Tejal Somvanshi
Sania Gupta
The Seine River served as the swimming course for the event, and Canadian triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk, who finished in first place behind Englishman Alex Yee, vomited ten times after crossing the finish line. Nineth-place finisher in 1:44:25, the Canadian triathlete told the TV cameras, “The last four kilometers were deadly and I started to feel ill and very hot.” Tyler Mislawchuk admits, “I had given my all, despite suffering from sprains, traumas, and a fractured Achilles heel. “I am satisfied with my performance.”
The awful conditions of the Seine River, where the men’s triathlon event was set for Tuesday, July 30, have generated a lot of discussion about the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Seine is contaminated by trash, fecal, wastewater, and industrial waste from the city, all of which are dumped into the river by the downpours of rain that fell over the weekend. According to analyses, the third-longest river in France is home to thousands of E.Coil bacteria and over 400 enterococci, which puts swimmers at risk for illness. Due to the low water quality, triathletes and open water swimmers participating in the August 7 event in the Seine River run the risk of developing serious diseases.
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There was great controversy surrounding the men’s and women’s triathlon competitions, which took place after training was suspended for two days due to pollution and another day of the event was postponed. The Spanish triathletes were upset about their competitors’ dishonesty, claiming that they had drowned one of them during the medal fight and had staged a false start without being punished. “They’ve laughed at us and they drowned me,” the athletes’ disappointment was made clear. Doctor Miriam Casillas, a 2024 triathlete, said that people have become ill in the past.
In several triathlons, half of the competitors suffered from gastroenteritis, and in more serious cases, the issues required months of therapy and medication. anything that destroys your sporting career. She further criticized the insufficient safety precautions, saying, “Health should come first and they’ve told us that all these controls are being done for us, but really if they had thought about us there would have been a real plan ‘B’, not a plan ‘B’ to swim in a river with the limit… and it’s quite questionable because the tests are from yesterday, they go with a 24-hour delay and for example, it rained last night and varied the water quality.”
