Belgian triathlete Jolien Vermeylen is back in the headlines.
This comes after she seemingly described swimming in the Seine as a “dirty experience” and that she “felt and saw things that we shouldn’t think about too much.”
Vermeylen, according to multiple outlets added that: “We’ll know tomorrow if I’m sick or not… “It doesn’t taste like Coca-Cola or Sprite, of course.”
But now, Vermeylen claims that her words — translated to English from her native language — were not conveyed or reported on properly.
Vermeylen told News AU that she was disappointed to witness her interview surface in a manner that didn’t truly catch the “light” and “humor” she attempted to get across when discussing the surface of the Seine swim.
“The translation is just … poorly done,” she said. “They invented new words, used superlatives and made me angry and whatever.”
Tests found the level of E. coli in the water was 10 times above the acceptable levels in June before the Olympics, CBS News reported.
E. coli is a dangerous bacteria that can cause infections in one’s gut and can also lead to issues like diarrhea and pneumonia.
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Additionally, there was an athlete who vomited following an encounter with the same water, though he later said what happened to him was not due to the swim.
Triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk got sick and threw 10 times, though he suggested that it might have been due to the heat.
“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 (Celsius) in the winter, and I’m here at the Summer Olympics.”