{"id":487630,"date":"2021-09-20T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=487630"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T01:31:28","slug":"the-week-that-was-isl-continues-while-madi-wilson-tests-positive-and-hospitalized-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-isl-continues-while-madi-wilson-tests-positive-and-hospitalized-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: ISL Continues While Madi Wilson Tests Positive and Hospitalized with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, the Cali Condors concluded their ISL regular season with a win over the Toronto Titans and Energy Standard remained undefeated with a hard-fought win over the London Roar, but there was a lot of news involving several ISL stars.\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> departed Naples and missed Cali’s last regular season match, Toronto Titans’ Summer McIntosh<\/strong> also left early, and Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> made a surprise return. Most significantly, LA Current and Australian versatile star\u00a0Madi Wilson<\/strong> tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized in Italy, despite being fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Read the five biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: Madi Wilson Pulls Out of ISL Match After Being Hospitalized With COVID-19<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Madi Wilson — Photo Courtesy: Mike Lewis\/ISL<\/p><\/div>\n

By Dan D’Addona<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Two-time Olympian\u00a0Madi Wilson<\/strong> pulled out of the International Swimming League (ISL) Match #8 after testing positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n

Wilson<\/a>, who said she was fully vaccinated prior to the Tokyo Olympics, made the announcement on social media. She has been hospitalized in Naples. She isn\u2019t the first fully vaccinated person to test positive or land in a hospital, though the Center for Disease Control said that number is around 2 percent of those hospitalized with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely disappointed and upset not to be racing along side my teammates in match 8 here in the ISL. I recently tested positive for covid and yesterday was moved into hospital for further care and observation. Even though I am double vaccinated and took the right precaution set in place through the ISL, I have managed to fall to this virus. It\u2019s been a crazy few months and I believe being run down physically and mentally may have made me more susceptible. I feel extremely unlucky but I do believe this is a huge wake up call, Covid is a serious thing and when it comes it hits very hard. I\u2019d be stupid not to say I wasn\u2019t scared. I\u2019m so lucky for all my family, friends and support people. I can\u2019t believe how much love I have been shown and I\u2019m forever in debt to these people,\u201d Wilson posted on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cSpecial thanks to my incredible LA family, you haven\u2019t and wont ever see a team with a bigger heart then theirs, away from the pool the most incredible compassionate group of people and in the pool we are fighting with every bit of strength. I can promise we will be ready to fire come semifinals!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m taking some time to rest and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be ready to bounce back in no time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

#2: Cali Condors, Energy Standard Win ISL Matches<\/h3>\n
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Energy Standard’s Ilya Shymanovich — Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu\/ISL<\/p><\/div>\n

By Matthew De George, Dan D’Addona and David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n

Match #7: <\/strong>With a nine-point lead after the first day of ISL Match 7, the question Friday was if the Toronto Titans could stay in front of the Cali Condors and nab a second straight match win.<\/p>\n

The answer, delivered emphatically by\u00a0Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Beata Nelson,<\/strong>\u00a0was no. Even without\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0even with Toronto setting a slew of best times, even with Cali having fallen to second in their last match, the reigning International Swimming League champions aren\u2019t letting go of the crown lightly.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Titans gave them a scare in ISL Match 7, going blow for blow in a match that was tied after 35 of 39 races. The Titans surged ahead by 20 points entering skins, but the sprint depth of the Condors proved to be too much. On the women\u2019s side, Dahlia and Nelson provided the capstone performance in butterfly skins, a 41.5-point reversal to put the \u2018Dors ahead for good. Nelson also set an American record in\u00a0the 100 IM on the day<\/a>\u00a0and was named the match MVP with 60 points.\u00a0Coleman Stewart<\/strong>\u00a0followed with a runner-up finish in the men\u2019s backstroke skins, lending some cushion to the final margin.<\/p>\n