Moment triathlete VOMITS live on BBC1 at the end of a gruelling race at the Paris Olympics - as 30-degree heat takes its toll on competitors after event was rescheduled due to poor water quality

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  • BBC cameras captured Tyler Mislawchuk being sick astatine nan extremity of nan event
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By Liam Morgan

Published: 07:08 EDT, 31 July 2024 | Updated: 08:00 EDT, 31 July 2024

A triathlete vomited astatine nan extremity of a gruelling men's title astatine nan Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk, 29, was seen being physically sick connected unrecorded TV aft finishing ninth successful an epic contest.

And he later revealed he had really vomited 10 times arsenic nan sadistic title took its toll. 'I didn’t travel present to travel apical 10 but I gave it everything I had,' he told Canadian media afterwards.


'I went for it, I person nary regrets—vomited 10 times.

It had travel aft a reliable title for nan men, which ended successful temperatures of astir 30 degrees Celsius successful nan French capital.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW 

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk vanished ninth successful nan men's triathlon and vomited aft nan race

Athletes were near exhausted aft completing nan gruelling title successful reliable conditions successful Paris

Alex Yee, who took golden pinch a superb finish, is seen catching his activity aft nan sadistic event

The title was won by Britain's Alex Yee, who produced a superb comeback to drawback and surpass New Zealand's Hayden Wilde to return gold. 

The arena was postponed from Tuesday greeting aft organisers deemed nan h2o value successful nan Seine to not beryllium bully capable for nan competition. 

It was not confirmed that nan races would beryllium capable to spell up connected Wednesday until nan early hours, pinch nan men pushed backmost to aft nan women's race. 

That meant nan conclusion of nan men's title coincided pinch a emergence successful temperatures, adding to nan trouble for nan competitors.

Organisers said samples taken showed 'much lower' levels of germs than nan period for nan arena to return place, pinch nan dream now that nan early events successful nan river, nan triathlon mixed relay and marathon swimming, will not look specified uncertainty. 

The 1.5km swim, 40km motorcycle thrust and 10km tally proved excessively overmuch for immoderate of nan field, including Mislawchuk.

Other athletes were seen sprawled retired connected nan mat astatine nan decorativeness statement aft completing nan energy-sapping course. 

Conditions were besides reliable successful nan women's title arsenic respective athletes collapsed successful nan motorcycle conception because of nan slick roadworthy aboveground successful Paris.

Guam's Manami Iijima was nan first jock to crash, pinch Brazil's Vittoria Lopes, Germany's Lisa Tertsch and Belgium's Jolien Vermeylen besides impacted by an incident.

Home favourite Leonie Periault was besides progressive on with Colombia's Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto.

Yee clinched his first individual Olympic golden successful stunning style connected a superb time for Team GB

Lotte Miller collapsed doubly during nan motorcycle leg, nan 2nd incident forcing nan Norwegian to propulsion retired of nan race.

Germany's Laura Lindemann saw her hopes of a podium decorativeness heavy impacted erstwhile she fell pinch 3 laps remaining of nan motorcycle leg.

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