An Olympic champion confessed to unhygienic practicesA report by The Wall Street Journal entitled The Dirty Secret of Olympic Swimmers brought to light a very peculiar practice among athletes: urinating in the pool. This behavior was confirmed by famous swimmers.
The unhygienic practice of swimmers
Young Olympic swimmer Lilly King, two-time champion in the 100-meter breaststroke and 4×100 medley relay at the 2016 Rio Games, confessed: “I can pee while swimming, which is almost a gift. It’s definitely a skill.”
To try to understand such a surprising reflection by the Indiana athlete, it is necessary to take into account that swimmers, due to the great physical effort they undergo, need to drink a lot of liquid to stay hydrated. In addition, swimsuits, increasingly tight and aerodynamic, do not facilitate the usual operation of going to the bathroom.
Lilly King is not the only one who confessed italso the swimmer Zach Hartingworld champion in 2024 in the 4×100 medley relay, admitted to doing this since his participation in state high school competitions: “The world changed for me after I urinated in the pool for the first time.
After that, every time I went to a pool I only considered myself to have swum in it if I peed.” Harting also highlights the need for constant hydration: “I always have to pee because I drink a lot to stay hydrated.”
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2024-08-05 20:03:00
