Hyrox, launched in Germany in 2018 and now held worldwide, is an indoor fitness race combining treadmill running with strength exercises, such as lunges and rowing. Its popularity has exploded in China in recent years.
Photos and videos of Wietrzyk competing with excrement on her legs and shoes sparked criticism on social media, with some users raising concerns about hygiene and other competitors using the contaminated equipment after she had touched them.
“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…
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