Hyrox apologises after diarrhoea drama as athlete soils course, finishes and wins Beijing race

The Hyrox athletics franchise has issued an apology after allowing Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk to finish a competition in Beijing despite soiling herself during the event, prompting concerns about hygiene on social media.

The athlete continued to use the mats and equipment, ultimately winning the competition without intervention from the organizers.

The incident has sparked an outcry, with accusations of favoritism and inadequate regulatory measures.

Hyrox has acknowledged the oversight and promised new procedures to prevent such occurrences in the future, while Chinese state media criticized the regulatory flaws that affected fairness and participant safety.

BEIJING, Sept 15 — The Hyrox athletics franchise has apologised for allowing an athlete to complete an event in Beijing despite soiling herself midway through, causing an outcry on social media.

Photos and videos posted online showed Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk with soiled legs and shoes, continuing to use the mats and equipment at the competition held Saturday in the Chinese capital.

She completed the event without the organising committee intervening, and went on to win the competition, according to the Hyrox website.

But users pointed out on social media that other participants had to touch the contaminated mats, handles and running tracks after she had used them, and that the episode raised concerns about hygiene.

Hyrox, launched in Germany in 2018 and now held worldwide, is an indoor fitness race with a mixture of treadmill running and strength exercises, such as lunges and rowing.

Its popularity has exploded in China in recent years.

“Why didn’t they consider the health of the other competitors and the public?” said one user on Chinese social media network Weibo.

“A foreign athlete suffered from diarrhoea, soiled the course and won anyway,” said another angry user. “It’s pro-foreigner favouritism.”

“I apologise to all that were directly or indirectly affected, as well as to everyone who felt like we did not handle the situation like we should have,” said Hyrox co-founder Moritz Furste in a statement on Monday.

“Hyrox made a mistake by not reacting immediately during the race,” he added.

He accepted responsibility for failing to foresee the incident and said there were “new rules and procedures in place” to “prevent situations like this from happening again”.

Hyrox China did not apologise but admitted in an earlier statement to “shortcomings” in the regulations which had prevented judges from intervening immediately during the competition.

As the row boiled over, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV yesterday blamed “regulatory flaws that not only harm the participants’ health but also undermine the very foundation of fairness in any competition”. — AFP

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Hyrox田径俱乐部在允许澳大利亚运动员乔安娜·维特里克在北京比赛期间弄脏自己后仍完成比赛后，发表了道歉声明，这在社交媒体上引发了人们对卫生问题的担忧。

该运动员继续使用垫子和器材，最终在没有组织者干预的情况下赢得了比赛。

该事件引发了强烈抗议，人们指责存在徇私舞弊和监管措施不足的问题。

Hyrox 已承认存在疏忽，并承诺将采取新的程序来防止此类事件再次发生，而中国官方媒体则批评了影响公平性和参与者安全的监管缺陷。

北京，9月15日——Hyrox田径俱乐部就允许一名运动员在北京完成比赛一事道歉，尽管该运动员在比赛中途弄脏了自己，此事在社交媒体上引起了强烈抗议。

网上发布的照片​​和视频显示，澳大利亚运动员乔安娜·维特里克 (Joanna Wietrzyk) 的腿和鞋子都很脏，但她仍然继续使用周六在中国首都举行的比赛中的垫子和器材。

据 Hyrox 网站报道，她在没有组委会干预的情况下完成了比赛，并最终赢得了比赛。

但有用户在社交媒体上指出，其他参与者在她使用后不得不接触被污染的垫子、把手和跑道，这一事件引发了人们对卫生状况的担忧。

Hyrox 于 2018 年在德国推出，现在已在全球范围内举办，它是一项室内健身比赛，结合了跑步机跑步和力量训练，如弓步和划船。

近年来，它在中国的人气呈爆炸式增长。

一位用户在中国社交媒体微博上质问道：“他们为什么不考虑其他竞争对手和公众的健康呢？”

另一位愤怒的网友说：“一名外国运动员腹泻，弄脏了赛道，结果还是赢了。这是偏袒外国运动员。”

Hyrox 联合创始人莫里茨·弗斯特周一在一份声明中表示：“我向所有直接或间接受到影响的人道歉，也向所有认为我们没有妥善处理此事的人道歉。”

“Hyrox在比赛中没有立即做出反应，犯了一个错误，”他补充道。

他承认自己未能预见到这起事件，并表示已经制定了“新的规则和程序”，以“防止此类情况再次发生”。

海乐士中国公司没有道歉，但在早前的一份声明中承认，相关规定存在“缺陷”，导致裁判无法在比赛期间立即进行干预。

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