Katrin Davidsdottir ‘disappointed’ with CrossFit’s changes as former CEO still owns the company, despite George Floyd tweet scandal

Katrin Davidsdottir, two-time champion of the CrossFit Games, believes the recent changes to CrossFit’s CEO is not enough in the wake of a scandal. This week, founder Greg Glassman stood down from his post as CEO, following an online outrage centred around a tweet about George Floyd.

But CrossFit is a private company, so Glassman retains ownership.

“I am disappointed, to say the least, with the solution that was provided and I do not see change. This might have given the worldwide press a headline that they wanted, but fundamentally there was no change. Doesn’t Greg Glassman still own 100 per cent of CrossFit?,” Davidsdottir posted.

Last Saturday, Glassman replied to a tweet by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that called racism and discrimination “public health issues”. Glassman wrote, “It’s FLOYD-19”, referring to George Floyd, the black man killed by a white police officer in the US, and the global pandemic Covid-19.

He went on to explain: “Your failed model quarantined us and now you're going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd's brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is ‘accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots.’ Thanks!”