Van der Burgh infected
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Former Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh said he has contracted the coronavirus and added his voice to concerns for athletes’ well-being if the Tokyo Games went ahead. Van der Burgh, 31, who retired from competitive swimming in 2018, posted a series of messages on social media on Sunday describing how he had been ill with the virus for two weeks. “Although the most severe symptoms (extreme fever) have eased, I am still struggling with serious fatigue and a residual cough that I can’t shake,” the South African wrote on Twitter. He wrote that athletes are “exposing themselves to unnecessary risk” by continuing to train in preparation for the Olympics because there is “no clarification” on whether the Games will go ahead as planned.
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