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Tia's Big CrossFit Games Announcement
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
🐐 The G.O.A.T. goes for eight.
Turns out the real danger isn’t in the protein powder tub — it’s in the headlines.
🌎 The 2025 Games roster is stacked with international talent.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This is gonna hurt like a mother f****r.”
CROSSFIT GAMES
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Will Compete at 2025 CrossFit Games
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Tia- Clair Toomey-Orr announced in a video on Tuesday, June 24, that she will compete at the 2025 CrossFit Games.
Remind me: The Australian CrossFit phenom qualified for the Games earlier this year at the Torian Pro In-Person Qualifying Event. She did not immediately accept her invitation to the Games and left the window open for several weeks to see whether she would compete in Albany or not.
“The time has finally come for me to make a decision on what I’m going to be doing, and this has been one of the hardest decisions of my career,” Toomey-Orr said in a quippish video.
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SPEED READS
🔁🔥 Crossovers Are Back: In a post yesterday, the CrossFit Games team teased the return of crossovers, not seen at the Games since the “Speed Skill Medley” in 2022. Have you been practicing?
💪⚠️ Protein Peril?: You probably don’t need foods with added protein. This article explains why.
🤕 🤔 Is CrossFit Dangerous?: Dr. Amy West breaks down CrossFit injury data in this must-watch CrossFit Training video for coaches — clear, accurate, and evidence-based.
🏁👟 PUMA X HYROX Collection: HYROX and PUMA just dropped their third co-branded collection — now available globally via the new HYROX WORLD Shop. The line features updated apparel and the latest Deviate NITRO™ 3 race-day shoes, engineered for speed and comfort.
🚀🏋️♀️ Breaking Barriers: Record-breaking deadlifter and historian Jan Todd may be the reason you lift weights. Check out her trailblazing story here.
🤝💰 CrossFit’s 2025 Partnership Play: CrossFit has dramatically revamped its partnerships strategy this year to mirror those of major professional sports franchises. Here's why HQ is signing so many new partners.
🏃♀️⭐️ HYROX Dallas Tickets Incoming: HYROX returns to the Lone Star State for its first-ever three-day event in Texas, November 21-23. Public ticket sales open on Thursday, July 3, at 10:00 a.m. CT.
ICYMI: The HYROX World Championships didn’t go according to Tia’s plans. Learn why.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
Don’t Toss the Tub: The Real Math on Heavy Metals in Protein Powders
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Earlier this year, your social media feed may have been buzzing with alarming headlines about "disturbing levels" of heavy metals in protein powders.
Before tossing that whey tub in the trash, take a breath.
The latest CNN report, citing the Clean Label Project's findings, left many fitness enthusiasts in a panic — but the reality is far less alarming than the headlines suggest.
What's really in your scoop?
CROSSFIT GAMES
The 2025 CrossFit Games Roster Features Athletes From 20 Countries — Here’s How It Breaks Down
Credit: Enrique Villaseńor, @enriquevmedia / Instagram
This summer, 60 individual athletes from 20 different countries will compete at the CrossFit Games in Albany, NY.
Both the men's and women's divisions will feature athletes from 13 different countries, with the United States boasting the largest representation, comprising 13 men and 11 women slated to compete.
Australia has the next largest contingent with eight athletes, while the UK qualified five, Canada four, Brazil three, and Switzerland two.
Fourteen other countries have one athlete competing. Find out which ones and how this year’s Games field compares to previous years.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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🔥Check out Peter Ellis with this 120-kilo/264-pound snatch triple.
Take a look at what training looks like for former Fittest on Earth Camille Leblanc-Bazinet is up to these days.
Here’s what 2025 rookie Mariana Meza’s road to the Games looks like.
Well done to Sammy, who competed at the Turf Games in the UK and bagged this 102.5-kilo/225-pound clean and jerk.
🙌Julia Hannaford has come a long way from 2019. Peep her progress over the years.