The athletes are limited edition.
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Hundreds of people will test their skills in Barcelona, Spain. They will be participating in a competition that focuses on adaptive divisions with different categories.
More than 1,200 athletes from 28 different countries will compete in the three-day competition. There is a public gathering place on the Mediterranean Sea.
- GRIT Programming, a Barcelona-based training platform, is in charge of programming the workouts for the three-day competition featuring teams and several individual divisions.
- The 2022 CrossFit Games had three main adaptive divisions – upper extremity, lower extremity, and neuromuscular. Wodcelona takes it a step further with seven adaptive divisions – upper extremity, lower extremity, neuromuscular, sensorial, short stature, seated-1, and seated-2.
- Along with adaptive divisions, Wodcelona will also feature Elite/RX male and female divisions; male and female teams; three masters divisions; and intermediate/scaled divisions.
The CEO of limited edition athletes said that it all started in the beginning of last year. I had a limited edition athletes organization that was happening after I returned from Wodapalooza. I wanted to do something similar to what Miami is for the US. It’s possible that wodcelona can be for Europe. Start it from the adaptive roots and then invite the able-bodied divisions.
I went on a train to my parent’s home in the middle of the year. We have had a lot of talks, discussions, and people come in. It’s a dream come true.
A non-profit organization dedicated to adapting functional fitness to the capacities of everyone is called limited edition athletes. Seven gyms in Barcelona are helped by limited edition athletes who work directly with them.
- Along with the focus on adaptive athletes, Limited Edition Athletes works directly with Hospital del Mar to assist those about to receive treatment for cancer through a program called Reps Against Cancer.
- Another important project, PistOLDs, is one created in collaboration with Dr. Maria Rosa Gutiérrez and the Malgrat de Mar City Council. Limited Edition Athletes has a functional fitness program for people over the age of 65, which helps create a sense of belonging to a community.
All of the major festivals in Barcelona will take place in a beautiful location. Extreme Barcelona is a festival featuring contests for BMX, scooters, skateboarding, and break dancing. Performers will include rappers, DJs, and others.
- “We are expecting to bring around 6000 people during the three days, especially because it’s a free event, so it’s convenient,” Gil said. “And at the same time, because it’s happening when the festivities of the city… Those days when Barcelona has lots to offer like culture, sports, etc.”
- “So they’re going to be promoting it all around the city to make sure that anybody in the city can go there. So we’re expecting in three days 6000 people, which is quite a lot. But the venue is giant. So I think it’s going to give a really cool atmosphere there. And it’s also a really good chance for people to know more about our sport, right?”
There are many reasons why limited edition athletes and wodcelona are focused on adaptive athletes. There isn’t a division for those who don’t reach the games, so the first thing to do is to give them opportunities to compete.
- The other is to change the conversation in future years. The goal is to reach a point where fitness enthusiasts see the name Wodcelona and automatically know that it’s a place welcome to everyone. There won’t have to be press releases listing the various divisions.
The goal is not to be the biggest competition. Everyone has a chance to go there and have fun and be part of this. One of the things that we know is that there are athletes who are in a quadriplegic situation. They have the opportunity to compete here.
The man in charge of equipment for the competition said that it was cool that the man was working with the man. Many athletes might not make it to the Games because they don’t have the category to compete in. Right? Who knows? For the next edition of the Games, they can get some ideas of how we want to structure the competition for all these athletes and how we can bring this to a major competition like in Madison.
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