Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill

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PARIS (AP) — Belgium's Olympic committee announced Sunday that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine River fell ill.

Claire Michel, who competed in the women's triathlon Wednesday, “is unfortunately ill and will have to withdraw from the competition,” the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee said in a statement.

Paris 2024 organizers had no immediate statement on Michel's illness, but said in a statement Sunday night that the mixed relay triathlon would proceed Monday at 8 a.m. The swim portion of the competition is slated for the Seine.

The Belgian committee's statement did not elaborate on Michel's illness but it comes after concerns over the river's water quality. Organizers had said that water quality tests done the day of the individual triathlon races showed “very good” bacteria levels.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgium-withdraws-mixed-relay-triathlon-173701804.html

[RandySF]

1. I saw this coming.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Seine water events should have been canceled, period.

Typhoid and other bacterial infections weren't worth the risk.

[brush]

3. Yeah. Those long-distance swim events should've been held at the nearest French coast.

Or maybe a large lake close by.

Hell, the surging events were/are being held in a distant, French dolony.

Guess the organizers can't think of everything, but an analysis of the Seine water should've been on hting they thought of.