Lauren Fisher had surgery on her right ankle yesterday. Fisher injured her ankle in last year while preparing for the rope climbs on Tommy V heading into Regionals. She severely twisted her ankle when she landed awkwardly on the rope laying on the floor from her descent.



She was not able to fully train with her ankle for two weeks leading up to Regionals and ultimately failed to qualify for the 2015 CrossFit Games as an individual after finishing 12th in the California Regional. Fisher did, however, participate on CrossFit Invictus’ team at the CrossFit Games in which the team took 13th.

Per Fisher’s Instagram post yesterday, she has had “lingering pain off and on” since the initial injury, but continued to push through it. She came back this year and won the California Regional and then went on to finish 25th at the CrossFit Games.

However, after the Games, she had the ankle re-examined to find out her ankle was worse that she thought. Fisher had a “large tear in the tendons, a bone divot and loose bone fragments floating around.”

Following the announcement, Fisher has received an outpouring of support from social media followers.

Fisher’s Instagram post has received over 27,000 likes and 400 comments.