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Aussie beast crowned Fittest Woman on Earth

Brisbane athlete Tia-Clair Toomey has been crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth for the second year in a row after a powerful performance at the 2018 Crossfit Games.

Toomey won three events out of 14 across the games, but was extremely consistent, only finishing outside the top 10 once.

Wins in the CrossFit Total, Madison Triplus and Aeneas events propelled the 25-year-old to glory, over CrossFit Games rookie Laura Horvath.

During the ‘Crossfit Total’ event, Toomey lit up the games with a stunning 188kg deadlift, which sent the crowd wild and left the Aussie pumped.

Tia-Clair Toomey celebrates after a huge deadlift at the Crossfit Games. Pic: Crossfit
Tia-Clair Toomey celebrates after a huge deadlift at the Crossfit Games. Pic: Crossfit

The weightlifting star is no stranger to the highlights reel, and had Australian fans in awe of her sheer strength at the Commonwealth Games earlier in the year.

Toomey claimed a dramatic victory for Australia in the 58kg weightlifting category by pulling off a huge 114kg clean and jerk on the last lift of the competition – adding a Commonwealth Games gold medal to her fittest woman on earth title from the year before.

“This gold medal means more than just a gold medal,” Toomey told Channel 7.

“My family, my team, my husband, we’ve trained so hard for this, it is a dream come true.”