The champ can have a brand new title — Mom.
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2022, six-time CrossFit Video games ladies’s champion Tia-Clair Toomey introduced that she and her husband, Shane Orr, predict their first little one collectively. In consequence, she is not going to be competing within the 2023 aggressive season.
“We’re extraordinarily excited to share, WE’RE PREGNANT! This has been the best shock and considerably particular to share with household and buddies whereas being dwelling in Australia for Christmas,” Toomey wrote within the caption of her Instagram publish. “This may undoubtedly be a Christmas for us all to recollect.”
Together with posts on social media, the anticipating mother and father additionally shared a video with the announcement on their YouTube channel, which you’ll see beneath.
Whereas Toomey focuses on her rising household, which means the CrossFit Video games podium can be an unfamiliar website in 2023. Toomey had made the rostrum yearly she’s competed since 2015, beginning with two second-place finishes in 2015 and 2016. She then amassed her unbelievable run of six straight championships from 2017 to 2022. She is taken into account by many within the CrossFit neighborhood to be the best particular person competitor of all-time. She is also thought to be one of the crucial common feminine athletes in all of energy sports activities.
The 2023 Video games’ podium would be the first that Toomey isn’t standing on since 2014. The champion that 12 months was Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, with Annie Thorisdottir and Julie Foucher becoming a member of her in second and third, respectively. Because the Video games started in 2007, solely 9 ladies have gained the title of “Fittest on Earth”. These champions are listed beneath.
2007: Jolie Gentry
2008: Caity Matter
2009: Tanya Wagner
2010: Kristan Intelligent
2011-2012: Annie Thorisdottir
2013: Samantha Briggs
2014: Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
2015-2016: Katrin Davidsdottir
2017-2022: Tia-Clair Toomey
If Thorisdottir and Davidsdottir ought to compete within the 2023 Video games, they may doubtlessly be the primary particular person champions to regain the title after dropping it. In the event that they don’t, and Toomey chooses to return to competitors in 2024 or later, she might doubtlessly be the primary to reclaim the title, including to her already unbelievable monitor file within the sport.
Amongst those who could possibly be thought of high contenders for the title in 2023 now that Toomey is out of the sphere embody former two-time Video games’ runner-up (2018, 2121) Laura Horvath, who completed in third in 2022, and the 2022 second-place finisher, Mallory O’Brien.
Featured Picture: @tiaclair1 / Instagram
