Sara Sigmundsdottir Accepts World Fitness Project London Invite, Pauses CrossFit Open Attempts

Sara Sigmundsdottir has accepted a special invitation from Will Moorad and the World Fitness Project to compete at Tour Stop 1 in London on May 1, and she will pause attempts at the CrossFit Open while she protects a comeback. The Icelandic athlete, who has been managing a string of injuries and health issues, is shifting her 2026 plan away from Tour Stop 2 and toward a focused rehabilitation timeline in Arizona.

Sara Sigmundsdottir shared that she received one of the special invites to compete at the World Fitness Project’s Tour Stop 1 in London this May. The invite came from Will Moorad and the WFP team, and it gives Sigmundsdottir a concrete target as she continues work at Jump Ship Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. Her stated goal is to be ready to step on the competition floor on May 1 in London.

The decision changes the shape of Sigmundsdottir’s early-season calendar. As for the CrossFit Open, you won’t see Sigmundsdottir’s name on the leaderboard. That’s not because she doesn’t want to compete, but it is because she is trusting her coach and decided to not put her progress in jeopardy. Electing to skip the Open removes the usual route of Open rankings and online qualifiers from her immediate comeback plan and centers recovery and a single-event return.

Sigmundsdottir is the second athlete publicly known to receive a WFP special invite for Tour Stop 1; Noah Ohlsen also received an invite after he failed to finish in the top 20 last season when he had to withdraw from the WFP Finals. That pairing of invites highlights WFP’s use of discretionary entries to populate Tour Stop fields and to bring established names back into a competitive format while managing health and availability.

Social channels and video platforms have already picked up the development. X and Facebook posts announcing the special invitation begin, "Sara Sigmundsdottir has received a special invitation to compete at Tour Stop 1 in London from the World Fitness Project. The Icelandic..." while a YouTube page tied to her name shows 27K views and a 21:13 metadata snippet alongside coverage such as "Aimee Cringle Takes 2nd Place At The World Fitness Project," reflecting early attention on her potential return.

If Sigmundsdottir hits the floor in London on May 1, it will represent the first measurable step in a comeback that has been framed around careful rehab at Jump Ship Phoenix and a coach-directed timeline rather than the Open-to-Games pipeline she has navigated in previous seasons.