Victor Manuel Rivera Martinez
Mexico City / 04.08.2024 16:05:32
Activity continues in the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameshowever, with it, the tests have also been accompanied by a certain controversymainly those competitions involving the Seine Riverwith some committees indicating that it was not ready to hold competitions.
Today, the Belgian Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that its triathlete Claire Michel has become ill after participating in the Women’s event on July 31st in the waters of the Seine River. For this reason, the European country’s own triathlon federation announced that its Mixed team will not participate in tomorrow’s test, Monday, August 5.
Belgian triathlete contracts bacteria after swimming in the Seine River
Michel finished in thirty-eighth place in the women’s race. However, after that race, the Belgian triathlete fell ill after being infected with the bacteria Escherichia coli, after swimming in the waters of the Parisian river.
The bacterium Escherichia coli is member of the enterobacteria family and is part of the microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract of homeothermic animals, this means that it can also infect humans.
The state of the river had generated quite a bit of controversy after It was confirmed that it was dirty and not in optimal condition to host these competitions.. As a result, some events were even postponed, such as the men’s event, and training on Sunday was suspended. The Belgian committee said:
“Claire Michel, member of the relief, unfortunately She is ill and must withdraw from the competition. IOC and Belgian Triathlon hope lessons will be learned “for the upcoming triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games. We are thinking about the guarantee of training days, competition days and the format of the competitions, which must be clarified in advance and ensure that there is no uncertainty for the athletes, the environment and the fans.”
