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Hyrox Athlete Returns to Win in Hamburg Following Beijing Controversy

Joanna Wietrzyk has won her first event of the new season in Hamburg after facing intense public backlash for continuing a race in Beijing while soiled. In her first media interviews, Wietrzyk acknowledged making the wrong decision and putting others at risk due to her determination to win, while describing the resulting online reaction as traumatic.

Referenced News Coverage (4 sources)

Hyrox athlete who soiled herself puts ‘confronting’ matter behind her to win return race (The Guardian)
Australian HYROX pooper breaks silence after she sparked worldwide outrage after continuing race covered in faecal matter - and vows to race again (Daily Mail)
Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race tells BBC she put others at risk but backlash was traumatic (BBC News)
'I made the wrong decision,' Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race tells BBC (BBC News)