HYROX Beijing faces backlash after Aussie athlete continues race despite soiling herself

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/hyrox-beijing-backlash-after-athlete-soils-herself/107151004

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13 Comments

frongt@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 3d

ABC fumbled the reporting here. Shitting yourself during a race isn't uncommon, but apparently this isn't a race, it's a combination of crossfit-type exercises:

HYROX is a global fitness challenge in which participants race to complete often gruelling stations, including sandbag lunges, burpees, sled pushes and rowing.

Yeah you shouldn't be smearing your shit all over the shared equipment.

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3d

What a shitty thing to be in the news for.

Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d

HYROX China has said the area was decontaminated after the race finished.

Wonder who pulled that short straw.

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 3d (7 replies)

Bruh, why would you keep going?

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3d (6 replies)

Athletic drive probably

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3d (5 replies)

Also, it's already done. Not like you are putting the toothpaste back in the tube.

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 3d (4 replies)

Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather salvage some dignity.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3d (2 replies)

The dignity is gone, but the glory is still there for the taking

Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3d

demizerone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

A win is a win. 😂

Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

Would you not move farther away from the dirty ground then anyways? And if you're moving away fast you might as well do it in a way that has a reward.

eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d

Aussie Aussie Aussie

FluidBeef@quokk.au · 2 pts · 3d

If it’s good enough for Paula Radcliffe…