Thread by @alexandrosM

A🧵on athletes reporting illness at the Military World Games in Wuhan, October 18-27

<epistemic status: gathering datapoints, not drawing conclusions>

Sources:
[1]@BillyBostickson's thread: x.com/BillyBostickso…
[2]My thread: x.com/alexandrosM/st…
[3]research from @Iseravi1

Mathieu Brulet, 🇫🇷 runner. Got bronze at Wuhan, but says he was ill.
[1] lechorepublicain.fr/chartres-28000…
[2] fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_B…
[3] intensite.net/2009/actu2019/…

Elodie Clouvel, 🇫🇷, pentathlete
[1]dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

Valentin Belaud, 🇫🇷, pentathlete (husband of Clouvel ^)
[1] dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

Anonymous, 🇫🇷
[1] rmcsport.bfmtv.com/jeux-olympique…

Matteo Tagliariol, 🇮🇹, fencer. Said he and 5 roommates got COVID-like symptoms, long recovery. Fever & difficulty breathing continued even a week after returning home. Doctor told him many were ill and could run out of meds. Wife and child at home got ill.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712

Oliver Gorges, 🇱🇺, triathlete. Tons of articles saying he was about to get antibody testing but nothing about results! Said Wuhan was a 'ghost town'. insidethegames.biz/articles/10943…

Raphaël Stacchiotti, 🇱🇺, swimmer
… …lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/…

Pit Brandenburger, 🇱🇺, swimmer. According to teammate Julien Henx: lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/…. They fell ill, didn't swim, stayed in bed. Doctor assumed flu. Henx shared room but didn't fall ill. Was condemned by military and didn't speak to press after that lequotidien.lu/sport-national…

Bob Bertemes, Michel Erpelding🇱🇺 not ill but recall infrared temp checks at airport. Athlete village cleaned twice a day, streets cleaned at midnight every day. Also says phones were scrambled, and there were checkpoints between athlete village and Wuhan. lequotidien.lu/sport-national…

Melina Westerberg 🇸🇪 pentathlete. Said many of her compatriots were sick at the Games, but none tested positive for the virus claiming: "It was just a coincidence, we all felt safe." insidethegames.biz/articles/10943…

Jacqueline Bock, 🇩🇪, volleyball. Says teammates also ill, and her dad got ill after she came home. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

Torsten Timm🇩🇪 video reporter, got ill while leaving Wuhan. Shared a room with 6 others, said colleague had fallen ill a few days before. Recovery took 2 months. Tested May 2020, negative for antibodies. The colleague tested positive for antibodies (when?) kreiszeitung.de/lokales/oldenb…

German delegation, is quoted in a few places saying they didn't notice anything unusual and in fact had fewer ill people than usual. t-online.de/sport/id_87845…

2 🇨🇦athletes, anonymous - financialpost.com/diane-francis/…

Rebel news reports that ~50 🇨🇦athletes were quarantined on Polaris aircraft that flew them home. They also share docs sent to the athletes telling them they left China "well before" the virus started circulating, which we now know to be incorrect. rebelnews.com/covid_coverup_…

non-athlete random person on twitter -

Pedro Retuerto, & Diego Uceta, 🇪🇸, Boxing. Uceta said fell ill 15 days after arrival and had to see doctor, more ill than ever. diariodevalladolid.elmundo.es/articulo/casti… diariodevalladolid.elmundo.es/articulo/valla…

Arkadiusz Wojtas Więcej🇵🇱 physiotherapist: "several people became quite ill" after return. "had a fit of something like flu, after the disease, respiratory problems, lack of condition and fatigue with normal exercise appeared." sportowefakty.wp.pl/kolarstwo/9272… AND zdrowie.radiozet.pl/Medycyna/Wiado…

Damian Zaborowski🇵🇱 doctor. Said he fell ill when returning home. Says it's possible the games were a delayed ticking bomb for COVID, though also thinks it's implausible sport.onet.pl/inne-sporty/sw…

Other Polish participants have dismissed it, said noticed nothing unusual .sport.pl/sport/7,173950…

Swiss delegation says nothing unusual blick.ch/sport/mehr_spo…

Slovenia:

Apparently the same team of journalists contacted every delegation: