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Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson took to Twitter today to explain how he had to go into the hospital and have his heart restarted after an irregular heartbeat. […]
Jamieson is due to compete for the European All-Stars as part of the Duel in the Pool next month.
Long week! My heart was restarted on Wednesday AM, pushing bit too hard at training on Tuesday haha. Docs & nursing staff at RUH/EIS…
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
…have been amazing. I’m back home & cleared to train! Specialist said he’s only seen this 3 times, all Olympic medallists – pretty cool! 😊
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
…not really sure the reasons behind it happening but I went into an irregular beat after reaching 203 heart rate in a session (max is 193)
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
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