CrossFit founder sorry about tweet

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The founder of CrossFit is apologizing for a Twitter post he made about racial inequality protests after Reebok cut ties with his company.

On Saturday, the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation tweeted: “Racism is a Public Health Issue.”

In a response, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman tweeted “It’s Floyd-19,” a reference to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

Reebok had been negotiating a new contract with CrossFit.

Glassman, through his company’s Twitter account, wrote: “I made a mistake by the words I chose yesterday. My heart is deeply saddened by the pain it has caused. It was a mistake, not racist but a mistake.”