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At a fitness competition held in Beijing, China, Australian athlete Joanna became a topic of conversation after she wet herself mid-race and kept running all the way to the finish. She later posted a photo of herself receiving IV treatment on Instagram, commenting, “If you’re going to do it, give it everything you’ve got” — but criticism has been mounting against the event organizers for not stopping the competition. On 5channel, threads split between users worried about the hygiene and safety impact on other competitors and those praising her grit, with several posts drawing comparisons to similar incidents in past racewalking events and women’s marathons.
《Her shorts were soaked between the legs…》Female athlete who wet herself but kept competing anyway says “If you’re going to do it, give it everything” and “Well, a win’s a win” — organizers hit with a wave of criticism [Beijing]
As images captured during the competition spread online, Joanna posted her own photo lying in bed receiving an IV drip (via Instagram)
2026.09.15 11:00
Source: news-postseven.com / Original article here
What people said
Apparently peeing is pretty common in racewalking
Well, there are portable toilets on course, so some athletes do dash in when they gotta go
Back in the day the entertainment/sports board (Geisports) had us covered
If that's the case, I feel for her
Japan just had a crab food poisoning outbreak not long ago
Japan's fallen pretty far too
It's basically like spreading poison out there
The other athletes can't even focus on competing
The fitness competition where you absolutely must not laugh
So the athlete who slipped and fell — was that Sakuraba? (Kazushi Sakuraba, the pro fighter — running joke reference)
but turns out she was the source herself
There's a genuine infection risk here, plus it tanks everyone else's morale and focus — she should've been disqualified on the spot
Her white uniform was stained
But it's a massive inconvenience for the other athletes and staff
She should reflect on that
So what?
Guess that's not how it works, huh……
it'd be a total pile-on lol
The fighter said something like "I'm a warrior, I'm not gonna stop fighting just because I crapped myself"
Freaking badass (the pun on "crap" isn't lost on anyone)
Does it cover poop too or something
There's both fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSDynGAbEAAaIxc.jpg
This is getting pretty heavily criticized
Barely seeing anyone say "that's gutsy for finishing" type takes
Oh, it's the poop kind
It affects other athletes too, disqualification seems fair
Must've made a hell of a sound when it happened
She might've been barely okay with it since it was her own crap, but it's brutal interference for the other athletes
Who'd have guessed there's someone out there totally fine with crapping themselves
Wasn't that the one where TV commentator Akemi Masuda made a big fuss going "it's her period, it's her period"?
Background and key points of this story
Losing control of bodily functions due to fatigue or stress during endurance events isn’t actually all that rare. In racewalking and ultra-distance running, there have been multiple past reports of athletes wetting or soiling themselves mid-race — even with portable toilets on course — simply because they couldn’t make it in time. The examples raised in the thread, like the “1984 LA Olympics women’s marathon runner” or various racewalkers, include cases with different underlying causes, such as heat-related dizziness or dehydration, so it’s worth being careful not to lump all these symptoms together as the same thing. It’s also unclear from the original article whether the event had an explicit rule classifying this kind of situation as grounds for disqualification. The real core of the criticism directed at the organizers isn’t so much about “whether it was right to let her continue by her own choice,” but rather the ambiguity in the organizers’ standards for how far they had defined the hygiene and safety impact on other competitors.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Her shorts were soaked between the legs… Australian female athlete who wet herself but kept competing anyway says “If you’re going to do it, give it everything” and “Well, a win’s a win” — organizers hit with a wave of criticism.”
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