Two weeks ago at HYROX Sydney, Chris Woolley was sitting on the rower next to James Kelly, comfortably in second place. The two even joked, “Where’s CrossFit?”, while they waited for Ricky Garard & James Newbury, two seasoned CrossFit athletes, to join them. After leaving the row, Chris struggled with his last 3 runs, his…

On Saturday, August 12, 2023, we got to witness the highly anticipated HYROX debut of elite CrossFit athletes, Ricky Garard and James Newbury. Newbury has been competing in CrossFit since 2011 and has been to the Games 4 times, finishing 5th in 2019. Ricky started CrossFitting in 2012 and has been to the Games twice,…