Cameron van der Burgh Goes Viral On His Coronavirus COVID-19 Struggle

Cameron van der Burgh - Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Cameron van der Burgh, the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke champion and former World champion and record holder from South Africa, has been battling coronavirus COVID-19 infection for the past fortnight and has taken to social media to explain how tough it’s been even for a fit, young man whose athletic prime was just yesterday.

Cameron’s thread on Twitter explains clearly why the International Olympic Committee should not consider attempting to hold the Olympic Games this year. The swimmer, who still keeps fit on a regular basis, is still struggling with sever fatigue two weeks after being infected. Even though fever and the worst is over, his recovery and rehabilitation will take much longer, he indicates.

His conclusion:

“Please, look after yourself everyone! Health comes first – COVID-19 is no joke!”

Cameron van der Burgh’s thread:

2/ I have been struggling with Covid-19 for 14 days today. By far the worst virus I have ever endured despite being a healthy individual with strong lungs(no smoking/sport), living a healthy lifestyle and being young (least at risk demographic)

— Cameron van der Burgh (@Cameronvdburgh) March 22, 2020

4/ The loss in body conditioning has been immense and can only feel for the athletes that contract Covid-19 as they will suffer a great loss of current conditioning through the last training cycle. Infection closer to competition being the worst.

— Cameron van der Burgh (@Cameronvdburgh) March 22, 2020