Triathletes Sickened By Swimming In Shit-Infested Oklahoma River

Contamination in the Oklahoma River was to blame for sickening dozens of participants in an international triathlon held last month, state health officials said Wednesday.

At least 45 participants in the Boathouse International Triathlon in Oklahoma City became sick with gastrointestinal problems after the event held May 16-17.

The Oklahoma Department of Health said the illness was related to exposure to water during swimming practice sessions or during the swim portion of the event.

"Laboratory analyses of stool specimens from a few ill athletes were positive for different gastrointestinal agents, including norovirus, and a couple of different kinds of bacteria and parasites, all of which are compatible with this gastrointestinal outbreak and which could be associated with exposure to water contaminated with human or animal waste," the department said in a statement.

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What makes it even sadder is that they tried to cover this up about a week after the triathlon, and the biohazard signs mysteriously disappeared prior to the event.

Guess they can't cover it up now.