Explainer | Watch CrossFit Open 22.3 workout announcement live, as Annie Thorisdottir and Lauren Fisher throw down
- Third and final week of 2022 CrossFit Open kicks off with a thrown down including former ‘Fittest Woman on Earth’ Annie Thorisdottir
- The CrossFit Open is the first step to qualifying for the CrossFit Games
The final week of the 2022 CrossFit Open is upon us, and this round kicks off with a live workout including former “Fittest Woman on Earth” Annie Thorisdottir on Thursday.
During the live throw down – which starts at 8pm GMT – Thorisdottir will go head to head with Lauren Fisher, Alexis Morgan and Lindsey McDuffie.
Meanwhile, Khan Porter, Tola Morakinyo, Logan Martin and Zac Morgan will go head-to-head on the men’s side.
Watch the work out announcement and throw down live here:
The Open is a three-week online competition. Each week, organisers release a new workout. Athletes have seven days to complete and upload their scores. The top 10 per cent on each continent progress to the quarter-finals, in the first step to qualifying for the CrossFit Games in August.
Thorisdottir won the CrossFit Games in 2012 and has been a popular stalwart of the sport since.
CrossFit Open 22.2 live announcement with Justin Medeiros
Fisher’s best success in the Games has come in the team event, finishing third with Invictus. She has been to six Games, while McDuffie and Morgan are relative outsiders.
Porter has been to the CrossFit Games six times and his highest finish is 13th in the teams.
Morakinyo has been to the Games three times in the teams, with ninth his highest place. Martin and Morgan are outsiders.
