Belgian triathlete hospitalized for 4 days after swimming in the Seine, Belgian mixed triathlon relay team withdraws from the event



Belgian triathlete hospitalized for 4 days after swimming in the Seine, Belgian mixed triathlon relay team withdraws from the event

https://www.rtl.be/sport/tous-les-sports/jo-2024/jo-2024-une-triathlete-belge-hospitalisee-apres-sa-baignade-dans-la-seine/2024-08-04/article/697340

by BelgianPolitics

11 comments
  1. **Translation**

    The quality of the water in the Seine continues to be talked about. This Sunday, we learned that Claire Michel, a Belgian triathlete, has been hospitalized for 4 days after swimming in the Parisian river. 

    This Sunday again, swimming training in the Seine was cancelled due to the quality of the water in the Seine, on the eve of the mixed triathlon relay. 

    An event in which Belgium will not participate. Indeed, the Belgian team had to withdraw due to the hospitalization of one of its members, Claire Michel. The latter has reportedly been in hospital for 4 days, after swimming in the Seine during the individual event, report our Dutch-speaking colleagues from Standaard. 

    The Brussels woman is said to have been infected with bacteria and is complaining of intestinal and stomach problems.

    Last Wednesday, Belgian triathlete Jolien Vermeylen had already strongly criticised the organisation, declaring that she had “felt and seen things that we shouldn’t think about too much”. 

  2. The show must go on!

    Watching the opening of the games I could not help but noticing that the opening is a marketing show of questionable taste while the athletes were a second thought!

  3. Who in their right minds would choose to swim on that River filled with shit and filth.

  4. Do you think it’s doping if you’re being propelled by the bacteria cooking in your stomach. That’s the real question here

  5. I find that suspect, because her teammate complained right after the triathlon that she saw “stuff” in the seine and hoped she wouldn’t get sick and now, this. I find that quite a coïncidence

  6. Why was it necessary to be in Seine anyway? Don’t they have another river suitable for swimming but that’s also clean and you know, not dangerous? Anywhere in the country??

  7. Host fucking failed this olympics from controversy during opening, bad judges in various sports, organization,some infrastructure not being up to standards, review cameras not working or not having them, and then this.

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