Irish Competitor Rushed To Hospital After Swimming In River That Gov’t, Olympic Officials Told Everyone Was Fine

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Aug 13, 2024 - 00:56
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Irish Competitor Rushed To Hospital After Swimming In River That Gov’t, Olympic Officials Told Everyone Was Fine

Irish Olympic swimmer Daniel Wiffen said he was “rushed to [the] hospital” after competing in the Seine River during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

“Yesterday I rushed to hospital as I was very unwell with a bug that I am being treated for, and am feeling better now,” Wiffen wrote Sunday on Twitter, sharing he would not be at the Olympics closing ceremony where he was scheduled to be a flag bearer.