McQuaid leading the charge in CrossFit craze

Ireland has one of the top female athletes in the world in the growing sport of CrossFit who has high hopes of breaking into its global top 10 in 2020.

Emma McQuaid (29), a personal trainer from Newry who also finished fourth in 63kg weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, had never heard of CrossFit before she saw a class in an American gym in 2013.