SWIMMING. [Vidéo] The International Swimming League health bubble, instructions for use

Since he gave his agreement at the beginning of September to participate in the 2e edition of the International Swimming League, Amaury Leveaux is subject to a health protocol regulated like a music box, condition sine qua non to create a tight bubble around the competition.

Until his departure for Budapest on October 10, the MON swimmer thus underwent four PCR tests, then another upon his arrival on Margaret Island, the green lung of the Hungarian capital, literally “privatized” for the needs of the ‘ISL.

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On the banks of the Danube, the native Franc-Comtois now passes “two to three tests per week in the mini-lab installed at the hotel spa, like everyone on the island, from the bus driver to the cook. “. “It’s not necessarily very pleasant, but there is no choice”, smiles the big “Momo”.

“Knowing that there are 400 in the hotel, it’s a hell of a budget, but that’s the professionalism. Everyone has their own room, we are alone at a table during meals, it is the waiters who bring us the water jugs …

And it does not laugh with the wearing of the mask. There are outright “ Covid agents ” watching. We have 90 minutes a day to get some fresh air and if you don’t respect the rules, you lose points for your team. And at ISL, the points are worth gold (smile)! We don’t have a gun to our heads, but we know we mustn’t mess around. “

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“We can hardly be more immune to the virus than we are now”

Amaury Leveaux claims to have no problem with this regulation. “Some found it a bit exaggerated at the start, but the truth is that it works,” says the 34-year-old sprinter, again coached by Lionel Horter in Mulhouse.

“To my knowledge, there has not been any positive case in the month I have been here. When we see our “ American ” confinement (Editor’s note: lightly) in France and the hospitals that are filling up, I think that what is being imposed on us here is perfect. You have to be disciplined to make it work, that’s all. It’s up to everyone to take responsibility. There’s really nothing to be unhappy about in our bubble, it’s not war either. We can hardly be more immune to the virus than we are now. “

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