Swimming-US team battling gastroenteritis at world championships


FILE PHOTO: Artistic Swimming - World Aquatics Championships - Team Technical - World Aquatics Championships Arena, Singapore - July 21, 2025 Team United States performs during preliminaries REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo

(Reuters) -The United States team is still recovering after suffering an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis ahead of the swimming world championships in Singapore that began on Sunday, a spokesperson told Reuters.

The U.S. team contracted the illness during their pre-meet training camp in Thailand, according to media reports.

On Sunday, Olympic champion Torri Huske did not participate in the women's 100m butterfly, while 18-year-old Claire Weinstein did not compete in the 400m freestyle.

American great Katie Ledecky did not appear to be affected and qualified fastest for the 400m freestyle final with a time of 4:01.04.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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