Several Triathletes Forced to Withdraw from Olympics After Official Event in the Revolting Seine
Multiple Olympians have been forced to withdraw from their events after being hit with a crippling sickness, an infection that many are linking to the river Seine.
Belgian athlete Claire Michel and two Swiss athletes withdrew from a mixed-team relay race leading on Monday.
Michel’s own team has been quiet on her sickness, but according to Belgian media, the Olympian was stricken with a four-day infection of E. coli and had to receive treatment at a hospital in France.
The athlete has since returned to the Olympic Village, but Belgium’s relay team was still forced to forfeit the race after Michel’s withdrawal.
“[T]he Belgian Hammers will not start in the Mixed Relay competition at the Paris Games tomorrow,” the Belgian Olympic Committee said in a Sunday statement.
