Hyrox Malaysia drops alcohol sponsorship after ministry warning
KUALA LUMPUR: Hyrox Malaysia has backed down over its alcohol sponsorship controversy after the Youth and Sports Ministry threatened to withhold approval for its 2026 Kuala Lumpur fitness race.
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[Claude] Report 2 is an earlier report on the same Hyrox Kuala Lumpur sponsorship dispute, with the ministry's threat that Report 1 describes as the reason Hyrox backed down, and nothing in it conflicts with R
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