The swimming section of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ race in Nottingham had to be cancelled after several competitors fell ill, this was due to water quality exceeding safe levels. The type of bacteria found in the waters of the course has not been revealed, but the symptoms and circumstances seem to fit E.coli.
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