Hyrox Poop Controversy: A Beijing Race, A Viral Moment, And Olympic Dreams
TL;DR
The Cut explains Hyrox as a 2017 run-and-station fitness competition created by Moritz Fürste and Christian Toetzke, which has grown to around 1.5 million participants in 30 countries and even eyes an Olympic future; at a Hyrox event in Beijing, Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk unexpectedly pooped during burpee broad jumps, a moment captured in photos that spread online and sparked questions about how the sport and its image will weather the incident and its potential impact on Olympic prospects.
- Unpacking the Hyrox Poop Controversy The Cut
- Why do elite athletes soil themselves so frequently? The New York Times
- Competition co-founder apologizes after athlete allowed to continue despite defecating on herself NBC News
- Hyrox changes rules and apologises for allowing Australian athlete who soiled herself to continue The Guardian
- Hyrox apologises for allowing race to continue after athlete soils herself BBC
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