Opinion | 2020 CrossFit Games: how many American women can get on the podium in California?
- Brooke Wells, Haley Adams and Kari Pearce all have a shot to win, and challenge Tia-Clair Toomey and Katrin Davidsdottir
- The final stage of the CrossFit Games will see five men and five women compete in California from October 19-25
Brooke Wells, Haley Adams and Kari Pearce represent three of the top five women who have advanced to the final stage of this year’s quest to find the “Fittest on Earth”.
For a sport born in the United States, it’s been rather unexpected that American women have had such difficulty claiming podium spots, while on the other hand, an American man has stood on top of the podium every year since 2009.
In 2020, that will change. The question is which of these three is most likely to pull it off in a competition that also features reigning three-time champion Tia-Clair Toomey and resurgent Icelander Katrin Davidsdottir.
For 25-year-old Wells, this is already her sixth consecutive year at the CrossFit Games. The combination of experience and an athlete in their prime (mid 20s) is pretty rare, but it typically yields an impressive result.
