CrossFit Games bans 14 athletes for drugs violations – Emily Abbott calls decision unfair and vows to explore options
The sport that claims to host the fittest people on earth has suspended a slew of athletes and awaits appeals from more who tested positive for substances
The CrossFit Games, the governing body of the multi-discipline fitness sport, has banned 14 athletes, some until 2022, for taking substances that range from anabolic agents to stimulants.
CrossFit combines a spectrum of disciplines such as weightlifting, high intensity workouts, running and swimming. The need to be ready for almost any event leads the organisers to claim that it is “the world’s premier and definitive test of fitness”.
The highest profile athlete is four times CrossFit Games athlete Emily Abbott from America.
On an Instagram post she wrote: “I am beyond disappointed and frustrated that the organisation I have dedicated so much of my life to has basically ignored my explanation for my inadvertent exposure to ibutamoren.”