Taichung is to host the Power Fitness Grand Prix today and tomorrow, bringing one of Asia’s largest CrossFit-style competitions to central Taiwan.
More than 2,000 athletes from 12 countries and regions are to compete at Taichung City Hall Square in the two-day event, the Chinese Taipei Cultural Leisure and Sport Association and the Taichung City Government said at a news conference yesterday.
Licensed by the Prescott, Arizona-based CrossFit headquarters, the Grand Prix is the largest CrossFit competition in Taiwan and the country’s first city-based physical fitness event, highlighted by an Asia-leading total prize purse of NT$1 million (US$32,049), the organizers said in a statement.
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The competitions are divided into a competitor group for elite athletes and a fitness group for grassroots participants. Each group features men’s duo, women’s duo, mixed duo and mixed four (two men and two women) categories, with athletes required to complete a series of high-intensity functional workouts.
Among the international competitors is Anna “Super Ninja” Ivanova of Russia, who is visiting Taiwan for the first time.
She hopes to enjoy her time in Taiwan while striving for victory with her teammates, Ivanova said in the statement.
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Kanji Sakiyama of Japan said that his team arrived in Taiwan in strong form and looked forward to the start of the event.
In addition to those nations and the hosts, athletes from Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the UK and the US are also to take part, the organizers said.
