CrossFit Games Opening Ceremony (Gallery)

At 9:00 AM on Thursday, the first of August, WODDITY was on-site at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games for the opening ceremony.

CrossFit and spectators welcomed almost 500 athletes from 114 countries onto the field at the North Park stadium at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Here are some images from the epic event:

  • The floor is prepped, the morning of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games.
  • The Rogue Zeus rig is ready for team event one.
  • Sami Salampur and Chaker Alouni, the national champions of Afghanistan and Algeria, take the field.
  • Athletes from all over the world line up with their flags by the Rogue Zeus rig.
  • National flags wave at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games.
  • National flags wave at the CrossFit Games opening ceremony.
  • Dave Castro announces the first individual event by pulling up the CrossFit Games website.
  • Sami Salampur of Afghanistan. He is representing CrossFit Malmö.
  • Sona Karaskova and David Stroupek are the national champions of the Czech Republic. They work out at CrossFit With Us
  • Sion Brinn is the national champion of Jamaica.
  • Emma Tall of Sweden qualified through the CrossFit French Throwdown.
  • Shingo Moromasa, the National Champion of Japan.
  • Simona Quintana and Piero Gorichon are the national champions of Chile. They work out at CrossFit El Camino.
  • Nicole Pettel is the national champion of Israel.
  • Yuval Regev of Iseal works out at CrossFit Florentin
  • Alice Mille qualified for the CrossFit Games through the CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown.
  • Alice Mille exits the stadium.
  • Carol Colling-Romero and Diego Kemper are the national champions of Paraguay.
  • Keith Nhan, the male national champion from Vietnam.
  • National champions exit the stadium after the opening ceremonies.
  • Alvaro Lopez of Panama and Diego Kemper of Paraguay.
  • Keith Nhan and
    Trang Nguyen of Vietnam.
  • Laura Gonzalez-Marin and Omar Martinez, the national champions of Venezuela.
  • Team JST Compete headed out of the stadium.
  • Kelsey Kiel and Katelyn Kassis from the CrossFit Invictus Boston team.
  • Rory McKernan, formerly of the CrossFit Update Show and current host of On the ROad.

By Ben Garves

Ben Garves is a digital product expert, author, entertainer, and activist. His portfolio of thought leadership in digital marketing and web experiences has included major clients like Microsoft, Google, Twitter, eBay, Facebook, and Bloomberg. He’s also a freelance health and fitness journalist with over 400 stories written since 2018, a podcaster with 200 episodes to his name, and runs a YouTube channel with over 100 fitness and activism-oriented videos and live streams. Ben has founded the Fitness is for Everyone™ initiative to raise awareness about social injustice in both racial inequality and socioeconomic disparity in access to quality fitness and nutrition options around the globe.

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