HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 24, 2026--
Global sports brand PUMA continued its HYROX dominance at the 2026 HYROX World Championships with a host of standout elite athlete performances and iconic community moments.
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Leading the charge was Jess Pettrow, who won the Mixed Relay with Australia for the second year in a row, with the team defending their title with an epic time of 50:19. Pettrow’s golden moment followed a fourth place finish with partner Joanna Wietrzyk in the Women’s Elite 15 Doubles, making it a highly successful weekend for the PUMA athlete.
In addition to her strong showing in the Women’s Elite Doubles, Australian athlete Wietrzyk also secured a magnificent second place in the Women’s Elite 15 Solo race - a positive way to finish a remarkable season in which she broke the World Record twice and took a clean sweep of the HYROX Majors.
Elsewhere there were also second place finishes for Great Britain’s Lucy Procter in the Women’s Elite15 Doubles, Linda Meier in the Mixed Relay for team Germany, and the transatlantic duo of Jake Williamson and Hunter McIntyre in the Men’s Elite15 Doubles. PUMA had a further five podium finishes across the various age group categories in this year’s HYROX World Championships.
Across the weekend, PUMA athletes consistently delivered on the biggest stage, showcasing the speed, endurance and strength required to compete at the pinnacle of the sport.
Competing in the PUMA Deviate Elite HYROX, the first-of-its-kind performance shoe specifically engineered for HYROX racing, PUMA athletes once again demonstrated the performance advantages of footwear designed for the unique demands of hybrid competition.
Alongside the racing action, PUMA maintained a significant presence throughout the HYROX World Championships, bringing its highly anticipated NITRO™ Lab experience to Stockholm with more than 100 pairs of Deviate Elite HYROX won by the community. In addition, more than 500 people participated in the week’s biggest shake out run that ended at the famous Grona Lund theme park, reinforcing PUMA's position as a leading force within the HYROX community.
The results continue a landmark year for PUMA in HYROX, following multiple world records, Major victories and continued innovation through its dedicated HYROX footwear and athlete programmes.
The new colourway of PUMA’s Deviate Elite HYROX will be available globally 1st July on PUMA.com, in PUMA flagship stores, at HYROX events, on HYROX World, and at selected retailers across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia.
For more information visit www.puma.com and follow @pumatraining, or visit www.hyrox.com and follow @hyroxworld.
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PUMA
PUMA is one of the world’s leading sports brands, designing, developing, and selling footwear, apparel and accessories. Founded in 1948, PUMA helps the world’s best athletes and teams perform at their best with its innovative products. Known for its iconic cat logo and the Formstrip, the company offers performance products in categories such as Football, Running and Training. Its Sportstyle collections are rooted in sports and inspire consumers by celebrating sports culture. With its long history and strong heritage, PUMA is proud of having one of the strongest archives in the industry, with many iconic products such as the Suede and the Speedcat. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd. The company distributes its products in over 120 countries, employs more than 20,000 people and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany. For more information, please visit https://about.puma.com.
Global sports brand PUMA continued its HYROX dominance at the 2026 HYROX World Championships with a host of standout elite athlete performances and iconic community moments, including Jake Williamson (left) and Hunter McIntyre in the Men’s Elite15 Doubles.
BERLIN (AP) — Scheduled work to replace a part triggered a communications outage on Germany's railway that brought all trains to a halt, stranding travelers across the country, the network operator said Wednesday as it faced criticism and questions over the embarrassing chaos.
The main railway operator, federal government-owned Deutsche Bahn, apologized for the abrupt halt in services late Tuesday, when all trains in Germany ground to a stop. Service resumed gradually about two hours later, after midnight.
Long lines formed at information desks as travelers tried to figure out how to reach their destination and where to spend the night.
Deutsche Bahn said it was offering taxi and hotel vouchers and, where possible, putting trains in place for would-be travelers to sit in while they waited. But passengers complained of a lack of information, hotel rooms were not available everywhere, and some travelers' journeys stretched through the night.
The outage was the result of a problem with the GSM-R digital communication system used for internal communication on the railway network.
Deutsche Bahn said trains were running “largely seamlessly” on Wednesday morning, though there may still be some delays.
The head of the operator's DB InfraGO infrastructure division, Philipp Nagl, said that the cause appeared to have been “the scheduled swap of a technical component.” He did not elaborate.
“We are analyzing with the highest priority how exactly this led to the fault,” Nagl said in a brief statement, adding that the company apologizes to its customers for the disruption.
The breakdown came after years of increasingly frequent complaints about train delays and service interruptions.
Deutsche Bahn is conducting thorough though disruptive overhauls of major routes after years of underinvestment in a bid to improve its performance, but any significant improvement is expected to take time.
The European Union's most populous country has a railway network totaling some 33,400 kilometers (20,750 miles) in length, with 5,400 train stations and used by an average 50,000 trains per day. DB InfraGO says that makes it Europe's biggest network.
“That all rail traffic in Germany comes to a halt because of a technical defect is a new low in already poor operating quality,” Oliver Krischer, the regional transport minister in North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany's most populous, told dpa.
He said there need to be “emergency mechanisms that prevent such a disaster in the future. People rely on reaching their destination at least somewhat punctually by rail.”
Trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, following the nationwide service disruption on the Deutsche Bahn network. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Passengers wait for a train at a platform in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, following the nationwide service disruption on the Deutsche Bahn network. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Passengers wait for a train at a platform in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, following the nationwide service disruption on the Deutsche Bahn network. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Passengers are on the move in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, following the nationwide service disruption on the Deutsche Bahn network. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Passengers walk through Munich Central Station to catch their trains this morning following the nationwide Deutsche Bahn service disruption Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)
A passenger walks past an ICE train at Munich Central Station in Munich, Germany Wednesday, June 24, 2026, following the nationwide service disruption on the Deutsche Bahn network. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)
A commuter stretches out on a bench at Frankfurt's main station, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, after a communications system failure forced Germany's railway system to suspend train service. (Andreas Arnold/dpa via AP)
Travelers are on the move at the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany early Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Andreas Arnold/dpa via AP)
