Belgian Triathlon Team Drops Out After Athlete Falls Sick

Belgium’s Claire Michel (5) swims in the Seine River during the women’s triathlon last week. Leading up to the Games, more than $1.5 billion was spent to make the river safe for athletes.Belgium’s triathlon mixed relay team has withdrawn from Monday’s event after one of its athletes who swam in the Seine River on Wednesday became ill, the team said Sunday.

The athlete, Claire Michel, competed in the women’s triathlon on Wednesday, finishing in 38th place. The team, known as the Belgian Hammers, said in a statement released by the country’s Olympic committee and triathlon federation that Michel, 35, was taken to a clinic in the Olympic Village in Paris on Sunday for treatment and had returned…