57 World Triathlon Championship athletes fall ill with diarrhoea and vomiting after taking part in swim event off Sunderland coast
Competitors taking part in the event took to the waters off Roker Beach, Sunderland, before dozens fell ill - including Australian triathlete Jacob Birtwhistle, who has since said the event should have been cancelled.
The organisation has confirmed test samples were "taken outside of the Roker Pier arms and not in the body of water used for the swim". The UK Health Security Agency has now said it had been notified of 57 cases involving diarrhoea and vomiting from those taking part. "This will involve a detailed questionnaire to establish more information on where illness may have been acquired.Boxer Dillian Whyte breaks silence after failed drugs test sees heavyweight bout against Anthony Joshua cancelled"The team will also send sample pots to cases so that stool samples can be laboratory tested to discover the cause of illness and determine if there are any common pathogens involved. This process is currently under way.
It comes as news emerged that the Olympics swimming test event which was scheduled to take place in Paris was cancelled due to poor water quality.
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