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Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said on Sunday that he had contracted COVID-19, offering insight into how coronavirus infection could affect 2020 Olympic hopefuls.
"I have been struggling with Covid-19 for 14 days today," South Africa's van der Burgh wrote on Twitter. "By far the worst virus I have ever endured despite being a healthy individual with strong lungs (no smoking/sport), living a healthy lifestyle and being young (least at risk demographic)."
Van der Burgh, the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke world champion and former world record-holder, retired from the sport in 2018.
A still-fit 31, he remained among those least likely to be severely impacted by the deadly virus.
1/ Some personal thoughts/observations for athletes health,The summer games & my own experience with contracting Covid19.But he said the debilitating effects of the illness were lingering.
- Cameron van der Burgh (@Cameronvdburgh) March 22, 2020
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