Sara Sigmundsdottir joins growing list of athletes, sponsors and former affiliates decrying CrossFit founder Greg Glassman’s ‘Floyd-19’ tweet

The 27-year-old Icelandic star has taken to Instagram to voice her displeasure with the CEO and founder’s recent tweets

Glassman appeared to compare the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown to the death of George Floyd and now CrossFit finds itself losing athletes, sponsors and gyms

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Icelandic CrossFit athlete Sara Sigmundsdottir has called out CrossFit founder Greg Glassman specifically. Photo: Dubai CrossFit Championship

Published: 1:18pm, 9 Jun 2020Updated: 1:18pm, 9 Jun 2020

Iceland’s Sara Sigmundsdottir, who has won the CrossFit Open in the past two seasons, has joined the growing chorus of athletes, sponsors and affiliates who are calling out the sport’s founder Greg Glassman specifically.

Glassman, who is also the chief executive officer, tweeted “FLOYD-19” in response to a Twitter post by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) which featured a picture that stated “Racism is a public health issue” on Sunday.

Glassman followed up his tweet with another: “Your failed model quarantined us and now you’re going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd’s brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is ‘accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots.’ Thanks!”

Sigmundsdottir, who has 1.8 million followers on Instagram, posted a statement that first talks about equality and features the definition of the word as the second photo, also outlining why she took so long to weigh in on CrossFit’s massive controversy surrounding its CEO.

Sigmundsdottir has joined a growing list of people decrying Greg Glassman’s tweet. Photo: Dubai CrossFit Championship

“Equality is, has and always will be my biggest value, therefore I have been struggling to put into words what is going through my mind after what just happened this weekend.”

Sigmundsdottir, who is widely viewed as one of the faces of the sport, finished third twice at the CrossFit Games and fourth once. She has sponsorship deals with Nike and Rogue Fitness. She is seen as one of the biggest challengers to three-time defending champion Tia-Clair Toomey this summer at the scaled down CrossFit Games, which are now in serious jeopardy as a number of invitees have said they will not compete unless CrossFit changes its leadership structure.