PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When Mikaela Shriffin threw up Friday before her first race in the women’s slalom at the Winter Olympics, the American ski racer hardly made history.
She said it felt more like a virus than nerves, but it probably felt familiar to those who chronicle the history of vomit in sports. Yes, there’s a history.
The list of of athletes who have vomited before or during competition is long enough to make your stomach turn, but here are some notables:
— Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer star lost his while Argentina was losing the World Cup finals to Germany.