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Coronavirus 'no joke' Olympic gold medallist van der Burgh warns

Retired South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh (pictured at the 2012 London Olympics) [COURTESY]

Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said Sunday that he had contracted COVID-19, offering insight into how coronavirus infection could affect 2020 Olympic hopefuls.

"I have been struggling with Covid-19 for 14 days today," South Africa's van der Burgh wrote on Twitter. "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)."

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