Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Ian Thorpe has an upper respiratory tract infection, Australian team doctors said today.
Doctors said Thorpe started to feel the effects of the infection a couple of days a ago.
Thorpe started to feel the effects of the infection on the afternoon of his 200m race on Monday.
“That afternoon he started to get the first signs of his problem,” he said.
“Thorpe said he felt a choking sensation in his throat”
“It’s a viral type infection so antibiotics aren’t appropriate,” he said.
“The bad news is the whole team seems to be suffering from it now.” said a recent Silver Medalist.
