So once again the Commonwealth Games have made international headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time apparently because the English and Australian swimmers were falling ill with a stomach bug/infections or a version of Delhi belly.
Some Aussies pulled out; the Brits seemed to have soldiered on. They asked for the water in the warm-up pool to be tested. Officials said tests showed no abnormalities, but didn't mention the feathers and bird droppings in the pool that, according the the Australian team leaders, came from the pigeons that roost in the rafters.
To their credit, though, the Aquatic officials readily admitted that there was a sewage problem in the toilets which they weren't able to flush, and had no water. Doesn't bode well for the unwell athletes that would need the facilities urgently.
But my question is, why were only the Aussies and the English affected? Are they the only ones who warm up?
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