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The 2016 CrossFit Games were the tenth CrossFit Games held on July 19–24, 2016 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California and on a ranch in Aromas, California, United States. The men's competition was won by Mathew Fraser , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the women's by Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit ...
The 2011 CrossFit Games were a sporting event, the fifth CrossFit Games, held on July 29–31, 2011, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. [1] The winners of the Games were Rich Froning for the men's competition and Annie Thorisdottir for the women, who were both runners-up the previous year. [2] CrossFit New England won the team ...
Rich Froning Jr. (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional CrossFit athlete known for his achievements participating in the CrossFit Games.He became the first person to win the CrossFit Games title of "Fittest Man on Earth" four times with his first-place finish in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 CrossFit Games.
Briggs nearly missed the 2016 CrossFit Games due to an issue with visa. [18] In the first event, the Ranch Trail Run, she beat all the other female athletes, finishing nearly a minute faster than runner-up Kristin Holte, and faster than all of the men except Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges. [19] She also won the Climbing Snail event.
The CrossFit Games is an annual athletic competition owned and operated by CrossFit, LLC. [1] Athletes compete in a series of events at the Games, which may be various standard CrossFit workouts consisting of metabolic conditioning exercises, weightlifting, and gymnastics movements, as well as a range of activities from other sports such as swimming, road cycling and strongman.
He earned a spot in the 2009 CrossFit Games where he finished in 64th place out of 74 competitors. [11] Smith went on to qualify for the Games in 10 subsequent years. Smith made the podium for the first time at the 2011 Games by finishing third behind Rich Froning and Josh Bridges. [12] In 2013, he was again placed third behind Froning and ...
Grace, a classic CrossFit workout and the final workout of the 2008 CrossFit Games, was doubled for this event. Athletes completed 60 clean and jerks at 135 lb for the men and 95 lb for the women. 2011 and 2012 champion Annie Thorisdottir won the event for the women, clinching second place overall as Camille Leblanc-Bazinet finished fifth ...
CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. [1] The method was developed by Greg Glassman ...