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BiscoffByTheSpoon · 15/09/2026 13:47

qamvbm · 15/09/2026 12:47

Well, I do think it’s gross, but can’t get too upset about it until we clean up our public spaces. Dog shit on pavements and in parks. Worse than human shit.

Eh?? 😂 You'd rather walk past a human pooing on the pavement than a dog? That's so weird 😅

(Obviously, any dog owner who doesn't pick up after their dog is the worst type of human).

KarmenPQZ · 15/09/2026 13:49

This is the polar opposite to Sydney sweeny’s approach to sports.

personally urging everyone to keep to the middle ground not these extremes 🤢🤢🤢

gamerchick · 15/09/2026 13:50

AshaK · 15/09/2026 10:35

I’ve seen people running marathons who have very clearly shat themselves. That’s what happens with too many energy gels!

The shits is quite common in runners but runners aren't really affecting anyone else.

Hankunamatata · 15/09/2026 13:50

Its grim. So not ideal for runners or cyclists as people say it happens but least they are outside and people anrt having to use equipment covered in poo!

thehound4 · 15/09/2026 13:51

I don’t think it’s disgusting in the sense that it’s a normal bodily reaction and can very commonly happen during exercise. However I do think in the interests of health, safety and dignity she should have been made to clean up. It can’t have been pleasant for her and even less pleasant for those competing in the same area.

Comeonbabylightmyaga · 15/09/2026 13:53

I wonder if she still would have won if she hadn’t covered everyone and everything in faeces.

I’m not squeamish and sport makes me need to poo. I wouldn’t inflict that on anyone. I stop, do what I need to do and get back to it. Obviously I’ll never be a professional athlete until I get over that!

LaLoba · 15/09/2026 14:01

Comeonbabylightmyaga · 15/09/2026 13:53

I wonder if she still would have won if she hadn’t covered everyone and everything in faeces.

I’m not squeamish and sport makes me need to poo. I wouldn’t inflict that on anyone. I stop, do what I need to do and get back to it. Obviously I’ll never be a professional athlete until I get over that!

The pros aren’t shitting themselves though. It would be big news if the front runners in eg the olympics, Tour de France were finishing covered in shit.

TealHacks · 15/09/2026 14:08

Of course she won. The stink of her shit everywhere would most definitely have affected everyone else's performance.

Given there is obviously no rules or protocols in place for athletes who shit themselves, and spread that shit all over.. I wonder if it was a deliberate tactic.

Extraordinary that everyone carried on regardless.

YADNBU

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 15/09/2026 14:18

LaLoba · 15/09/2026 13:00

Going so hard that you hit total exhaustion, confusion, nausea etc.

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I've heard cycling-mad friends use this term in this context, and it always causes confusion (and sometimes shock!) amongst non-cycling types like me, when you first hear it!

You just think that, when they tell you about two of them travelling through a beautiful country lane and then they have to stop as they're about to bonk... couldn't they have just kept that as a special secret memory between themselves?!

LaLoba · 15/09/2026 14:20

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 15/09/2026 14:18

I've heard cycling-mad friends use this term in this context, and it always causes confusion (and sometimes shock!) amongst non-cycling types like me, when you first hear it!

You just think that, when they tell you about two of them travelling through a beautiful country lane and then they have to stop as they're about to bonk... couldn't they have just kept that as a special secret memory between themselves?!

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😂

Charlotte120221 · 15/09/2026 14:23

You're DQ if you spit in a Hyrox race - surely this is worse? Imagine being behind her.....

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 15/09/2026 14:25

Manxexile · 15/09/2026 13:06

"... Gary Lineker definitely did a full-on jobbie whilst he was on the pitch, though!"

Eh? 😮

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Apparently GL admitted it afterwards, and said that he'd been feeling really unwell. You can see him scoot across the pitch in the exact same way that a guilty-looking dog scoots across your lovely clean carpet!

runnerducky · 15/09/2026 14:26

Totally inappropriate in that kind of shared environment. It’s not pleasant in running either but that’s a very different setting to a gym with shared space and equipment. She should not have been allowed to continue.

moleinthehouse · 15/09/2026 14:26

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/09/2026 13:47

People can’t control shitting themselves can they. It’s a completely different comparison to spitting

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People can control what they do after shitting themselves.

That’s the key factor here, not that she shit, that she shared the shit around.

littlemousebigcheese · 15/09/2026 14:26

I can’t believe the others behind her carried on?! It’s awful

jellybobs · 15/09/2026 14:27

I’ve seen too many clips of this for my liking. I do Hyrox at the gum and you get very up close and personal with the shared equipment / floor space. It’s beyond awful that she was allowed to continue and spread her germs and stink around. They need to rethink their rules about this ASAP.

Hghardy · 15/09/2026 14:28

TealHacks · 15/09/2026 14:08

Of course she won. The stink of her shit everywhere would most definitely have affected everyone else's performance.

Given there is obviously no rules or protocols in place for athletes who shit themselves, and spread that shit all over.. I wonder if it was a deliberate tactic.

Extraordinary that everyone carried on regardless.

YADNBU

I completely agree. I get pissed off when people sneeze on the back of my head on the bus. But feaces is another level whatever happened to etiquette.

justasking111 · 15/09/2026 14:29

She disadvantaged other competitors. So yes she should have been removed and the area thoroughly decontaminated. It happens in theatre surgery but is cleaned up immediately.

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 15/09/2026 14:29

moleinthehouse · 15/09/2026 14:26

People can control what they do after shitting themselves.

That’s the key factor here, not that she shit, that she shared the shit around.

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Yes, indeed. Why anybody wouldn't instinctively instantly dash at full speed to the toilets to sort themselves out... it's a complete mystery.

BrezhnevsLuxuriantEyebrows · 15/09/2026 14:31

She basically acted like a human skunk in scaring away her competitors... but she took it to a whole new level!

SleepyWhippetMum · 15/09/2026 14:35

Hiredgun · 15/09/2026 12:48

‘Just poo it’ is her motto apparently but she’s not sponsored by Nike.

No, she's actually sponsored by poo-ma believe it or not 😂😂

EasternStandard · 15/09/2026 14:35

Charlotte120221 · 15/09/2026 14:23

You're DQ if you spit in a Hyrox race - surely this is worse? Imagine being behind her.....

Yes they’re updating the rules it seems.

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 15/09/2026 14:38

I knew from the title what this thread would be about...
I have competed in jiu jitsu a couple of times, read through the rules beforehand and was alarmed to see that this was something they thought might happen! Clearly Hyrox needs to update the rule book

To think this is absolutely disgusting and she shouldn’t have been allowed to continue!
Hghardy · 15/09/2026 14:40

I remember being mortified that I shit myself when I gave birth, but I was pushing another human being out.

LondonLass2026 · 15/09/2026 14:41

Omg.

She did NOT shit over any equipment or in any gym - those are fake / Ai / computer mock ups. The ONLY place she shat herself was while running. Partner and I watched it, a few weeks ago now.