An awkward accident shines a spotlight on Hyrox

I also noticed there was quite a lot of anger towards the organisers whose I think initial statement was about... trying to protect her, you know, asking people to stop the abuse, but not exactly taking responsibility for what happened.

What was your reaction to not just exactly what happened in Beijing, but all the handling, if you like, afterwards?

Yeah, and the irony is that post has been taken down as well and replaced with Mo's subsequent statement, which is a much better statement.

Although arguably it's probably too late because people have seen the initial post.

And I think, again, the everyday athlete is disappointed and surprised that that was the stance because it protected the athlete and didn't offer any apology to the others who had to go behind or beside her.

And I think there needs to be some deep consideration within the organisation as to what could be done better next time.

And maybe not being reactive to these sorts of things and being proactive, thinking what else could go wrong at these events and plan for it.

But I do think that there needs to be some reflection on remembering that this sport was founded for the everyday athlete.

It was the reason why Mo and the other founders started it.

It was because they thought that every other athlete gets to compete.

You know, marathoners, runners have a sport, triathletes have a sport, and those that just worked out in a gym never had a sport.

And this came about to be this incredible sport for people to do and people in gyms to work on together.

And that's why it got so big and so amazing.

And we're also the athletes that pay the money to make this happen.

And so To forget us and only focus on her was a bit of a misstep.

But I do also want to say there's a really important mental health element to this.

This incredible person, and I think I forget his name, Gabe, you may have seen the post.

It's the best post out there on this subject today.

He said something along the lines of, criticize the decision, do not dehumanize the person.

And she is like the rest of us and she would be feeling extremely vulnerable and in a very challenging situation right now.

And so I think it's important for all of us in the fitness community to remember that she is a human and I'm sure she's ruminating on everything that she has done.

I also noticed there was quite a lot of anger towards the organisers whose I think initial statement was about... trying to protect her, you know, asking people to stop the abuse, but not exactly taking responsibility for what happened.

What was your reaction to not just exactly what happened in Beijing, but all the handling, if you like, afterwards?

Yeah, and the irony is that post has been taken down as well and replaced with Mo's subsequent statement, which is a much better statement.

Although arguably it's probably too late because people have seen the initial post.

And I think, again, the everyday athlete is disappointed and surprised that that was the stance because it protected the athlete and didn't offer any apology to the others who had to go behind or beside her.

And I think there needs to be some deep consideration within the organisation as to what could be done better next time.

And maybe not being reactive to these sorts of things and being proactive, thinking what else could go wrong at these events and plan for it.

But I do think that there needs to be some reflection on remembering that this sport was founded for the everyday athlete.

It was the reason why Mo and the other founders started it.

It was because they thought that every other athlete gets to compete.

You know, marathoners, runners have a sport, triathletes have a sport, and those that just worked out in a gym never had a sport.

And this came about to be this incredible sport for people to do and people in gyms to work on together.

And that's why it got so big and so amazing.

And we're also the athletes that pay the money to make this happen.

And so To forget us and only focus on her was a bit of a misstep.

But I do also want to say there's a really important mental health element to this.

This incredible person, and I think I forget his name, Gabe, you may have seen the post.

It's the best post out there on this subject today.

He said something along the lines of, criticize the decision, do not dehumanize the person.

And she is like the rest of us and she would be feeling extremely vulnerable and in a very challenging situation right now.

And so I think it's important for all of us in the fitness community to remember that she is a human and I'm sure she's ruminating on everything that she has done.