CrossFit Games 2020: self-coaching Sara Sigmundsdottir seeks to right disappointment of 2019
- Sara Sigmundsdottir thinks the 2019 Games cuts were barely CrossFit and she is now forging her own path by coaching herself
The Icelandic superstar is a crowd favourite, but suffered at the hands of a new format last year. For the first time, there were cuts throughout the competition, reducing the field until it was just 10 athletes left.
“It was a little bit unfair. What I’ve always loved about CrossFit is you can make a mistake and come back so much stronger again, but last year’s Games, reflecting ‘did this really happen? Was this really the CrossFit Games? Is this the CrossFit Games I’ve been watching for five years?’” she said.
“It just isn’t CrossFit. As soon as there was a top 10, all of the CrossFit started showing up. I’m in CrossFit because I love the variation. But when you have five workouts that are less than two minutes, it isn’t CrossFit any more.”