“Not a single athlete has fallen ill or abandoned the competition because of swimming in the Seine. This is false information that has already been denied. The National Olympic Committees have checked all the details and confirmed that it was a fake,” Hidalgo said on BFMTV.
Earlier, Belgian triathlete Claire Michel was hospitalized on July 31 after swimming in the Seine, which led to a report of E. coli infection and the withdrawal of her team from the mixed relay. Michelle later clarified that her tests showed a virus infection and not an intestinal infection. Also complaining of symptoms of intestinal infection were Swiss Adrien Briffaud and Simon Westermann, as well as New Zealander Hayden Wild, who declined to participate in the mixed relay.
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