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Three years ago, Luis Oscar Mora discovered CrossFit when looking to gain strength for martial arts and it didn’t take him long to fall in love with the sport. A member of CrossFit Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Mora is trained by head coach and box owner Luis Gerardo Garcia Romero. He’s been training under Romero for a year and a half. Proudly representing his country, Mora is wise beyond his years. Training two times per day, before and after school, CrossFit has become the center of his life. “He wants to start coaching," Romero said, "but I am pushing him to enjoy being a kid and an athlete first." Romero beamed with pride while reflecting on Mora's growth this season. “At these Games, I can see how focused he is. He is pacing himself,” Romero said. “I am so proud seeing him out there, I wiped away a tear when he signed his first score card.” Despite narrowly missing a podium position by 2 points for Teenage Boys 16-17 Division, Mora had an impressive rookie debut and will surely be a men’s individual athlete to watch for 2017. With the Mexican flag in tow, his cheering section in green at the Games could be heard chanting “Luis O” loud and proud. Mora's fans are loyal and the strategy for 2017 has been set. “We are aiming for him to reach the individuals next year and would like him to gain a scholarship to study Kinesiology in the US next year. The competition to push him doesn't exist in Mexico,” Romero explained.

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"(Roy) Masters does not know much about weightlifting. He knows even less about CrossFit." —Russ Greene

"This part of the hike had to have been one of the scariest thing I've ever done! 400 feet above the ground traversing on man made type of steps😳🙈🦄 my hands were so sweaty and my heart was beating so fast omg!!! Are you in or out? #telluride " —Camille Leblanc-Bazinet

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"I was already a big fan of Tia-Clair Toomey - Athlete, who has placed 2nd two years in a row at the CrossFit Games and yet seems to fly completely under the radar. Thanks to this editorial, I'm now an even bigger fan. "You don't normally get journalists writing bitter, condescending reviews of your first-time Olympic performance. Tia-Clair is an exception. Her seemingly casual multi-sport success has bruised the egos of many weightlifters in her home country. Hence author Roy Masters awkwardly trying to put this unorthodox Olympian in her place. "Where can I get a Toomey 16' CrossFit Games Jersey?" —Russell Berger

Tommy Marquez names his favorite moments from the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games.

CrossFit Games debut eye-opening for St. Helena defensive coordinator Cia St. Helena High football defensive coordinator Matt Cia, behind fence, poses with his entourage - from left, Ernie Newcomb, Buck Nott, Mark Cia, Ron Cia, Nicole Cia, Julie Cia and Austin Cia - after competing in the CrossFit Games at StubHub Center ...

With 5 minutes to find a 1-rep max in Squat Clean, George Sterner, 17, completed a 335-lb. lift at a listed body weight of 185 lb. Sterner, from CrossFit Carbon, won the event and was later crowned the second-fittest teen on Earth during the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games. Note: 335 lb. was the sixth-heaviest barbell (of 15 bars) in the Clean Ladder in the individual men's competition at the 2012 Games.

Forty of the fittest men on Earth competed in five days of grueling competition, the final stage of a global test to find the Fittest Man on Earth. That man is Mathew Fraser.

What does it take to be the Fittest Man or Woman on Earth?

Missoula's Sue Habbe makes CrossFit Games podium again MISSOULA - CrossFit is exploding across the U.S. In Missoula alone, three gyms now specialize in the workout method. Our Athlete of the Week didn't try it until an age where most athletic careers have ended.

Corporate cult or fitness family: what is the secret of CrossFit's success? CrossFit bestrides the world of urban exercise like a colossus - one with especially great abs. The reach of its ever-expanding empire is writ large on the company's own website, where the number of affiliated “boxes” - CrossFit-speak for gyms - is ...

After stumbling in the Handstand Walk, Tia-Clair Toomey - Athlete comes roaring back in Suicide Sprint.

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Crossfit Parallax left everyone in its wake in the Sprint Relay (2:09) at the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games.

Inaugural CrossFit Games champion and S.W.A.T Team Leader Jolie Gentry sits down with Allison Hagendorf to talk about the evolution of the Games and the impact of CrossFit on stereotypes and gender equality.

David Hippensteel is no stranger to the Masters division at The CrossFit Games, but this year, he leveled up to Men’s Masters 60+. With two first place event finishes to end day 1 and a 52 point lead going into the finals, it’s safe to say he fit into his new division just fine. While he was well ahead of his competition, not all events have gone to plan. With multiple no-reps in Event 3 which contributed to a 10th place finish, he remained optimistic. "Ultimately, I just remember that it is a privilege to be here and promote a world of fitness during a global epidemic of bad health," David Hippensteel said. The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games certainly wasn’t Hippensteel’s first rodeo as he has competed at the Games for four consecutive years. First introduced to CrossFit by his daughter and four year CrossFit Invictus team member, Heather Hippensteel, they have taken the CrossFit world by storm with their powerful athletic gifts. As Heather and her siblings have grown up, David has always encouraged them to participate in sports they are naturally good at. Something they have in common? Being beasts in the CrossFit arena. Despite living on opposite sides of the country, CrossFit is something that brings them together. David Hippensteel shares, "She lives in San Diego and I live in Clarksville, Tennessee, and so we train together as often as it is possible." It seems as if his efforts to train with his daughter have served him well. Though placing third in the final, Hippensteel ended his 2016 season 46 points ahead of the pack, thus crowning him the fittest man in the Masters Men 60+ division at the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games.

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