Belgium withdrew from Monday’s mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Olympics after one of their athletes, Claire Michel, was struck by illness in Paris. The water quality in the River Seine has been a controversial talking point this summer, causing plenty of problems for the triathlon events.
Seine competed in the women’s triathlon on Wednesday, finishing 38th, but dropped out of the mixed relay, forcing Belgium to opt against competing.
According to De Standaard, one of Belgium’s biggest newspapers, the 35-year-old’s absence was due to her contracting E coli in the French capital.
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