Belgium withdraw from mixed relay after Seine swimmer falls ill
Belgium withdraw from mixed relay after Seine swimmer falls ill
Belgium’s Olympic committee announced that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine fell ill
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Was it due to the pollution? Or something else?
If more fall ill, it will have been because of the river's e. coli levels, causes gastrointestinal problems like diarrhea. One thing I was reading about the other day is that top athletes, while super healthy, are more vulnerable to infections, because sports stress suppresses the immune system.
PS: it was two triathletes from the same team and one is hospitalized
Also I imagine they swallow far more water
Even if it wasn't, everyone knew and said it wasn't clean enough.
The rumors say they other athletes are trying to hold their shit together so they can at least participate in the next event, but they're not at peak performance anymore.
trying to hold their shit together
:)