On August 3-7, in Madison, WI, the world’s elite CrossFitters will test their strength and conditioning while going head-to-head within the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games. A recent July 21, 2022 video of Games Central — an everyday YouTube production of the CrossFit Games — revealed the format for athlete cut-offs throughout the contest.
Before the last day of the competition on Sunday, August 7, 10 athletes can be cut — which leaves 30 contenders for the person title of Fittest on Earth® of their corresponding competitive categories. On the Teams side — which can be especially relevant for four-time Fittest Man on Earth® (2011-2014), Wealthy Froning Jr.’s reigning champion squad Mayhem Freedom — 38 will start the competition while just 20 teams will enter Sunday’s final day.
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CrossFit Director of Competition Adrian Bozeman further clarified the organization’s plans for the Games regarding these future cuts. The ten-athlete cut on the Individual side and the 18-team cut on the Teams side before the ultimate day can be the one cuts of the competition.
Tia-Clair Toomey is the reigning five-time Fittest Woman on Earth® (2017-2021). In recent months, she’s given a comprehensive insight into her dietary routine and the training equipment she uses. The 23-year-old Justin Medeiros is the defending Fittest Man on Earth®, who improved upon a third-place result throughout the 2020 CrossFit Games. Team Mayhem Freedom will try to make it six Team titles in eight years (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021).
2022 CrossFit Games Schedule
Each the Individual and Team divisions of the competition will begin on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. There can be a rest day on Thursday, August 4, before the remaining of the CrossFit Games heats up for them through that weekend. The Age Group and Adaptive competitive categories will start their portion of the competition on August 4 and power all through to Sunday, August 7. On the time of this writing, CrossFit has not announced the events for any of the divisions.
Of each division involved at these CrossFit Games, the Teams can be the last to place down their kettlebells. For the primary time within the competition’s history, the Teams will go after the Individual athletes have finished on Sunday, August, 7. In accordance with Bozeman, a livestream broadcast opportunity spurred the change to facilitate an even bigger audience for the Individual competitors.
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Live Spectator Access
Per Bozeman, fans who attend the 2022 CrossFit Games in Madison, WI, should see a greater diversity of events that CrossFit will cater to their experiences.
Spectators who’re there in person to cheer on the athletes could have the possibility to utilize CrossFit affiliate and academic fitness programs — corresponding to one organized by the Denver, CO nonprofit, The Phoenix. Fans may even check out different vendors hanging around the competition’s campus and potentially get a workout where CrossFit professionals will coach them up.
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Equal Opportunity
There’s a straightforward reason behind the one cut of the 2022 CrossFit Games happening on Saturday, August 6 — competitive balance. Bozeman said the organization planned for this cut schedule because it is going to allow many of the athletes more time within the competition.
“It gives everybody loads of opportunities to maintain their name within the hat,” Bozeman said.
The 2022 CrossFit Games will occur on the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI, from August 3-7. While stars like Toomey and Medeiros is perhaps heavy favorites to take home one other title, their peers like 2021 CrossFit Rookie of the Yr Mal O’Brien and Guilherme Malheiros could challenge each champions of their respective divisions. Meanwhile, it’ll be a tricky task to topple Team Mayhem Freedom, but anything could occur amidst the extreme CrossFit chaos.
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