A South African team member tested positive for an illegal substance ahead of being invited to compete in the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games.
The CrossFit Tijger Valley Unit finished second at the Fittest in Cape Town semi-final competition held recently, which meant they were not going to continue on to the main competition.
However, the first place winner, Lize Burns from CrossFit Commit Okavango, tested positive for a banned substance, getting her team disqualified, reportedThat made CrossFit HQ turn to the second-placed team to fill the spot, except Pieter Smith was not expecting that at all. Smith had taken RAD140 – more commonly known as Testolone, which mimics the activity of testosterone in the body – and thus failed the drug test that, had he passed, would have helped his team be the lone African representatives in the upcoming competition.
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