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Strength in Depth: Final Recap

The sold-out NOCCO Arena was treated to a show of CrossFit greatness on the final day of the Strength in Depth Sanctional on Sunday afternoon. The women’s and team competitions came down to the final event ... Continue Reading

Freakest Challenge Lineup: Fraser, Sigmundsdottir, Ohlsen + 5 Others

Just a little more than a week after we released that Sara Sigmundsdottir would be one of eight NIKE athlete-mentors for the upcoming 2020 Freakest Challenge, we now know the seven other athletes to join ... Continue Reading

FloSports + Loud and Live

A multi-year deal between FloSports and Loud And Live Sports was announced on Thursday, January 23 giving five Sanctionals an exclusive live streaming and on-demand service for the 2020 season and beyond. ... Continue Reading

How to Watch Strength in Depth

It’s official, the 2020 CrossFit Strength in Depth Sanctional is sold out. For those who couldn’t make the trip to London, England and missed out on the highly-sought after tickets, the competition will be ... Continue Reading

Australian CrossFit Championship Launches New Diabetes Initiative

The Australian CrossFit Championship (ACC) announced a unique and unprecedented initiative to highlight the shift to CrossFit Health. The March event in Queensland, Australia will sponsor one person with ... Continue Reading

How Cheryl Lathrope Lost 183 Pounds and Reclaimed her Health

Not that long ago, Cheryl Lathrope spent most nights sleeping on her couch. At 5-foot-7 and 344 pounds, it just took too much energy and effort for her to climb the stairs to her bedroom. And when her ... Continue Reading

Fit For Duty, Chandler Smith Takes On The Sanctionals

On your left Captain America, Chandler Smith is coming in hot. Besides the obvious physical comparisons between the fictional Steve Rogers, and Captain Chandler Smith, Officer In Charge for the Army ... Continue Reading

Update: More Funds for Australian Bushfires

Heavy rain and thunderstorms have moved into the eastern states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, having the combined effect of dousing some of the blazes in the region while causing widespread ... Continue Reading

Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Individual Earned Invitation Application Opens

Last week, the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge announced its earned invitation application to fill 20 spots in the men’s and women’s divisions in the MACC Main Event. Athletes who finished in the top ... Continue Reading

On His Own Terms, Lazar Dukic Is Games Bound

Since an official Games qualification process began in 2009, an invitation to the CrossFit Games has been been a coveted prize. For up-and-comers in the sport, the rarity of earning a Games invite, and the ... Continue Reading

Second Sanctionals Season Expands Wildcard Uses

What started as a ready-made way to allow top CrossFit Games athletes a chance to bypass regular online qualifiers has expanded in year two of the new Sanctionals format.  Last season, nine of 15 ... Continue Reading

The Running List of Sanctional Superstars

We’re only about one-fourth of the way through the second CrossFit Games season in the new Sanctional format, but already there are a few front-runners developing for Sanctional record holders. We’ve been ... Continue Reading

A Tale of Two Opens

The 2019 calendar year is one that will go down as a turning point in the history of the sport of fitness. From a logistical perspective, the inclusion of the Open as a direct qualifier for the CrossFit ... Continue Reading

Open Declines Shift Leaderboard, Six New Athletes Invited

Late last night the CrossFit Games team sent out a notice that the first round of Games invites from the 2020 Open had officially finished. They further clarified that following a handful of declines from ... Continue Reading

Like and Subscribe: Athletes Earn Cash on YouTube

Gone are the days of CrossFit athletes waiting around for elusive sponsorship deals to fund their careers. It’s 2020 baby! And social media has given the Fittest on Earth a platform to share their ... Continue Reading

Exclusive: Sara Sigmundsdottir First Revealed Athlete Mentor for Freakest Challenge

Sara Sigmundsdottir shared the news in an exclusive sit down interview that she’s going to be heading to Barcelona, Spain at the end of the month as one of eight Nike athletes who each mentor and coach a ... Continue Reading

Toomey, Chandler Capture Mayhem Classic Titles, Two More Athletes Earn Invites

Competition came to a close at the CrossFit Mayhem Classic on Sunday evening, crowning two familiar names as champions and awarding two other athletes invitations to the 2020 CrossFit Games. For three ... Continue Reading

Mayhem Classic Day 2 Recap

A full day of fitness came to a close at  the CrossFit Mayhem Classic on Saturday with two familiar names atop the leaderboard. Men The wide-open men’s field saw changes to the top position ... Continue Reading

VIDEO: Chandler Smith at the Mayhem Classic: “Everything here is like gravy.”

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VIDEO: Tia-Clair Toomey Leads Event 3 and Overall at the Mayhem Classic

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Unscripted with Sara Sigmundsdottir

A day after securing her third Sanctionals victory to become the first athlete to reach that milestone, Morning Chalk Up sat down with Sara Sigmundsdottir for an unscripted interview to learn more ... Continue Reading

London Sanctional Sells Out, Expands Tickets to 5500

The CrossFit Strength in Depth Sanctional has expanded their ticket availability for the January 24-26 competition in London, England. After selling out their original allotment, they have been able to ... Continue Reading

First in 2020, Mayhem Leads Off U.S. Sanctionals

After a three week break, the 2019-2020 CrossFit Sanctional season resumes with the first of seven Sanctionals on U.S. soil. CrossFit Mayhem will host the Mayhem Classic in Cookeville, Tennessee on January ... Continue Reading

Speegle Shaken Up After Car Accident in Colorado

CrossFit Games athlete Dani Speegle was involved in a car accident Tuesday evening near Tabernash, Colorado. Speegle lost control of her vehicle on a snow-covered mountain road causing the vehicle to slide ... Continue Reading

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