Reebok breaks with CrossFit, whose founder quits

2020-06-11T13:52:00

Reebok

Greg Glassman, who co-founded CrossFit 20 years ago, announced his retirement as its chief executive, after attracting strong criticism for tweeting ”It’s Floyd-19” in reaction to a tweet from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which said that racism and discrimination are “critical public health issues.”

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