At
the end of the 2014 CrossFit Invitational Games Director Dave Castro
dropped a bombshell into what to expect for next year’s CrossFit season
First
the first time since the Open began in 2011, we will see a reduction
‘qualifying regions’. While there will still be 17 qualifying realms
during the CrossFit Games Open, Regional events will be consolidated
into what is being called in-house ‘Super Regionals’.
Castro used
the example of NorCal and SoCal, which will both be combined into one
California Region. Both qualifying realms will bring their top 20 male
and female athletes to compete for five spots at the CrossFit Games.
This
will extend to other regions with Canada West and North West combining,
Canada East and North East combining, Asia and Australia and Africa and
Europe among others.
Castro said that unlike the California
example, in the case of Australia and Asia, the total number of regional
competitors would be scaled a bit differently. While the numbers
haven’t been made official, Castro mentioned that Australia would
possibly bring 30 qualifiers and Asia would bring 10.
The idea of the reshuffle is to be able to have 40 incredibly strong athletes competing across four heats.
As
part of the announcement, Castro said there would be some small changes
to the CrossFit Open, including, for the first time, a scaled division.
There
will also be the crowning of State and National champions after the
completion of the Open, which is designed to isolate who has won each
state and country.
At this stage the finer details are still yet
to be finalised, including location of ‘Super Regional’ competitions and
the dates of the CrossFit Games Open.
More details are expected to be announced later.
Megan
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