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Crossfit Games Home Depot Center
CARSON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After four months of competition, Affluent Froning Jr. has been called the Fittest Man on Earth™ and Annie Thorisdottir has been called The Fittest Woman on Earth™ at the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games. Froning Jr, from Cookeville, Tennessee, USA, and Thorisdottir, from Kopavogur, Iceland, becoming their titles afterwards assault the 50 macho and changeable finalists from the antecedent acreage of 27,000 competitors over the advance of ten workouts at the Reebok|CrossFit Games, which took abode from July 29-31 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. In accession to the title, both athletes won $250,000.
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This year’s competition, the fifth anniversary CrossFit Games and the aboriginal in which Reebok was the appellation sponsor, challenged the athletes to advance both their bodies and their minds to the limit. The acceptable athletes accepted their concrete fettle by accomplishing the able absolute account in a absolute of 10 contest which featured a aggregate of tasks including swimming, running, rowing, biking, assuming Olympic lifts, aggressive ropes, commutual gymnastic movements throwing softballs, and affective ample endless continued distances quickly. In accession to the workouts, athletes were activated time and afresh mentally; in best cases, they had alone an hour to adapt for anniversary workout, and sometimes they had alone two account to blow afterwards one conditioning afore starting the abutting one.
Froning Jr. and Thorisdottir begin the alley to achievement by accepting aboriginal abode finishes in three of the ten events. For both athletes, this year’s success is abnormally candied because it followed runner-up finishes in 2010. In fact, Froning Jr. said, “My ambition advancing into this accident was to appearance that aftermost year wasn’t a fluke.” Thorisdottir said, “I kept absorption on aggravating to win the title, and I’m aloof so happy. I haven’t alike anticipation about what I would do with the money!”
The 24-year-old Froning Jr. struggled in the aperture accident but won the abutting two contest to arresting his attendance as a adversary to the acreage and the crowd. By the end of the additional day, he had congenital a advantageous lead, fuelled by two second-place finishes and already sixth-place finish. Activity into the final event, which consisted of eight movements including Olympic and ability lifts, gymnastic moves and attrition training, Froning Jr. had all but anchored his position aloft the scoreboard. Ultimately, he able about 100 credibility advanced of 28-year-old Joshua Bridges from La Mesa, California. Virginia’s Ben Smith, a 21-year old apprentice at Old Dominion University, able third.
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On the added hand, the 21-year-old Thorisdottir didn’t acquisition her way to the top of the leaderboard until the final day of the competition. Her constant achievement on the aboriginal two canicule landed her aural nine credibility of the 2010 arresting champion, Kristan Clever, activity into the final day of competition. On Sunday, Thorisdottir took the advance afterwards the aboriginal event, and anchored her position with afterwards third-place finishes in the final three events. Clever, 29, able second, followed carefully by her San Fernando Valley, California, training accomplice and teammate, 30-year-old Rebecca Voight.
“The akin of the antagonism this weekend was outstanding, with the competitors proving that they absolutely are the fittest men and women on apple – and not aloof physically, but additionally mentally,” said Chris Froio, Head of Fettle and Training, Reebok. “In the aftermost events, it was amazing to watch athletes advance themselves physically, blow for two minutes, and again alpha accession conditioning – and at the end of the event, it was alarming to watch these athletes accomplishment their workouts and again acclamation their competitors on, or accord anniversary added tips to advice them accomplish it to the finish. We are captivated to be a allotment of this accident and appreciative of all of the competitors and our athletes, abnormally Affluent and Annie, for their accomplishments.”
Perhaps no accident bigger illustrated the CrossFit aesthetics of actuality able for the alien and the cabalistic than the aperture event, area athletes had to complete an open-water bathe in the Pacific Ocean; run 1,500 kilometers in the sand; ability through 50 pullups, 100 pushups and 200 squats; and chase to the accomplishment with accession 1,500 kilometer run in the sand. In accession to the crowd-pleasing final event, Saturday’s final accident was one of the best accepted with the accommodation crowd; afterwards commutual seven abundant lifts and biking 700 meters, the athletes had to bisect a set of monkey confined for 100 meters.
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This weekend’s finals apparent the acme of a three-stage antagonism that began in March with the Reebok|CrossFit Open Series, which featured added than 27,000 competitors from about the apple who were angry for a abode in one of 17 bounded competitions. At the Reebok|CrossFit Regionals, the top 60 men, 60 women and 30 teams in the arena competed for three canicule to accomplish it to the Reebok|CrossFit Games. This weekend’s acreage consisted of no added than three men, three women and three teams from anniversary region.
For added advice about the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games, go to http://games.crossfit.com.
About Reebok
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Reebok is a arch common designer, banker and benefactor of sports, fettle and accidental footwear, accoutrement and equipment. An American-inspired all-around brand, Reebok is a avant-garde in the antic appurtenances industry with a affluent and acclaimed ancestry in running, training and fitness. A accessory of the adidas Group, Reebok operates beneath the assorted capacity of the Reebok brand, Reebok-CCM Hockey and the Sports Licensed Division. For added information, appointment Reebok at www.reebok.com.
About CrossFit
CrossFit, Inc. is the world's foremost developer of anatomic fettle programming and a arch accepted affidavit issuer for concrete training professionals worldwide. Founded by Greg and Lauren Glassman, CrossFit® is the arch backbone and conditioning affairs for hundreds of able and able athletes and hundreds of bags of individuals gluttonous to accomplish aristocratic fitness. CrossFit offers specialty affidavit courses and programs, including the CrossFit Kids program; publishes the CrossFit Journal; and created and operates the CrossFit Games, an anniversary accident which seeks to acquisition and acme the Fittest on Earth™. There are currently added than 2,500 affiliated gyms in the all-around CrossFit training network. For added information, amuse appointment www.crossfit.com.
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