Rio pollution blamed as 13 US rowers contract stomach illness

Australian swimmers didn’t medal in any of those events in Kazan, and will head to Rio next year confident of at least matching the target of “five or six golds” unveiled by Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller last week, co-inciding with 12 months to go to the opening ceremony in Rio de Janiero.

The world junior championships were held as an Olympics test event last week in Rio, with concerns polluted water at the course could affect rowers.

On July 30, the U.S. Olympic Committee said it was collecting data on the water quality at the Rio Olympic open-water venues to determine precautionary measures for American athletes.

The rowers could have gotten sick from sustenance or drinking water, however Dr. Kathryn Ackerman, the group’s doctor, trusts the sicknesses originated from water in the lake.

“We’re not necessarily sure”. “My personal feeling is, I think it’s from the lake”, she told The Associated Press.

Paragliding may not be an Olympic event, but it’s all the rage in Rio, along with several other non-traditional sports. “Additional nations had water containers in zero-secured bags”. None will probably be Olympians year.

Rowing officials will debrief the athletes when they return to the U.S., likely through the rest of the week.

“We’ll start making adjustments in our training camps the three weeks after Omaha trials”, U.S. national team director Frank Busch said. “I asked if they were like little fish, but they didn’t know what they were”.

A spokesman from the Rio organizing committee referred comment to the IOC, which is meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The encounter that is Americans’ is almost particular to boost more issues for your Olympics.

A public protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has caused a change to the Rio 2016 cycling test event on Sunday (August 16), with the finish line moved away from Copacabana Beach.

Don’t that was “You wish to watch players inside of the vessel-play area sickness”, Francia expressed, describing the opponent she saw get sick wasn’t an American.

As for Glória Marina, Victer wonders if people are maligning the water quality out of fear that Brazilian sailors will dominate the competitions there because of their familiarity with the waters.

The pollution levels are essentially equivalent with that of raw sewage. The specimens were checked for three sorts of human adenovirus, and in addition rotavirus, enterovirus and fecal coliforms. These are viruses that are known to cause respiratory and digestive illnesses, including explosive diarrhea and vomiting, but can also lead to more serious heart, brain and other diseases.

The neighborhood panel hasn’t answered to recurring demands on whether it’ll purchase the viral screening for info.

Rowers compete during the World Junior Rowing Championships.

However, the Rio state environment agency does not have the equipment or the trained personnel to carry out viral testing of water, according to local virologists.