Bettina Fabian has been hospitalized after falling ill shortly after the women’s open water 10km race that took place on Thursday in the Seine River, Hungarian media reports.
Fabian said on social media that she had vomited and also had a fever. She was hospitalized with her symptoms, receiving an IV before then flying home to Hungary.
Leonie Beck of Germany also competed in the women’s open water race and was experiencing GI symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea afterward. Beck said on her Instagram story “vomited 9 times yesterday + diarrhea” and “water quality in the Seine is approved.”
Fabian finished 5th in the women’s competition in a final time of 2:04:16.9, less than a minute off of Sharon van Rouwendaal‘s winning time of a 2:03:34.2 for the Netherlands. Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci won bronze in a 2:03:42.8.
Fabian had said to TIME after the race, “It was really hard because we …