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‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself

18 Sept 2026 01:02 AEST Summary

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From the report

Australian Joanna Wietrzyk said she should have stepped off the track and was “deeply sorry for the discomfort and disruption it caused”.

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Indicators

Niral Score 2 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

No word appears twice.

Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 55.2 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Measured on The Sydney Morning Herald’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

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The Sydney Morning Herald ‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself plain
ABC News HYROX athlete hands back points after soiling herself during race plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Hyrox athlete apologises for finishing race after soiling herself plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Happiness
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	2	0	71	55.2
ABC News	7.2	4	75	50.4

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The same event elsewhere

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ABC News HYROX athlete hands back points after soiling herself during race Niral 7.2 political 0 The Age ‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself Niral 2 political 0 Brisbane Times ‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself Niral 2 political 0 WAtoday ‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself Niral 2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Hyrox athlete apologises for finishing race after soiling herself Niral 8.4 political 0 The Age Hyrox athlete apologises for finishing race after soiling herself Niral 8.4 political 0 Brisbane Times Hyrox athlete apologises for finishing race after soiling herself Niral 8.4 political 0 WAtoday Hyrox athlete apologises for finishing race after soiling herself Niral 8.4 political 0