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The Canadian triathlete who went viral for vomiting 10 times revealed what made him sick after he swam across the polluted Seine River at the Paris Olympics.
Tyler Mislawchuck, 29, who crossed the finish line in 9th place, says he was in the running for a medal halfway through the final leg of the race Wednesday when he began to fade.
“For me, whether I was fourth or 55th it doesn’t really matter. I tried to win a medal and I went out there and was basically in third place with the two French guys for five and a half or 6 km,” the three-time Olympian told Triathlon Magazine.
“At my last Olympics there was the injury and with all the stuff that happened there was a lot of ‘what ifs,’” said Mislawchuck, who finished 15th in both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 games.
Mislawchuk blamed the high temperatures for his mid-race puking as he lives in a much cooler climate.
“I have no ‘what ifs’ on the day, I went for it, it was absolutely everything. I vomited 10 times after the race … it got hot in the last laps,” Mislawchuk said.
“I’m just a kid from Winnipeg, well, specifically Oak Bluff, where it’s –50 (Celcius) in the winter, and I’m here at the Summer Olympics.”
The temperature is equal to –58 degrees Fahrenheit.
At the start of the race, the air temperature was measured at 78.4 Fahrenheit and was 82.04 Fahrenheit, an hour after the race ended…
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