Hyrox qualifier named

Lauren Stockley and Charlie Searle have qualified for the HYROX World Championships after finishing second in the women’s doubles race at the season’s final major in Warsaw. (sports.yahoo.com) The pair booked their place for Stockholm, Sweden, where the 2026 PUMA HYROX World Championships are scheduled for June 18-21. HYROX says Stockholm is the host city for the 2026 finals. (sports.yahoo.com) (hyrox.com) Their Warsaw result became decisive after an earlier qualification at the 2026 Europe, Middle East and Africa event in London was overturned. BBC Sport reported that Stockley and Searle were later given a 60-second penalty for cutting a corner after the sled pull section. (sports.yahoo.com) HYROX is an indoor fitness race that combines eight 1-kilometer runs with eight workout stations, including the ski erg, sled push, sled pull, rowing and wall balls. The world championships are the season-ending event for athletes who qualify through HYROX races during the year. (hyroxus.com) Warsaw was the final major of the 2025-26 season, and HYROX billed it as an event with world championship qualification spots on the line. That left Stockley and Searle needing a top finish after the London penalty erased their earlier route in. (www.roxradar.com) (sports.yahoo.com) Stockley has been building toward this season across both singles and doubles racing. Independent result trackers list her winning the pro women’s doubles race in Phoenix in January with Searle and racing in pro women at London in March. (www.trainrox.com) The Stockholm berth puts Stockley into the field for HYROX’s biggest weekend, four days that the company says will bring together qualifiers from across its global race calendar. For Stockley and Searle, the runner-up finish in Warsaw turned a disputed London result into a confirmed championship place. (hyrox.com) (sports.yahoo.com)