This is like the third athlete that's been rolled off in a chair after competing due to covid, but her infection was back in June!
This is from Google's translate from German
Co-favorite Malaika Mihambo wins Olympic silver in the close long jump final in Paris, but has to be taken out of the Stade de France in a wheelchair afterward with shortness of breath. The reason is the consequences of a Covid infection. That is precisely why she is "incredibly proud" of her performance.
There were dramatic images on Thursday evening (08.08.2024) after the women's long jump final. Malaika Mihambo was crying bitterly, gasping for air while talking to coach Ulli Knapp and pointing to her neck in agony, sitting helplessly in the corner and holding her chest.
Eventually, the 30-year-old was wheeled out of the Stade de France in a wheelchair, a terrible end to what was actually a successful evening in which she won Olympic silver - an even greater success than it already was, given the circumstances.
But hey, totally normal mindset here:
Mihambo herself expressed this view when she spoke about it almost two hours after the final. "I'm feeling better now. It takes a lot of people to be able to compete with such a handicap and still win a silver medal. So I'm incredibly proud of my performance," said the strong athlete.
Death. Cult. 
They talk about Lyle briefly and vaguley touch on some sort of responsible thinking...
An Olympic start shortly after a positive corona test? For the DLV, an approach like that of the sprint star would not have been an option. "It would not have been possible for us because the health of the athletes is our top priority and we do not want to accept that others will be affected by these infections," said DLV sports director Jörg Bügner on Friday (09.08.2024). The DLV is pursuing a "much stricter policy than, for example, the current legal basis. How this is regulated in other nations is not something we are concerned with. We are crystal clear about it."
But then it's back to Mihambo, and it gets worse. Emphasis mine.
Mihambo was actually in strong form this summer, having become European champion in Rome with the second longest jump of her career at 7.22 m. But then a Covid infection weakened her, and she knew she still lacked the stamina. Now the long-term effects of the illness are taking their toll. In Paris, this brought back memories of the 2022 European Championships at home, where Mihambo had also started weakened by Corona and had risked everything. Back then, too, she won silver. She had completely exhausted herself and suffered fainting attacks shortly afterwards. She herself spoke of a "borderline experience". Now, "after the competition, it was the same as two years ago in Munich".
More are to follow: "I'm looking forward to being completely healthy again and to competing in good shape again," said the three-time Sportswoman of the Year after her hard-fought silver in Paris.
Delusional, whatever Doctors are giving these people the green light are fucking complicit in this shit.
And for any 
wandering in here wondering what the big deal is if she's capable of winning a medal. If she's pushing through and training under these conditions, she is 100% forcing hypoxia on herself. That video of her being wheeled off (which germany won't let me see) is of a person who is giving themselves brain damage. She is on the very short track for Dementia in her 30's.
I love how normalized it is that the contagion risk of any disease is now totally ignored, when in a sane world flouting that shit would rightly be considered a form of fuckin assault
Society as a whole largely went from shaming people, and comparing them to losers hiding their zombie bites, to calling them heroes in under 5 years.
that article links to another article where the writer is halfheartedly pointing out that this is a problem but seems to really 'both sides' it between 'the sport is great so it must go on' and 'health concerns are important too', probably because he's scared of blaming anyone and getting in trouble
last bit of the article:
It is the responsibility of every athlete that he knows his body and wants to push these limits every day. And this sports festival, which is now running, is the most important thing in the life of an athlete and takes place only every four years. And that is precisely why no one will withdraw, because it becomes difficult.
High-performance sports is a highly unreasonable thing, so it is so marvelous and yet I hope that everything will be fine again. For all parties involved. Because they love the sport. And health must be above everything
like make up your mind, take a stand
edit: feel like he's also minimizing the role of the doctors to just being a support staff for athletes so they can compete better, that's almost like the Thiel olympics idea where they dope them up to compete better without thinking about health risks, there's more to think about here but I gotta go
edit: feel like he's also minimizing the role of the doctors to just being a support staff for athletes so they can compete better, that's almost like the Thiel olympics idea where they dope them up to compete better without thinking about health risks, there's more to think about here but I gotta go
anime brain where the only purpose of the coach is to fill them with spirit and point them at the target regardless of the consequences.
At least she's not infecting others. I can see and understand an athlete choosing to take this risk if given the option, even if I don't agree with it. But competing with an active infection is fucking unambiguously horrible.
Edit: wait she did the same shit in 2022? this can't be sustainable jfc
Yeah, anyway, all of you non-peak human physical specimens will be fine. Back to work and masks are illegal.
