The 2023 CrossFit Open kicked off yesterday to a bit of a rocky start. While the Open announcement itself appeared to go well without any hiccups, shortly afterwards it was revealed that CrossFit had incorrectly loaded the women’s barbell for the cleans.
Since the announcement was in Spain and kilogram plates were used, the women’s weight was supposed to be 43 kg. However, the barbell was only loaded to 38 kg.
The incorrect weight was used in two heats. The first heat featured local CrossFitters while the elite athletes took the floor for the second heat. In total three athletes, Camila Granizo, Laura Horvath and Gabriela Migala, did the workout with the wrong weight.
After quite a bit of chatter on social media throughout the afternoon (and into the early morning hours in Spain), CrossFit released an official statement whereby it accepted responsibility for the error.
Per CrossFit:
CrossFit athletes Camila Granizo, Laura Horvath and Gabriela Migala put on an incredible performance kicking off the 2023 CrossFit Open. CrossFit mistakenly misloaded the women’s barbells during the 23.1 Announcement, which resulted in the weights being lighter than prescribed. The barbells in today’s test weighed 38 kg instead of the prescribed 43 kg.
Despite their efforts, Granizo, Horvath and Migala will not be able to have their scores from this attempt validated.
It was solely CrossFit’s responsibility to load the barbells to the correct weight and we apologize for the error.
So while CrossFit has accepted responsibility for the error, all three women’s scores will not be validated, thereby requiring them to re-do the workout to get on the leaderboard.
