Asia CrossFit Championship: how to watch the first ever Chinese ‘Sanctional’ online, workout information and predictions

Shanghai will host CrossFit heavyweights like Brent Fikowski, Rich Froning and Kristin Holte at Luwan Gymnasium this weekend

The Asia CrossFit Championship will live stream the whole competition online

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Shanghai is about to welcome the first ever Asia CrossFit Championship. Photo: Asia CrossFit Championship

Published: 8:00pm, 25 Apr 2019Updated: 9:04pm, 25 Apr 2019

Some of the biggest names in the CrossFit world are heading to the Nevernight city this weekend.

Formerly known as the China Invitational and the brainchild of two lovebirds: One Nation Shanghai CrossFit gym owner Max Ma and Carrie Yan. The pair has joined forces with CrossFit to host an event put on by the world’s biggest fitness chain in the world’s most populous country.

The first annual Asia CrossFit Championship, one of 15 “Sanctionals” organised by CrossFit Inc. under the sport’s new rules for CrossFit Games qualification, kicks off on Saturday (April 27) and runs until Monday evening at the Luwan Gymnasium.

Liang Kong, who is CrossFit’s country manager in China and also runs a CrossFit “box” in Hangzhou, said this event is massive for both CrossFit and China, where the sport is exploding in cities like Shanghai and Beijing.

“The ACC (Asia CrossFit Championship) is not a competition. It is the Belt and Road for connecting China [and] this profound ancient continent, with the rest of the world ... It is the initiative for making CrossFit a part of the Middle Kingdom’s movement pattern.”

The ACC will be live streaming the entire event on both YouTube and Youku, and the link will be available on scmp.com tomorrow. There is also a WeChat page (asiacfchampionship) available which details the competition and results.