Posted on 08/06/2024 5:46:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Paris organisers’ worst fears have come true after mutiple athletes fell seriously ill after competing in the triathlon.
Concerns were raised going into the Olympics over the events taking place in the Seine River and now the reality has hit.
Belgium were forced to pull out of the mixed triathlon relay after one of their athletes was hospitalised with an E. coli infection.
Claire Michel, 35, has been sick for the past four days, an illness that has now ruled her out of the race entirely.
With Belgium unable to replace her in their four-person team, they have been forced to withdraw.
Along with Michel, Swiss triathlete Adrien Briffod has fallen seriously ill following the men’s individual event, according to reports.
The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee released a statement saying: “The BOIC and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions.
“ We are thinking of training days that can be guaranteed, competition days and formats that are clear in advance and circumstances that do not lead to uncertainty among athletes, entourage and fans.”
Michel’s E. coli infection comes after pollution in the River Seine led to the men’s individual event being postponed.
It was pushed back by a day, before Team GB’s Alex Yee eventually claimed the gold medal in the event.
Fears were raised the mixed relay event could be cancelled after athletes were not allowed a practice swim due once again to poor water quality.
The event ultimately went ahead with Germany claiming the gold medal ahead of the United States and Great Britain.
Heavy rain in Paris has increased E. coli levels and other bacteria in the river.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
NOTE:
Swimming in the Seine river has been banned since 1923 due to the poor water quality and health hazards.
But ahead of the Games the government splurged $1.5 billion in an attempt to clean the quality up. Despite the extensive efforts the results have fallen short of expectations.
What’s wrong with a nice big pool? I’m sure it would have cost much less than $1.5 billion.
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Because The Left.
Some world records were set racing to the potty.
Don’t think of it as world-class athletes in the hospital puking their guts out. Think of it as another wonderful form of Inclusion.
Let’s go to Paris, they said. Let’s swim in the Seine, they said. It will be fun, they said. What could possibly go wrong?
Why do you think the Pale Horse was running on top of the water? Even Death and Hell won’t swim in that water.
And the fact that the left ruins everything it touches.
Swimming in a sewer has its drawbacks.
You know, the carbon footprint of sequestering that much fresh water, or some such nonsense. I remember Olympic swimming events were ALWAYS in a pool, not in some festering river. WTAF
A pool 2.2 miles long would be some pool!!!
Ah, Paris. Come for the spectacle, leave with Cholera and amoebic dysentery.
The stains from the drains go mainly in the Seine.
“ A pool 2.2 miles long would be some pool!!!” Have you considered laps?
C,mon, man. The water is fine.
Sad for the athletes, but the reality is, the elites who run the Olympics DO NOT CARE. They let these poor people swim in a river filled with 💩.
The organizers started out with an abomination of an opening ceremony, mocking Christians, (that outraged the world), and now, they let young athletes swim in sh!t filled water and get sick from it.
Have to wonder if they (eites) aren't laughing their a$ses off (behind closed doors), at all the destruction they have caused.
I once got a severe sinus infection after surfing in southern California. I literally had so much puss in my eyes I couldn’t open them up in the morning from all the dried crust.
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