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Egypt’s ELFIT Kicks off Thursday and Celebrates 10th Anniversary

November 7, 2022 by
Photo credit: Provided by ELFIT CrossFit Championship
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Egypt’s ELFIT CrossFit Championship returns this weekend (Nov. 10-12) with 17 CrossFit divisions — including 94 elite individual men and women in total set to take the floor. For its 10th year running in Cairo, the CrossFit licensed event is expecting 1,200 competitors from over 40 countries to throw down in front of more than 2,000 spectators.

Who to watch: 60 men and 34 women make up the elite individual divisions, including Games athlete Brent Fikowski, who will also be leading a training seminar the following week. 

  • Click here for more details on athletes to keep your eyes on throughout the weekend 
  • Games athlete Patrick Vellner made the trip and although he isn’t competing, he be doing meet and greets each day of the competition 

Workouts: The first day of competition has only two events with eight total events across the weekend.

Event 1: Run Like an Egyptian

  • 5km Trail Run

Event 2: Beauty and the Beast 

  • Part A: 90 seconds on, 60 seconds off:
    8/6 Ring muscle-ups + max unbroken single-unders in remaining time
    60 seconds rest
    10/7 Ring muscle-ups + max unbroken double-unders in remaining time
    60 seconds rest
    12/8 Ring muscle-ups + max crossover double-unders in remaining time
  • Part B: AMRAP 2:30
    Max reps of shoulder to overhead from blocks (120kg/90kg) 

For a full list of announced workouts so far, visit our ELFIT competition hub

Photo credit: Provided by ELFIT CrossFit Championship

Tickets: To see the action live, grab a ticket (available in single-day and three-day passes). 

Eager for more? There’s no live stream available to watch online, however, ELFIT is a Morning Chalk Up partner event, so we’ll be bringing you updates throughout the three days of action.

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