celeb news Olympic athlete hospitalized after swimming in France's Seine River, team withdraws

[Psylocke]

Belgium's Olympic triathlon team has withdrawn from the mixed relay race in protest after teammate Claire Michel was hospitalized with E.coli after swimming in the Seine.

 

According to Dutch media outlet De Standaard, Michel tested positive for E-coli bacteria following her participation in the women's triathlon on July 31. Her condition has sparked outrage over the unsanitary conditions of Paris' Seine River, where distance swimming events for the 2024 Olympics have been held.

 

Monday's event was also affected by the delays and cancellations that marathon swimming fans and competitors have become all too familiar with. A planned familiarization swim for the relay competition was called off due to anticipated poor water quality.

 

This cancellation follows a similar situation for the individual event on July 28, and the postponement of the men's triathlon from Monday to Tuesday. While Michel is the first publicly known hospitalization among swimmers or triathletes, the cleanliness of Paris' main waterway has been under intense scrutiny in the lead-up to this summer's Olympic Games.

 

https://www.the-express.com/sport/other-sport/145096/paris-olympics-triathlon-seine-river

 

[alexrex]

They shouldn't have authorized swimming in the river. Disgusting. 

[Shimenawa]

That river is so dirty, litteraly swimming in ****

[ChrisTheLoner]

Man these Olympic's are just mess after mess this year

 

That is so gross though, who tf authorized swimming in literal sewage?

Edited August 4 by ChrisTheLoner

[Feanor]

The fact that they don't have a Plan B

[Badgalbriel]

Don't they have another lake or something similar in a nearby city where they can host these events? This is such an embarrassment 

[Selegend]

emarassing

imagine if this was happening in Rio 2016. 

the olympics was a success and the international media was already disgusting with us

well, anyway... 

[ariesgroove]

they had literal years to clean that sh*t 

[Sugar-Rush]

This year's Olympics have been beyond messy. Giving the Brazilian one from a few years ago a run for its money.

[Bewitched]

Oh wow I'm so shocked 

[bjorn]

They don't have enough money to clean that river? wtf 

[magazine]

why would you swim in a paris river? 

[blown away]

It's beyond sad that they are risking the health of athletes for this little 'prestige project'. Instead of holding the swimming/triathlon/etc. contests in one of the many clean and safe facilities there are all over France they just had to do it in the Seine, no matter what.

[madonnafan18]

They should not have been swimming in that river! 

[Princess Aurora]

First of all, Why would they let them swim in a polluted river?

[Luckitty]

this is one of the worst Olympics ever

[Badgalbriel]

19 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

This year's Olympics have been beyond messy. Giving the Brazilian one from a few years ago a run for its money.

What happened in Brazil? 

[Psylocke]

9 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

What happened in Brazil? 

Ryan Lotche's make-believe robbery for starters  He fled the country and never paid any consequences for lying and wasting the time and money of the Brazilian police force.

[Badgalbriel]

2 minutes ago, Psylocke said:

Ryan Lotche's make-believe robbery for starters  He fled the country and never paid any consequences for lying and wasting the time and money of the Brazilian police force.

Ohhh, that's the guy who partied too hard, lost his belongings and claimed he waa robbed right? Poor Brazil 

[Magic_boXX]

[Comedor]

Brazil > France

 

 

[tost1]

I blame Gaga just so I can use this image for the 100th time

[Dialamba]

25 minutes ago, blown away said:

It's beyond sad that they are risking the health of athletes for this little 'prestige project'. Instead of holding the swimming/triathlon/etc. contests in one of the many clean and safe facilities there are all over France they just had to do it in the Seine, no matter what.

And just for athletes to earn peanuts 

Edited August 4 by Dialamba

[EtherealCat]

its not even like we got a good view of paris from the river, the waterline is so low and the camera was above them, would have been a better view at a cleaner river in the coutryside somewhere rather than a dirty brown city river

[TryMe]

It was so weird how this went. 

 

For weeks on weeks they couldn't get the watered cleared, but right before the Olympics it got cleared.....

 

Well Mary Good luck with that. 

 

I hope your little intestines survive!

Edited August 4 by TryMe