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Reykjavík CrossFit Championship
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May 3–5
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CrossFit is coming to town as the Reykjavík CrossFit Championship will be held for the first time this May. CrossFit has long been embraced by Icelandic athletes, who will now have the chance to qualify for the yearly CrossFit Games on home turf. The competition features both individuals and teams going head to head in various workout challenges. This new championship has been described as CrossFit coming home! CrossFit is a full-body workout designed to challenge the fittest on earth, as well as a workout system for the average Joe. Icelandic CrossFit athletes have been crowned “Fittest on Earth” four times in total. The “Dóttir” movement was inspired by the achievements of Icelandic female CrossFit athletes. Dóttir translates as daughter and is an ode to the Icelandic patronymic naming tradition, where names end with the suffix -dóttir. Annie Mist Þórisdóttir and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir lead the way with two CrossFit Games titles each. Meanwhile, Sara Sigmundsdóttir is on the hunt for her first title after coming in third place at the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games. Of the male competitors, Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson managed to finish
on the podium in 2015, snatching a bronze medal at the Games. BK, as he is known in CrossFit circles, will take part in the Reykjavík CrossFit Championship. This new competition will be part of the 16 CrossFit Games qualifying Sanctionals Events which take place all over the world. Athletes can qualify through the Reykjavík CrossFit Championship for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games, held each year in early August in Madison, Wisconsin. The Reykjavík Championship takes place indoors in the Laugardalshöll national arena. Head to www.tix.is for tickets.