Unfortunately, it has already been canceled: for those who don't remember, the Mayhem Madness or the Rich Froning competition, had the goal of creating a sort of "Games" for teams only.
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Let's take a step back ...
It is worth mentioning that due to the Covid pandemic, i CrossFit Games have suffered cutsin fact some categories have been eliminated from the race.
Froning, resentful of these decisions, has created an event of its own. The idea was to invite the 9 Teams already classified through the Sanctionals and 3 other teams with an online Qualifier, which took place in mid-June.
The race was ready: we had confirmation of the 12 teams that would participate in the competition, which initially was to take place from 2 to 9 August. After the latest news from the postponement of the race (due to travel restrictions of the teams) on August 23, a few days ago the official announcement of the cancellation arrived.
With a post on Instagram, the landlord, Rich Froning, communicated the reasons that led him to cancel the event. Basically restrictions on international travel and some other factors caused by the pandemic made it impossible to organize and run a race of this magnitude.
So the program ends Best Team on Earth 2020, without a winner and with great regret for all Crossfitters.
Here is Froning's announcement on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMrTPCgd5K/
The referrals due to Covid
After the competition was postponed, about 3 weeks ago, the number of Covid-19 cases per day in the United States has significantly increased.
This prompted the American authorities to further intensify restrictions on international travel and also on domestic travel, making logistics impossible for at least 5 teams already classified.
In the announcement, Rich apologizes and states that he is very sad about the cancellation of Mayhem Madness. Furthermore, he clarified that Rebook, one of the sponsors of the race, will be giving the sneakers to all the teams classified as a form of recognition.
What about the Games this year?
This cancellation left Crossfit audiences on alert as several California counties experienced a significant increase in the number of cases, including the Monterey Bay district where Crossfit Ranch is located (the site chosen for the Games dispute), leaving a even greater uncertainty about the Games.
For now Dave Castro has not released any official news, but we of CrossMag we will update you on all future news! Stay tuned!
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