Tia-Clair Toomey Flirts with CrossFit Immortality

The GOAT debate (the greatest of all time) is one of those that is raging in the halls of all sports. LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, Connor McDavid will be better than Wayne Gretzky?

CrossFit’s parity within its own sport between men and women prompts an even more intense discussion: who is the greatest of all time, male or female? Rich Froning has four singles and five team titles, Mat Fraser has five and then there is Australian superstar Tia-Clair Toomey.

Right now, Toomey is flirting with CrossFit immortality, having won every event over two days of competition in the Torian Pro, which would be an unprecedented display of dominance if he can keep this up until the end of the competition and two more events. No registered CrossFit athlete has ever run a sanctioned competition, winning every event.

Not only has Toomey won events this week, but he’s been so far ahead of his competition that it’s easy to imagine his frustrations. Won “2014 Regionals Event 5” by: 30 seconds into a workout that only lasted four minutes, broke the schedule on “Don’t Stop Me Now”, finishing the event in just two rounds, was the only male or female athlete to do it. Oh yeah, and she’s tied for the world record at the barre complex at 245 pounds (she might as well have hit at least 250).

The competition is not far behind in Torian Pro either, as she faces a stacked field that could send a handful of women to the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games with podium potential.

New mom Kara Saunders, Jamie Simmonds back from injury, an up-and-coming Ellie Turner eager to prove they’re formidable opponents, and Toomey could have pressed cruise control after day one and most likely stopped, but their plans seem to be otherwise: total domination.

🤢🤢🤢 @TiaToomey going seamlessly through all the starts to finish all 60 starts in 3 rounds (5:59).

every 2 minutes
15 chest-to-bar pull-ups
15/10 bike calories echo
Max snatch 105/75
Rest 2 minutes, then repeat for 60 snatches. 4 round cap pic.twitter.com/8WKKMcJoXu

– Morning Chalk (@MorningChalkUp) May 21, 2022

Barring the unexpected, she will also be in line for her sixth CrossFit Games title this summer, which would see her outshine Froning and Fraser. Except for those few who think Froning’s team achievements are compared to individual titles, which is not what most do, after this summer there will be no more debate, Toomey will be the greatest CrossFit athlete of all time, and she will have set a benchmark so high, so unattainable, that it will probably engrave her in the halls of immortality like Gretzky and Jordan.

Achievements so great and grandiose that Toomey’s legacy will stand the test of time. To think in this new era of CrossFit parity that someone can string together six titles in a row is completely unfathomable, and the only person even remotely close to that is Justin Medeiros, with one to his name.

Toomey’s rise to CrossFit dominance is well-documented, a crucial mindset shift in 2016 after she placed second twice spawned a new athlete between the ears, and one who was virtually unstoppable on the competition track. Everything that went through Toomey’s head during those moments when she reassessed her career as a CrossFit athlete needs to be studied by clinical professionals, because she gave birth to one of the greatest athletes of all time, and the greatest CrossFit athlete. that we have had, and will be. you will most likely see.