Rio de Janeiro: Two Australian swimmers have been hospitalised and will miss the team's charter flight home on Monday afternoon (local time) following separate bouts of illness.
Backstroker Madison Wilson complained of abdominal pains and was taken to an Olympic hospital in Rio on Sunday with suspicions she may have appendicitis.
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Aussie swimmers hospitalised in Rio
Bronte Barratt and Madison Wilson have been taken ill and will miss the team's flight home from Rio. Vision courtesy Seven Network.
Wilson was accompanied by Olympic medical director Dr David Hughes and those fears have been allayed, with Wilson said to be resting comfortably and likely to make a second charter flight out of Rio on Tuesday.
She was intending to compete in a number of FINA World Cup events in Europe but will now return directly to Australia.
Meanwhile, the wet and wild conditions at the Closing Ceremony, which was buffeted by chilly winds and rain, took their toll on Bronte Barratt, who has also been sent to hospital after contracting pneumonia.
Barratt was also likely to make the second charter flight, however her condition was being assessed on Monday. Both swimmers are being accompanied in Rio by a Swimming Australia staff member.
It has also emerged on Tuesday that fellow Australian swimmer Cate Campbell will reportedly undergo surgery for a hernia when she returns to Australia.
News Corp reported that the 100m world champion developed a hernia three months ago, but is refusing to blame it for her Rio results.
Campbell's coach, Simon Cusack, said it had not been possible for her to have surgery before the Games because it would have disrupted her preparation.
Instead she swam through the pain of the hernia and will reportedly have surgery in October, after her post-Olympics holiday.
It will be her second hernia operation in 12 months.
It appears to be the final chapter of an eventful Games for the swimming team, which has come under heavy scrutiny for its performance in the pool and the behaviour of some of its athletes after competition.
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