The worldwide CrossFit Video games continued Friday, at some point after a competitor drowned whereas swimming throughout a Fort Price lake.
Friday opened with a particular tribute honoring 28-year-old Lazar Ðukić, who’s from Serbia. CrossFit mentioned in an announcement the choice to proceed the video games got here after “cautious thought and plenty of conversations” internally, with athletes and with Đukić’s household.
Ðukić was the third-ranked CrossFit athlete in Serbia and the 88th-ranked worldwide, in keeping with Đukić’s biography on the CrossFit web site.
A GoFundMe web page for the athlete has raised greater than $300,000 as of Friday morning.
Ðukić debuted on the CrossFit Video games in 2021 after taking part in water polo for years in Serbia. He later launched his brother, Luka, to CrossFit, and the 2 had been competing collectively this yr.
“I do know any individual is working on a regular basis subsequent to me,” Lazar Dukic mentioned in a video this week on Instagram. “This pushes me onerous, each mentally and bodily. And I can’t let my brother beat me. So, yeah, it’s only a nice push to have him.”
Ðukić was recognized for his kindness, humor and supportive nature, the GoFundMe says.
“Past his athletic achievements, Lazar was caring, humorous and relentlessly supported these round him,” the web page reads. “His heat, supportive nature and fast wit left an enduring impression on everybody he met.”
“Lazar’s legacy of approaching life with kindness and humor will all the time be remembered.”
The CrossFit Video games is an annual competitors that seeks to crown “the fittest man and the fittest lady on Earth.” Sometimes in Madison, Wisconsin, the video games moved to Texas for the primary time this yr.
