2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Men's 100m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Kyle Chalmers (AUS) of Australia poses with his gold medal. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Olympic 100 metres freestyle champion Kyle Chalmers has pulled out of the world championships in Hungary to have surgery for a heart condition, Swimming Australia (SA) said on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old, who stunned the world with his gold medal at the Rio Games, suffers from supraventricular tachycardia, a condition which can cause an abnormally fast heart beat and palpitations, and forced him to miss the 100m final at the Australian short course championships in November.
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