Many young and in prime condition athletes were afflicted at these Olympic with a variety of ailments, many of them quite serious. From Mark Crispin Miller at theburningplatform.com:
Guest Post by Mark Crispin Miller
It was already clear from the opening ceremony that these games would be the sickest in Olympic history; but, this being the Age of COVID, there was far worse to come
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Covid-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic track
August 8, 2024
Saint-Denis, France — The first sign of trouble Thursday night came when Noah Lyles started rounding the curve in the Olympic final of the 200 meters — the sprint that has always been his best race. Normally at the curve, Lyles starts making up ground, then pulling away from what have been, for the last three years, game but overmatched contenders. This time, his momentum stalled. Instead of Lyles reeling in the runner two lanes to his right, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, Tebogo. pulled farther way. The American favorite, who had gone three years without losing in the 200, labored into the finish and collapsed onto the track after ending up in third. The insidious specter of COVID, the killer virus that upended the globe four years ago and made the last Olympics part of its collateral damage, struck at the Paris Games, too.
Katie Ledecky has POTS. Swimming may help her manage it
August 6, 2024
Katie Ledecky is the most decorated American female Olympian of all time, with 14 Olympic medals for swimming — nine of which are gold. But in her recently published memoir, “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life,” the athlete revealed that she has postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition with no cure that impacts the autonomic nervous system. One of the hallmark symptoms of POTS is exercise intolerance, though swimming is actually a common treatment for it. In her memoir, Ledecky wrote that “reclined aerobic exercise, such as swimming, and strengthening your core can provide relief,” which she noted “is kind of funny.”
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South Korea had dogs sniffing for bed bugs and other things on people returning from Paris, snorting luggage and bodies.
One shouldn’t play games with the devil as he always collects and keeps a shank behind the back with fingers crossed.
The last olympics that were any good were 1984 and 1988.
Tuned out after the NBA players went in 1992.
Imagine how the Italian woman feels about her dreams getting punched in the face.
All a big distraction these bread and circuses.
The most exciting contest ever is going on just beyond the front door and it is called life.
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