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

WAtoday Sarah McPhee
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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”.

Basement, cellar corridor, view to northwest - Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Hospital Building, Rixey Place, bounded by Williamson Drive, Holcomb Road, and The Circle, Portsmouth, HABS VA,65-PORTM,2A-38 library picture
Not from this story. A library photograph of hospital corridor interior, used to illustrate it. Basement, cellar corridor, view to northwest - Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Hospital Building, Rixey Place, bounded by Williamson Drive, Holcomb Road, and The Circle, Portsmouth, HABS VA,65-PORTM,2A-38 Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

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

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingHappiness
WAtodayas they published this story 2 0 71 55.2
ABC News 7.2 4 75 50.4

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The Sydney Morning Herald ‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete apologises, forfeits event after soiling herself Niral 2 political 0 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 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