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CrossFit Games 2020 date change – August 17 is ‘soonest potential start’ amid coronavirus and travel restrictions
- Event has already downsized and moved to California as CrossFit press ahead in midst of corporate crisis started by ex-CEO’s tweet
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The CrossFit Games could start on August 17, depending on the easing of travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Games organisers said more information will be released next week.
“Due to travel restrictions and circumstances beyond control, the dates for the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games will be adjusted,” a CrossFit Games tweet read. “The soonest potential start date is Aug. 17.”
The CrossFit Games was supposed to take place from July 29 to August 2 in Madison, Wisconsin, with over 300 competitors from around the world.
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But as the world went into lockdown due to the coronavirus, the format and location were changed, with the date also up in the air. The competition will now be held at a ranch in California, the site of the original Games, with only 30 men and 30 women, who qualified via sanctionals or the Open.
CrossFit is in the midst of a corporate crisis. Since now former CEO Greg Glassman tweeted “it’s FLOYD-19”, linking Covid-19 and George Floyd in response to a tweet about racism being a public health issue.
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