After winning back-to-back Affiliate Cup Championship titles as part of CrossFit Mayhem Freedom, James Hobart recently announced he will not compete with the team in 2017.

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The announcement confirms the past several weeks of speculation that Hobart's departure was imminent. The official CrossFit Games team rules require all six team members to train at the same gym from the beginning of the season, January 1, until they compete at the Affiliate Cup Championship. When Hobart began posting videos of himself training with Austin Malleolo in the Boston area, most fans knew his run with Rich Froning's team had ended.

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