Japanese athlete collapses, vomits after sanitiser swig
山梨・高校総体「競歩」 給水コップに“消毒液”・・・選手は嘔吐し棄権 危険ミスなぜ？
straitstimes.com -- May 10
Japanese authorities have pledged to investigate a mix-up that saw high school athletes given hand sanitiser to drink during a race, with one student falling ill after taking a swig.
Competition organisers for a girls' 5,000-metre walking race held last weekend in central Japan's Yamanashi prefecture mistakenly poured the sanitiser into cups and placed them at a drinks station for athletes.
Yamanashi's high school sport federation said the sanitiser had been stored in an unlabelled plastic bottle alongside those containing drinking water in a cardboard box.
Alcohol-based hand sanitiser is commonly used to protect against Covid-19 and has become ubiquitous in Japan and other countries since the pandemic began.
One athlete collapsed, vomited and dropped out of the race after drinking the sanitiser, while two others spat it out and continued.
In all, three athletes were taken to hospital for treatment and were reported to be recovering.
山梨県で行われた高校生の競歩の大会で、給水エリアに水ではなく、アルコール消毒液が入ったコップが誤って置かれ、飲んだ選手が嘔吐（おうと）しました。危険なミスはなぜ起きたのでしょうか。
■誤って消毒液を注いだのは「審判員」
山梨県高校体育連盟・逆瀬川慶浩会長：「まず、え？ですよね。1年間一回の目標としている大会で、そういうことが起きて、本当に申し訳ない」
大会の主催者が、信じがたいことの顛末（てんまつ）を明かしました。
7日の山梨県高校総合体育大会。8人の選手が出場した女子競歩の5000メートル決勝。高校2年生の選手が、3000メートル地点で、給水エリアに置かれていたコップを手に取りました。ところが・・・。 - ANNnewsCH
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