
Cameron van der Burgh is the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke world champion.© Twitter
Cameron van der Burgh is the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke world champion.© Twitter
Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said on 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).” Van der…