30-year-old, who just placed 15th in the world in 2020 CrossFit Games Open. This has always ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 Penalties

CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 Penalties, Jacob Heppner’s Knuckle Handstand Push-Ups Legal

Another round of CrossFit Open Workout penalties have been issued for 20.3, and this time we're seeing 24 athletes that have been issued minor penalties for their workout execution and false ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Instagram Is Back

CrossFit Appears To Be Back On Instagram

In May, CrossFit HQ deactivated its Facebook and Instagram accounts. CrossFit Founder, Greg Glassman initiated the deletion for both of the social media platforms due to privacy concerns.  Over the ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.5 tips

CrossFit Open 20.5 Tips From Top Athletes And Coaches

The final workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open is officially underway. On Thursday night, Reebok CrossFit One in Boston, Massachusetts hosted the CrossFit Open Workout 20.5 live announcement and CrossFit ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.5

CrossFit Open Workout 20.5 Announced

The final workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open is live.  On Thursday, Open Workout 20.5 was announced from Reebok CrossFit One in Boston, Massachusetts. CrossFit Games veterans Patrick Vellner and ... Continue Reading

How to Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.5

How To Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.5 (Ft: Pat Vellner and Annie Thorisdottir)

We've made it. The time is finally here for the final CrossFit Open Workout announcement for the 2020 Open season. The last four have been filled with grueling workouts, leaderboard shake-ups, and all ... Continue Reading

Cedric LaPointe 20.1 Open Appeal

Cedric Lapointe’s Back In the Top 20 After Appeal Is Accepted for CrossFit Open Workout 20.1 Penalty

Canadian CrossFit Games athlete Cedric Lapointe was out of the CrossFit Open Top 20 after facing a major penalty following CrossFit Open Workout 20.1. He received a major penalty for lack of extension ... Continue Reading

crossfit 20.4 standards

CrossFit Open 20.4 Tips From Top Athletes And Coaches

The second last workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open season has been announced. On Thursday night, Diablo CrossFit in Pleasant Hill, California hosted the live reveal and Games athletes Ben Smith, Jason ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.4

CrossFit Open Workout 20.4 Announced

We're closing in on the final stretch of the 2020 CrossFit Open season, and on Thursday, Workout 20.4 was announced live from Diablo CrossFit in Pleasant Hill, California. There was all sorts of ... Continue Reading

How to Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.4

How To Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.4 (Ft: Ben Smith, Jason Carroll, And Sean Sweeney)

We're more than halfway through the 2020 CrossFit Open and only two workout announcements remain. This Thursday night, CrossFit Open Workout 20.4 will go live featuring three Reebok CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading

Annie Thorrisdottir 20.3 Score

Annie Thorisdottir Improved Her CrossFit Open 20.3 Score By Almost a Minute

Once again, Icelandic CrossFit Games athletes Annie Thorisdottir and Sara Sigmundsdottir shared a video of themselves taking on the weekly CrossFit Open workout. On Friday, they took on Open Workout ... Continue Reading

Cedric Lapointe

Meet Cedric Lapointe: The Most Talented CrossFit Athlete You Probably Don’t Know

Editor's Note: Since the time of this interview and publishing, it has come to light that Lapointe received a “major penalty” via the CrossFit Games video review process for “lack of extension.” As a ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 Tips

CrossFit Open 20.3 Tips From Top Athletes And Coaches

At this point you're probably well aware that CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 is a repeat from Open Workout 18.4. On Thursday, 20.3 was presented by the Norwegian CrossFit Championship, and ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 Announcement

CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 Announced

Now that Open Workout 20.1 and 20.2 are behind us, we can welcome the third workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open! On Thursday, 20.3 was announced live from CrossFit Gamlebyen in Oslo, and was ... Continue Reading

Katrin Davidsdottir Message

Katrin Davidsdottir Shares Powerful Message After Attending espnW Women + Sports Summit

Katrin Davidsdottir, two-time winner of the Reebok CrossFit Games, has had a remarkable year. Davidsdottir just missed the podium at this year's Games, but has shown incredible personal growth and has a ... Continue Reading

How to Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.3

How To Watch CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 (Feat. Kristin Holte and Nicolay Billaudel!)

We're closing in on the CrossFit Open Workout 20.3 announcement. This week's Open Workout reveal will be happening live from CrossFit Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, and will be presented by ... Continue Reading

CrossFit 20.2 Tips

CrossFit Open Workout 20.2 Tips From Top Athletes And Coaches

Australian CrossFit Games veterans Khan Porter and Matt Mcleod competed in a live announcement of Open Workout 20.2 on Thursday night. The anticipation was through the roof as to what the second workout ... Continue Reading

20.2

CrossFit Open Workout 20.2 Announced

Now that we've recovered from the CrossFit Workout 20.1, we can officially get the second workout of the 2020 CrossFit Open underway.  On Thursday, 20.2 was announced live from CrossFit ... Continue Reading

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