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Jamaican sprinter contracts Zika virus, still hopes to compete in Rio Games

The 2016 Olympics Games haven’t started yet, but the Zika virus is already becoming a factor.

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Jamaican sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole revealed Sunday he contracted the virus while training at home. Bailey-Cole, a member of Jamaica’s gold medal-winning 100-meter relay team in London, said the symptoms were minimal at first.

“I was experiencing back pains and muscle soreness, but I thought it was just soreness from the exercises I was doing,” he said, via The Associated Press. “I didn’t know I had it until I went to get a haircut.