- Australian Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk has admitted she made the wrong decision to continue competing after suffering a sudden bout of diarrhoea during a race in Beijing.
- The 24-year-old won the women's Pro event despite the incident, but later issued a formal apology, forfeited her result, and withdrew from the competition.
- Hyrox organisers apologised for failing to intervene during the race and updated their rules to allow race directors to pull athletes posing contamination risks.
- Wietrzyk described the resulting online backlash as “traumatic” and admitted it made her consider leaving the sport entirely.
- She is set to return to competition on Friday in Hamburg, Germany, to take part in the sport's Elite 15 division event.
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