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Evening Standard
Health
Jessica Burrell

Meet the fittest woman on earth — and she still hasn’t reached her peak

Aimee Cringle competes in the RM back squat during the CrossFit Games 2025 - (Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

This summer, British athlete Aimee Cringle was crowned “fittest woman on earth” at the 2026 CrossFit Games in California. She beat 30 others in the high-intensity cross-discipline event, which took place across five days and included a row, swim and grass bike race, as well as steep runs, pull-ups, dead lifts and burpees.

What exactly does one do after being crowned the world’s fittest woman? The first thing on the 27-year-old’s post-event agenda was eating granola with “a big tub of yoghurt”. That, and ordering a burger and fries from Five Guys. She also went to a bar to celebrate, though somewhat reluctantly.

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