Belgium’s triathlon mixed relay team has withdrawn from Monday’s event after one of its athletes who swam in the Seine River on Wednesday became ill, the team said Sunday.
The athlete, Claire Michel, competed in the women’s triathlon on Wednesday, finishing in 38th place. The team, known as the Belgian Hammers, said in a statement released by the country’s Olympic committee and triathlon federation that Michel, 35, was taken to a clinic in the Olympic Village in Paris on Sunday for treatment and had returned to her room by Sunday evening.
The team did not say whether Michel was sickened by pollution in the Seine, site of the triathlon’s 1,500-meter swim.