The 2024 CrossFit Games were the 18th edition of the premier competition in the sport of CrossFit, that was held from August 9 to August 11, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. The competition was won by James Sprague and Tia-Clair Toomey for the individuals, Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder for the team. Competitors criticized the event organizers for resuming the event after one competitor died during the first day's events, with some withdrawing from the competition.https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/crossfit-death-lazar-dukic-1235357644/
The CrossFit Games were held in the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth this season after 6 years in the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Due to the excessive summer heat in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex which may be unsuitable for competitive sport outdoors, most of the events were held indoors. There was no title sponsor for the Games for the first time since 2011, but there were two premier-level sponsors in GoRuck and Rogue Fitness. There was no change in the top prizes awarded this year; the total prize purse for the season amounted to over $3.3 million.
For the 2024 season, the finals of the Masters, Teens and Adaptive divisions were separated from the main CrossFit Games in Texas. Competitors 35 and over (Masters) competed in the Masters CrossFit Games, organized in association with the Legends Championship, held in Birmingham, Alabama. Competitors under 18 participated in the Teenage CrossFit Games, which was held in Three Rivers, Michigan and the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The adaptive athletes competed in the Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD from September 22–24, 2024 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. All the divisions increased the number of participants in their finals.
The first day of the main CrossFit Games, scheduled for August 8, 2024, was cancelled after Lazar Đukić drowned during the first event, an aquathlon. The competition resumed the following day after a consultation with the athletes, although a number of athletes including both 2023 champions Laura Horvath and Jeffrey Adler chose to withdraw from the competition. Other athletes also withdrew as the competition progressed.
Qualifications There are three qualification stages. As before, the CrossFit Games season starts with the Open, to be followed by the Quarterfinals and the Semi-finals. Some adjustments were made to the qualifying stages, in particular in the numbers of qualifiers from the Open and the Quarterfinals. All stages of the adaptive division this season including the Open were split off to be operated by WheelWOD, while the various stages for the age group divisions stayed the same apart from the finals. As in 2023, there are seven competition regions, and athletes must compete in their designated region in the semi-finals unless exemptions had first been obtained.
Open The Open started on February 29, 2024, and continued for three weeks until 18 March. A workout was released every week for a total of 3 workouts. This year 343,528 athletes (344,396 including the adaptive divisions) registered for the Open, up over 6% from 2023. This year has the second highest number of returning athletes after 2018. The Open was won by Jonne Koski for the men and Mirjam von Rohr for the women.
Quarter-finals The number of qualifiers for the quarterfinals in every region has been increased from 10% of the Open participants to 25% this season. The team quarterfinals took place on April 3–8, 2024, with the individual and age-group quarterfinals taking place on April 17–22, 2024. Competitors have more time (two days longer) than previous years to complete their workouts. Four individual workouts were released on April 17, and scores from the first two needed to be submitted by April 20, with the final two on April 22.
Semi-finals The number of individual qualifiers for the semi-final for every region has been set at 40, meaning that the number of qualifiers for the North America and Europe regions has been reduced from 60 to 40, while the rest will be increased from 30 to 40. Similarly, the qualifiers for the team competition for every region has been set at 30. As in previous years, the semi-finals will be live competitions. Each semi-final will a pre-determined minimum number of qualifiers, but the final number that qualified from each semi-final for the Games will be determined by a strength-of-field calculation used in 2023. However, this year only those taking part in individual Semi-finals counted in the calculation, a change that favored smaller regions and resulted in fewer qualifying spots for North America and Europe.
Qualifiers Individuals In 2024, a total of 40 men (23 consecutively) and a total of 40 women (19 consecutively) qualified for the finals to compete as individuals. The number of individual competitors would be cut during the competition, to 30 on Saturday afternoon, and 20 by Sunday morning.
Syndicate Crown – North America East(May 31 – June 2) , West Coast Classic – North America West(May 23–26), French Throwdown – Europe(May 16–19), Jeffrey Adler Dallin Pepper Roman Khrenikov Jayson Hopper Samuel Cournoyer Jack Rozema Saxon Panchik Austin Hatfield Alexandre Caron Travis Mayer Luke Parker Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Alexis Raptis Emma Lawson Danielle Brandon Shelby Neal Haley Adams Brooke Wells Paige Semenza Chloe Gauvin-David Caroline Stanley Lexi Neely Justin Medeiros Brent Fikowski James Sprague Patrick Vellner Samuel Kwant Chris Ibarra Brandon Luckett Cole Sager Cole Greashaber Abigail Domit Alex Gazan Arielle Lowen Hattie Kanyo Emily Rolfe Dani Speegle Bethany Flores Kyra Milligan Lazar Đukić Jelle Hoste Henrik Haapalainen Aniol Ekai Luka Đukić Victor Hoffer Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson Harry Lightfoot Calum Clements Moritz Fiebig Laura Horvath Gabriela Migała Emma Tall Karin Freyová Aimee Cringle Claudia Gluck Linda Keesman Elisa Fuliano Emma McQuaid Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
Renegade Games – Africa(May 31 – June 2) Vanderbijlpark, Torian Pro – Oceania(May 23–26) , Copa Sur – South America(May 31 – June 2), Far East Throwdown – Asia(May 16–19) , Ruan Potgieter Gemma Rader Ricky Garard Bayley Martin Jay Crouch Peter Ellis Grace Walton Madeline Sturt Daisy McDonald Georgia Pryer Guilherme Malheiros Kalyan Souza Bruno Marins Victoria Campos Julia Kato Andreia Pinheiro Ivan Kukartsev Artur Semenov Ilya Makarov Seher Kaya Seungyeon Choi Dawon Jung
Representation by Nation (29) (8) (8) (6) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Teams In 2024, a total of 30 teams will qualify for the finals Syndicate Crown – North America East(May 31 – June 2), West Coast Classic – North America West(May 23–26), French Throwdown – Europe(May 16–19),
Renegade Games – Africa (May 31 – June 2) , Torian Pro – Oceania (May 23–26) , Copa Sur – South America (May 31 – June 2) , Far East Throwdown – Asia (May 16–19) Busan, Tijger Valley Relentless Raw Iron Mayhem Thunder Torian Mayhem EFX Vittoria Centr1 Movimento AR-1 Mayhem Unity KT Kolesnikov Team Marvel Black Mayhem
Representation by Nation (13) (3) (3) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Individual competition This is the first year the competition will be held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Events open to public will also be held on Friday night at the nearby Farrington Field. The cuts this year were to have been similar to the 2023 Games with a change, and the field will be cut to 30 athletes after the Saturday morning event, and to 20 by the end of the day. The cut was later changed in an announcement when competition resumed after Events 2 and 3 were cancelled, and only one cut was made with 30 athletes competing in the final day (around 16 male and female individual athletes had already withdrawn by Saturday). The events were broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+ in the United States.
August 8, 2024 Source:
Event 1: Lake Day An aquathlon (run and swim) featuring a 3.5-mile run followed by an 800-metre swim. The event was held on Marine Creek Lake near the city of Fort Worth in the morning. Lazar Đukić, who was among the leaders in the swim, drowned. His body was later recovered and the following events for the day were canceled.
A meeting with all athletes and coaches as well as Đukić's brother Luka (who also competed) and other family members was held in the afternoon, and it was agreed to continue with the competition on Friday. However, Luka Đukić later revealed he had not agreed to the continuation of the competition as a tribute to Lazar as claimed by the leader of the sport team Dave Castro. A number of athletes, including both 2023 champions Laura Horvath and Jeffrey Adler as well as Luka Đukić, chose to withdraw from the competition. # Men Time Pts Total Women Time Pts Total 1 Jelle Hoste 36:50.87 100 Tia-Clair Toomey 38:06.88 100 2 Brent Fikowski 37:55.41 97 Bethany Flores 39:36.72 97 3 Roman Khrennikov 38:10.72 94 Emily Rolfe 40:21.26 94 4 Ricky Garard 38:32.60 91 Emma Tall 40:35.46 91 5 Ruan Potgieter 38:42.20 88 Grace Walton 40:58.27 88 6 Saxon Panchik 38:50.81 85 Daisy McDonald 41:36.43 85 7 James Sprague 39:26.02 82 Haley Adams 41:41.34 82 8 Björgvin Karl Gudmundsson 39:29.86 79 Karin Freyova 41:52.54 79 9 Chris Ibarra 39:32.16 76 Laura Horvath 41:57.36 76 10 Brandon Luckett 23:23 73 Danielle Brandon 42:13.70 73 11 Justin Medeiros 40:00.00 70 Paige Semenza 42:21.52 70 12 Cole Sager 40:04.91 67 Gabriela Migała 42:41.69 67 13 Jay Crouch 40:18.96 64 Madeline Sturt 43:32.59 64 14 Luke Parker 40:19.00 61 Alexis Raptis] 43:53.50 61 15 Dallin Pepper 40:44.36 58 Jacqueline Dahlstrom 44:02.95 58 16 Travis Mayer 40:47.88 55 Julia Kato 44:22.90 55 17 Bruno Marins 40:56.06 52 Gemma Rader 44:29.94 52 18 Luka Đukić 41:14.69 49 Hattie Kanyo 44:30.69 49 19 Jayson Hopper 41:38.45 46 Linda Keesman 44:58.56 46 20 Henrik Haapalainen 41:42.40 43 Arielle Loewen 45:18.54 43 21 Jeffrey Adler 41:48.65 40 Aimee Cringle 45:43.32 40 22 Moritz Fiebig 42:00.44 37 Seher Kaya 45:58.65 37 23 Kalyan Souza 42:27.66 34 Emma Lawson 46:04.27 34 24 Harry Lightfoot 42:32.75 32 Chloe Gauvin-David 46:51.39 32 25 Samuel Kwant 42:35.20 30 Brooke Wells 46:55.98 30 26 Peter Ellis 42:35.95 28 Shelby Neal 47:00.41 28 27 Samuel Cournoyer 42:53.62 26 Caroline Stanley 47:21.16 26 28 Aniol Ekai 42:57.40 24 Elisa Fuliano 47:30.10 24 29 Calum Clements 43:00.80 22 Andreia Pinheiro 47:30.55 22 30 Cole Greashaber 43:21.09 20 Georgia Pryer 47:35.15 20 31 Austin Hatfield 44:01.15 18 Abigail Domit 47:52.17 18 32 Arthur Semenov 44:51.83 16 Seungyeon Choi 47:52.19 16 33 Patrick Vellner 46:38.84 14 Claudia Gluck 48:01.68 14 34 Guilherme Malheiros 47:27.42 12 Emma McQuaid 48:04.72 12 35 Alexandre Caron 48:22.29 10 Victoria Campos 48:07.07 10 36 Bayley Martin 51:04.60 8 Dawon Jung 48:45.06 8 37 Jack Rozema 52:54.55 6 Dani Speegle 48:50.86 6 38 Victor Hoffer WD 0 Alex Gazan 49:14.84 4 39 Lazar Đukić – — Lexi Neely 51:03.95 2 40 – – — Kyra Milligan 57:18.76 0
Canceled events Following the fatality that took place during the Aquathlon, these two events were cancelled.
Hammer Down: 4 rounds for time: 50 hammer strikes (16/20-lb sledgehammer) 14 sandbag throws/get over the tire (70/100-lb sandbag) 5 tire flips (242 lb)
Amanda .45 Event 3 was to have been a repeat of the event that debuted in 2017, named for 2009 Games competitor Amanda Miller, who died of cancer in 2010. It was cancelled after the fatality during the aquathlon.
13-11-9-7-5 repetitions of muscle-ups and squat snatches for time. A 12-minute time cap would have been involved.
August 9, 2024
The CrossFit Games began with a solemn memorial service in memory of the deceased competitor.
CrossFit also announced, because of event cancellations and withdrawals, only one cut would be implemented. The cut will be to the Top 30 individuals and Top 20 teams at the end of Saturday's competitions.