We are excited to welcome three CrossFit Games veterans among the first athletes admitted to the 2019 CrossFit Italian Showdown: ALESSANDRA PICHELLI (1st West Regional), SCOTT PANCHIK (4th Central Regional) and NICHOLAS PALADINO (2 times Teenage champion).

In total 211 competitors have accepted the invitation reserved to the 2018 Regionals and AGOQ athletes and to the finalists of the past edition of the event. These newly admitted competitors represent 147 CrossFit Affiliates from 28 countries.

USA is the most represented country after Italy, followed by Switzerland, UK, Germany, France, Spain and others. Also Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Australia are represented by at least one athlete so far.

Most of the athletes who responded to the invitation come from Meridian and Europe Regionals:

Meridian Regional (Rank)

Women
• EIK GYLFADOTTIR (3)
• STEPHANIE CHUNG (4)
• ALESSIA WÄLCHLI (5)
• MANILA PENNACCHIO (7)
• LISA EBLE (14)
• MATILDE ORLANDONI (18)
• MICHAELA PALOVA (28)
• DANILA CAPACCETTI (35)
• SUSANA LÓPEZ (39)

Men
• STEFANO MIGLIORINI (11)
• JUSTIN SWART (13)
• JONAA MÜLLER (14)
• BASEL QATAMESH (22)
• NICO PETRUZZI (32)
• STEFANO DI FRANCESCO (33)
• ROB SCHILLACI (34)
• RUBÉN INSUA (35)
• ATES BORAN (39)

Europe Regional (Rank)

Women
• THURIDUR ERLA HELGADOTTIR (8)
• SYNNE KROKSTAD (19)
• JANIE GARRATT (30)
• SOLVEIG SIGURDARDOTTIR (34)
• AOIFE BURKE (35)

Men
• ROMAN KHRENNIKOV (1)
• BRONISŁAW OLENKOWICZ (6)

The remaining invited athletes come from all over the world: Central Regional, East Regional, West Regional, South Regional, Atlantic Regional, Pacific Regional and Latin America Regional.

Invitation is closed now, but the full roster of the 2019 CrossFit Italian Showdown is not complete yet: there are still 1.289 slots available at the live event, that will be assigned through the pre-selection phase, based on a 7-minute workout.

Pre-selections will take place live in 5 Italian cities, from January 13 to February 10 live; athletes who won't be able to participate in person, will be allowed to submit their score along with a video proof from February 17 to 23.

DETAILS ABOUT THE REGISTRATION TO THE PRE-SELECTIONS WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY.

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Over 50 Regionals and AGOQ athletes from all over the world have answered our invitation so far. Thank you all!

IF YOU HAVEN'T CONFIRMED YET, HURRY UP! DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 11 NOVEMBER 2018.

After this deadline the invitation will expire and all the competitors will have to pass through the pre-selection phase to earn one of the 1.500 available slots at event.

📧 APPLICATION E-MAIL
↳ [email protected]

🚧 APPLICATION DEADLINE
↳ 11 November 2018

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YOUR PATHWAY TO THE SHOWDOWN

Athletes who have competed in the 2018 Regionals as individuals (also in the 2018 AGOQ) and the finalists of the 2018 Italian Showdown, are invited directly to day-1 of the 2019 CrossFit Italian Showdown, without the need to pass through the pre-selection phase.

ELIGIBLE ATHLETES MUST SEND AN APPLICATION EMAIL AND COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS

📧 APPLICATION E-MAIL
↳ [email protected]

🚧 APPLICATION DEADLINE
↳ 11 November 2018

Please note that THIS IS NOT A WILDCARD for the finals! Invited athletes are admitted to the qualification phase that will take place live during the first day of the competition. Athletes invited to day-1 will need to perform 3 qualifiers on site and score high enough to advance to the final phase.

All other competitors must pass through the pre-selection phase, that will take place live in 5 Italian cities and online worldwide, to earn one of the 1.500 slots available at the qualifications.

ALL THE DETAILS AND THE COMPLETE RULEBOOK ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

ℹ️ INFO
↳ www.crossfititalianshowdown.com

✍️ REGISTRATION OPENING
↳ mid-November 2018

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