Kemar Bailey-Cole, a 2012 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist for Jamaica, said he recently contracted the Zika virus, according to the Jamaica Gleaner.
“I didn’t know I had it [Zika virus] until I went to get a haircut,” Bailey-Cole said, according to the report. “After cleaning up, my girlfriend realized a bump was on my neck, which was a lymph node. But long story short, I didn’t know I had the virus, and I have been training with it for like three days now.”
Bailey-Cole, 20, is among the contenders to make the Jamaican Olympic 4x100m relay again at their Olympic Trials next week.