On August 4, 2024, during the “Main Airtime” show on Belarus-1, journalist Stanislav Lipsky discussed the impact of the swim race on one of its participants during the Olympic Games in Paris.
“Yes, the tournament has passed, but look at these frames. The athletes managed to pass the test of the River Seine, but at what cost! After the start, the Canadian athlete was, to put it mildly, vomiting due to the swim. According to France 24 reports, the Canadian filed a lawsuit against the IOC, as, in his words, the triathlete could not achieve a good result due to poor health after the swim in the Seine. The poor fellow vomited about ten times after the race,” Lipsky said.
Indeed, during the Olympics, there was an incident involving an athlete Tyler Mislavchuk who appeared to be in a state of extreme exhaustion at the finish line and was captured on camera suffering from nausea and severe vomiting as he completed a race. However, contrary to the TV Belarus-1 report, Mislavchuk's illness was not due to the water quality in the Seine. The athlete himself spoke about this in an interview with the TV Channel CBC Sports:
“I think you've thrown up 10 times after the race, is that?” the host said.
“Pretty close,” the athlete confirmed.
“So. What's happened? Is that a common thing for you after a race?” the host asked.
“Not super common, but it happens sometimes. I just happen to swallow a bunch of water in the race. And so nothing to do with even quality. My stomach was just extremely full and so that's ended up being a limiting factor for me in the race. It was like my stomach felt like it had a small child in there. And you put with an 40 or 39 hour of going as hard as you can,” Mislavchuk explained.
The Weekly Top Fake journalists found no evidence that the triathlete has any claims against the IOC and plans to sue them.
