Many thought it might happen, but after yesterday’s 19.1 submission deadline to compete in the 2019 Crossfit Open it is official. The number of athletes participating the 2019 CrossFit Open has declined year over year for the first time in the sport’s nine year history.

Just over 357,000 participants registered to compete in the five-week online global competition, down from 416,000 in 2018. What might be even more surprising is that 2019’s participation is less than the 380,000 that signed up in 2017.

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