Dutch women's Olympic champion in open water swimming, Sharon Van Rouwendaal He plans to take antibiotics before starting the 10km pentathlon race on the River Seine.
“A few days before starting, I take a small dose of antibiotics as a preventative measure to help prevent diarrhea.”
– MTI quoted the Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist and Tokyo 2021 runner-up as saying to the Dutch portal AD.nl.
In addition to his Olympic podium finishes, the 30-year-old Van Rouwendaal has won a total of ten individual world championship medals over different distances (5, 10 and 25 kilometres), including three golds, and has 11 European Championship medals, six of which are individual golds, three 5 and three over 10 kilometres.
The Dutch Triathlon Association also recommends antibiotics for its competitors,
The hosts are also planning the swimming part of their sport to be held in the Seine. According to Marcel Wood, coach of the national triathlon team, water quality has always been a problem at the Olympics, but problems have been avoided each time, so the expert hopes that the water in the river will be clean enough during the Paris Games. competitions as well.
The mayor of Paris and, before that, the French sports minister have taken a short dip in the Seine to prove that the river is suitable for swimming competitions. Meanwhile, pollution tests have mostly yielded disturbing results, so the question is how clean the Segna will be and how much less harmful it will be to health during open water and triathlon events.
