{"id":103206,"date":"2021-07-21T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T12:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=103206"},"modified":"2021-07-21T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T12:59:46","slug":"usa-swim-star-slammed-for-anti-vax-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=103206","title":{"rendered":"USA swim star slammed for anti-vax stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

US swim star Michael Andrew has been slammed for travelling to Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games unvaccinated.<\/p>\n

As the grim reality of Japan's COVID situation reached its peak today, former US swimmers have called Andrew out for putting the health of Team USA in peril.<\/p>\n

And it's his claim that he didn't want the vaccine in order not to 'risk any days out' of training that has caused the biggest stir.<\/p>\n

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"I'm not vaccinated," Andrew said. "My reason behind it is, for one, it was kind of a last moment, I didn't want to put anything in my body that I didn't know how I would potentially react to.<\/p>\n

"As an athlete on the elite level, everything you do is very calculated and understood. For me, in the training cycle, especially leading up to trials, I didn't want to risk any days out. There were periods where you take a vaccine, you have to deal with some days off."<\/p>\n

USA Today columnist Christine Brennan blasted Andrew for his controversial stance.<\/p>\n

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"He sounded proud as he spoke, proud of his selfish, foolish ways. Proud to be a hindrance to his teammates, a worry to all. Proud to be doing whatever the heck he wants, no matter how it affects anyone else," Brennan wrote.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old will swim three events (200m individual medley, 100m breaststroke, 50m freestyle) in Tokyo plus a number of relays.<\/p>\n

Ninety per cent of Team USA athletes are vaccinated. Andrew has previously contracted Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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