OpinionTia-Clair Toomey’s Wodapalooza win shows Sara Sigmundsdottir’s CrossFit comeback is no match for her

The 27-year-old has already won two Sanctionals, the Filthy 150 in Ireland and the Dubai CrossFit Championship. She finished first in the 2020 CrossFit Open and looks to be returning to her previous form in which she finished third at the CrossFit Games in 2015, 2016 and fourth in 2017.

Her fall from grace was well publicised in the CrossFit world: injuries, mental hurdles and competitions where she looked out of place. In 2018 she had to withdraw from the Games because of an injury and finished 37th, and last year was one of the athletes to get hit by surprise cuts and finished 19th.

However, when the 2020 CrossFit Open rolled around in October, Sigmundsdottir looked possessed, coming second in three of the five workouts, and finishing third in another, holding off fellow countrywoman Annie Thorisdottir. Heading into Wodapalooza, nobody would have batted an eye if you had predicted Sigmundsdottir upsetting Australian Tia-Clair Toomey in Miami, given how things have been playing out over the past few months.

Apparently none of that mattered to Toomey this past weekend at the South Beach Sanctional, one of the most hotly contested tournaments of CrossFit’s season. Toomey showcased why she is the three-time defending champion at the Games, as the 27-year-old put in stellar performances in the last two events (Down Up and Celebrate Life) which featured traditional CrossFit moves like dead lifts, burpees, wall balls, the ski erg, dumb bell snatches and muscle ups.