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Belgium Withdraws from Mixed Relay Triathlon After Athlete Falls Ill from Seine

Claire Michel was taken to a clinic in the Olympic Village after swimming in the Seine for the women’s triathlon.

Image Credit: BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty ImagesBelgium’s Olympic committee (COIB) announced Sunday that their triathlon mixed relay team has withdrawn from Monday’s event after one of its athletes who swam in the Seine River last week became ill. Claire Michel, who competed in the women’s triathlon Wednesday, finishing in 38th place, “is unfortunately ill and will have to withdraw from the competition,” the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee said in a statement. Bronze medalist Daniel Wiffen of Ireland, who won an earlier gold in the 800 free, said he wouldn’t train ahead of time in the Seine: “I don’t want to try to deal with any illness.”

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