Everything We Know So Far: The 2024 CrossFit Games

August 1st, 2024

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • We are only one week away from the first day of the 2024 CrossFit Games in Fort Worth, TX. Check out our round-up of everything you need to know so far.

  • Records are broken and milestones are hit every year at the CrossFit Games, and this year will be no different. Today, we take a look at 13 records that might fall in the Lone Star State.

  • For those headed to Fort Worth in person next week, we’ve got the first in our series of spectator guides — where to get your caffeine fix at the CrossFit Games.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Squad’s all here. Nothin’ left to do but do it. #LFG.” - Khan Porter announcing that Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder teammate Kara Saunders had joined the others in Texas

CROSSFIT GAMES

2024 CrossFit Games: Everything We Know So Far  

We’re a week away from the start of the 2024 CrossFit Games, which will be held this year in Fort Worth, TX. 

  • There will be plenty of time for jokes about “first rodeos,” but it’s definitely not the first rodeo for Dave Castro and the Crossfit Games team. This is the 18th iteration of the sport’s pinnacle event. 

The details: The CrossFit Games team has been slowly releasing details of the event and we’re keeping our readers on top of all of the developments. 

  • We will be sharing some known and rumored details, and we’ll break down these details below.

2024 CrossFit Games Dates and Tickets

The 2024 CrossFit Games will go from Thursday, August 8, to Sunday, August 11. 

  • We know that the first event will start at 7 a.m. on August 8, and the athletes will swim in Marine Creek Lake. 

Tickets: Tickets are needed to attend the four-day event. Ticketmaster is sold out, as of Tuesday, July 30. 

  • However, other online ticket sellers, such as Vivid Seats and StubHub, seem to still have some available. Check the Known & Knowable Ticket Tracker for more. 

Fans hoping to enjoy the CrossFit Spectator Experience will need a ticket (it is a FREE ticket, but necessary for entry). Get tickets here. 

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SPEED READS

🚨🏆 Choose Your Captains for the TYR Cup: Now that the rosters are ALMOST set for the 2024 TYR Wodapalooza SoCal, TYR Cup, fans can vote on the team captains! Voting ends tonight, so don’t wait!

  • Quick Refresher: Each team will have a man and woman captain. After the vote, the captains will choose the final two athletes to complete their teams. Each team will have eight total athletes, four men and four women.

🧊😎 YETI Named Presenting Sponsor of CrossFit Games ESPN Coverage: In a press release yesterday, CrossFit LLC announced that YETI will be the presenting sponsor of the CrossFit Games telecasts across ESPN and ESPN2 in the United States.

  • YETI is also producing limited-edition 2024 CrossFit Games signature cups that will be available for purchase on-site at concession stands inside the CrossFit Experience at Will Rogers Memorial Center and Dickies Arena.

⛽️📚 Competing this Summer?: Whether it’s Fort Worth next week or Festivus next month, knowing how to fuel for competition days is crucial for success. Check out this new “Gameday Fueling Manual” from the team at Training Think Tank Nutrition.

🏃🚨HYROX Update: Last week, HYROX announced a new structure to its Elite 15 Series in the 2024/25 season.

ICYMI: Can Justin Medeiros make history this season by being the first non-consecutive, repeat CrossFit Games champ? We talked with Medeiros and his coaches, Adam Neiffer and Jesse Bifano, about it.

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13 Records and Milestones That Might Fall at the 2024 CrossFit Games

As the 2024 CrossFit Games approach, we already have our eye on a few records in progress.

  • Like Cole Sager and Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson competing at their 11th straight CrossFit Games, for example. 

  • Or Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr trying to win her seventh championship.

While those are some of the big ones, here are 13 records and milestones that might fall at the 2024 CrossFit Games.

1. If Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson earns 448 points, he will become the men’s all-time points leader. 

  • The men currently ahead of him on that list have both retired from individual competition: Mat Fraser, who is first with 7,934 points, and Noah Ohlsen, who is second with 7,825.

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6 Great Places To Get Coffee in Fort Worth During the CrossFit Games

It is a long weekend in Fort Worth for the CrossFit Games, and if you want to make it through, you better caffeinate. 

Luckily, there are many local options to visit while you are in town. Here is a selection of what Fort Worth offers to perk you up and put a spring in your step.

Remember, this is not an exhaustive list. Did we miss something great? Let us know!

Ampersand 
3009 Bledsoe St, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Ampersand has two Fort Worth locations: One is just a stone's throw from the venue and offers a modern twist to your coffee experience. 

  • Winners of multiple best coffee shop awards in the local area, they are a friendly coffee shop by day and a fun cocktail lounge at night. Come for the cappuccino, stay for the cocktails!

Fort Worth Coffee Co. 
4731 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Need a place to get some work done while you have your coffee? 

  • Not everyone can leave work entirely behind while at the Games, and Fort Worth Coffee Co. offers office space so you can multitask. They are open 7 a.m.-6 p.m. every day.

HIGHLIGHTS

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  • 🤠 Check out Jayson Hopper running through a clean ladder while prepping for Fort Worth.

  • Is anyone trying out the new GORUCK pull-up challenge? With a 10-pound weight vest, complete 1000 pull-ups as fast as possible. Nice work to Truett Hanes, who finished in two hours, 16 minutes, and 57 seconds.

  • Nice job to Heather on the 106-kilo/235-pound squat clean. Light weight!

  • Nice work to Benny Garard on the clean sweep of the four workouts for the Down Under Championship qualifiers in the 35-40 age group division.

  • 🙌 Check out these impressively high box jumps from Gui Malheiros. Are they something we may see programmed for the Games?