Emily Beers

1 week ago | barbend.com | Emily Beers

Tragedy struck at the Cholula Games in San Andrés Cholula, Mexico, on May 2 when athlete Nayeli Clemente went into cardiac distress during the first event of the competition, which included an outdoor “Team Pyramid Run” in the heat. After being attended to by Dr. Daniela Castruita, a spectator who was not part of the competition’s medical team but spoke with the Morning Chalk Up,Clemente was taken to the hospital in critical condition but later passed away.

1 week ago | barbend.com | Emily Beers

The fourth 2025 CrossFit Games In-Person Qualifying Event (IPQE) begins this Friday at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France. This is the second of two European IPQEs this season. The French Throwdown features 40 men and 40 women fighting for two spots each at this summer’s CrossFit Games in Albany, NY. Most athletes in the field qualified to compete through an online qualifier in February, and a few received special invitations. Check out the full men’s and women’s rosters here.

1 week ago | barbend.com | Emily Beers

The 2025 CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals concluded on Sunday, and the preliminary leaderboards are now live. Jeff Adler and Arielle Loewen are the unofficial winners. Once the leaderboard is finalized in a few weeks, the top 11 men and women will receive invitations to this summer’s CrossFit Games in Albany, NY.

2 weeks ago | barbend.com | Emily Beers

A couple of hours after this weekend’s In-Affiliate Semifinals workouts were announced, three-time CrossFit Games veteran Alex Gazan met with her coach, Justin Cotler, to “talk through all of the workouts.”However, when they started chatting, they realized it wasn’t in Gazan’s best interest to participate at all. “At first, the thought was [it’s] silly not to do it, but in our gut, we both felt like it wasn’t worth going through the stress and the chaos of an online competition,” Cotler said.

2 weeks ago | barbend.com | Emily Beers

On Monday, CrossFit announced the individual In-Affiliate Semifinals workouts, giving us a clearer picture of what this weekend’s online competition will look like for the men and women competing for 11 invitations each to this summer’s CrossFit Games in Albany, NY. Athletes must complete the five workouts between Thursday at noon PT and Sunday at 5 p.m. PT at an affiliate in good standing, with a head judge and a floor judge. Additionally, they must submit videos of each workout.