{
  "id": 17011993,
  "title": "Joanna Wietrzyk announces HYROX return after human waste incident in Beijing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/joanna-wietrzyk-announces-hyrox-return-after-human-waste-incident-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/joanna-wietrzyk-announces-hyrox-return-after-human-waste-incident-in-beijing-1.500727795"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: HYROX world champion Joanna Wietrzyk will return to competition in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, October 30, after a human-waste contamination incident during a race in Beijing sparked widespread backlash and forced the fitness competition to change its rules. The 22-year-old Australian announced her comeback in an Instagram video on Wednesday, apologising again for continuing to race after…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Controversial Hyrox contestant announces return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/controversial-hyrox-contestant-announces-return",
        "published": "2026-10-29T00:05:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Controversial Hyrox contestant announces return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/controversial-hyrox-contestant-announces-return-16984367",
        "published": "2026-10-29T00:05:25.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}