Matilde Orlandoni at the CrossFit® Italian Showdown 2019

CrossFit® Italian Showdown thanks to CrossFit Inc. is today one of the 15 events organized around the world that reward the winners with the invitation to compete Reebok CrossFit Games in the USA. Also this year it takes place in MalpensaFiere from 26 to 28 April 2019 with the official recognition of the American parent company. Carlo Strati is the event organizer one of a kind, because it welcomes anyone on the first day of live competition, regardless of age (from 15 years) and experience.

At the qualifications competing 1.000 are confirmed, only at the end i Top 5 athletes of the division Senior they will have to face the real Showdown, the final challenge. THE Winners will receive an invitation to compete to the Reebok CrossFit Games 2019 in Madison in the USA and a bag of 25.000 $ offered by Reebok, Main Sponsor and Exclusive Supplier of Clothing and Footwear for the event.

Interview with Matilde Orlandoni, winner of the last edition of Italian Showdown

We interviewed Matilde Orlandoni, to touch and let you experience this unique experience more closely. The athlete participated in the last edition of CrossFit® Italian Showdown, winning the race. Let's take a closer look at how he experienced the competition and what he expects from this new edition.

When did you realize that you would win?

Only at the end of the final did I realize I had won. Thanks to the multiple scores of the final wod the ranking was reshuffled and, secondly, I went first. Throughout the wod I always thought of giving my best in each section, without making too many calculations or strategies.

Last year did you arrive first, would you like to go back in time, or is it a further stimulus for you?

Surely this year the race will be very different since the level of the opponents has risen considerably. In the leaderboard you can read the names of athletes who already have several participations in CrossFit Games, so for me the race that awaits me will surely be an incentive to do my best, but the objectives will be very different from those of previous years.

After the Italian Showdown 2018, how was the path?

For me the Italian Showdown 2018 was a pre test Regionals, which was my top race of the past year, which ended with an 18th place.

Matilde Orlandoni will also participate in the CrossFit® Italian Showdown 2019?

Our Italian athlete has decided to participate again in the race, ha great expectations and, as she herself stated, it will be a new opportunity to compete with athletes of a very high level, putting themselves to the test. She wants have fun, without thinking solely of the ranking. There will be some very formidable opponents, as we can imagine, Matilde Orlandoni has given us some names of the best Italian"Manila Pennacchio, Antea Longo and Marta Ricottini, who already demonstrated their current level of fitness during the openings ”.

In the leaderboard of the CrossFit® Italian Showdown there are so many great names even for what concerns the foreign athletes, let's see who will actually participate, we're really curious!

Last year Matilde told us that she had a very important goal for her and her athletic career, i Meridian Regionals. For this reason, his training in 2018 was more intense and focused. As he told us instead "This year, work took up more space in my life, so training took a back seat. This is why mine general level of fitness it will certainly not be that of last year. I still like to compete and challenge myself, so I don't hold back."

And we will cheer you on Matilde, thank you very much and good luck! We will follow you to CrossFit® Italian Showdown.