The champ can have a latest title — Mother.
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2022, six-time CrossFit Games women’s champion Tia-Clair Toomey announced that she and her husband, Shane Orr, predict their first child together. In consequence, she is going to not be competing within the 2023 competitive season.
“We’re extremely excited to share, WE’RE PREGNANT! This has been the best surprise and significantly special to share with family and friends while being home in Australia for Christmas,” Toomey wrote within the caption of her Instagram post. “This can definitely be a Christmas for us all to recollect.”
Together with posts on social media, the expecting parents also shared a video with the announcement on their YouTube channel, which you possibly can see below.
While Toomey focuses on her growing family, which means the CrossFit Games podium shall be an unfamiliar site in 2023. Toomey had made the rostrum every yr she’s competed since 2015, starting with two second-place finishes in 2015 and 2016. She then amassed her incredible run of six straight championships from 2017 to 2022. She is taken into account by many within the CrossFit community to be the best individual competitor of all-time. She is also considered one of the crucial popular female athletes in all of strength sports.
The 2023 Games’ podium shall be the primary that Toomey isn’t standing on since 2014. The champion that yr was Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, with Annie Thorisdottir and Julie Foucher joining her in second and third, respectively. Because the Games began in 2007, only nine women have won the title of “Fittest on Earth”. Those champions are listed below.
2007: Jolie Gentry
2008: Caity Matter
2009: Tanya Wagner
2010: Kristan Clever
2011-2012: Annie Thorisdottir
2013: Samantha Briggs
2014: Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
2015-2016: Katrin Davidsdottir
2017-2022: Tia-Clair Toomey
If Thorisdottir and Davidsdottir should compete within the 2023 Games, they might potentially be the primary individual champions to regain the title after losing it. In the event that they don’t, and Toomey chooses to return to competition in 2024 or later, she could potentially be the primary to reclaim the title, adding to her already incredible track record in the game.
Amongst those who might be considered top contenders for the title in 2023 now that Toomey is out of the sphere include former two-time Games’ runner-up (2018, 2121) Laura Horvath, who finished in third in 2022, and the 2022 second-place finisher, Mallory O’Brien.
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