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[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

It's so strange, the olympics are all about excellence and striving for being the best, but swimming in polluted water is deemed ok and almost shrugged at.

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bacteria levels deemed safe. So why aren't they broadcasting the actual levels? Could it be their safety level is over 5x what most of the world considers safe?

[–] isles@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

These world class athletes are just better and stronger than us, so they can totally tolerate 5x the safe level. Maybe even 10x! It may be true that we don't know how many times more they can take! A million? These are important questions that we must answer.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 22 points 1 month ago

So it begins...

[–] Yambu@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

Billions well spent...

[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Was it due to the pollution? Or something else?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If more fall ill, it will have been because of the river's e. coli levels, causes gastrointestinal problems like diarrhea. One thing I was reading about the other day is that top athletes, while super healthy, are more vulnerable to infections, because sports stress suppresses the immune system.

PS: it was two triathletes from the same team and one is hospitalized

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 2 points 1 month ago

Also I imagine they swallow far more water

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 1 month ago

Even if it wasn't, everyone knew and said it wasn't clean enough.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The rumors say they other athletes are trying to hold their shit together so they can at least participate in the next event, but they're not at peak performance anymore.

[–] antaymonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

trying to hold their shit together

:)

[–] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

surprised pikachu

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lol, losers... by which I mean the French government... again...

First filthy river denial, then religios headwear, then the hitting the fan.

I reckon hosting the olympics is a wasteful nightmare, but also paris is a toilet.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

E. Coli for the gold.