Rio Olympics: Four Members Of Australian Water Polo Team Fall Ill

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Source: Reuters / NDTV

our members of the 'Aussie Stingers', Australia's women's Olympic water polo team, face 48 hours in medical isolation after suffering an attack of gastroenteritis on their way to Rio.
The team of 13 players were due to land in Brazil on a delayed flight from Rome, where they had been training for the Games, later on Monday.
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The irony of suffering gastroenteritis before arriving in Brazil will not be lost on the players, with some athletes concerned about what they might pick up once they start competing.

Scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off Rio's beaches and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete. Sailors, rowers, swimmers and other watersports competitors have all expressed concern about the water quality and high concentrations of bacterial and viral pathogens.

Read more: http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2016/news/261407-rio-olympics-four-members-of-australian-water-polo-team-fall-ill

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Rio water venues could leave up to 1,400 athletes at risk of illness
'It is something we all have to deal with,' says Canadian sailor Nikola Girke

http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/rio-water-venues-could-leave-400-athletes-risk-illness.html

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1. "On their way to Rio". Not caused by Rio water.

[Nitram]

2. LOL, on their way to Brazil!

Got sick in Rome? If the onset of their illness had been delayed, it would have been blamed on Brazil by every media outlet in the world.