Swimming: Kapás Boglárka has an autoimmune thyroid disease



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That Boglárka Kapás withdrew from the final of the 200 butterflies on Wednesday morning in the Kaposvár ob, we write, it is now clear why the world champion and European champion of the number decided so.

Boglárka Kapás has an autoimmune thyroid disease (Photo: Hédi Tumbász)


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The news was about a mysterious illness on Wednesday morning at the Ferenc Csik competition pool in Kaposvár, and of course there was a small alarm, as Biting Buttercup He warmed up before the final of the 200 butterflies in his order and way, but he got bad about twenty minutes later: he spoke of dizziness and weakness.

But he still wanted to start in the final because he really wanted to swim at 2:06, and if 2: 07.97 had run in the preliminary races as of Tuesday, he might have reason to hope he could improve that.

Even if there were not many opponents left, that is, he should have only escaped for the desired time. But this did not happen, captain Csaba Sós and coach Balázs Virth did not recommend the world champion to start. Beat Barker only said that they are still waiting for the test results, because they have been struggling with a similar discomfort for some time.

Then on Wednesday afternoon it all came to light.

In its social aspect, Boglárka Kapás shared with everyone what was behind the discomfort:

“This year is very difficult for everyone, we have many obstacles ahead of us, me too. Unfortunately, I had to miss today’s final with 200 butterflies: I managed to swim in encouraging time in the preliminary race, but I was not feeling well before today’s start, and although it was a very difficult decision, I understood that health is what First. This summer, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid disease called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, which can have symptoms like the ones I felt several times before onset and in the last week and a half. Even so, I’m not traveling home yet, I’m sure I’ll be better because I really want to compete in the national championship here.



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