Olympic swimmer pulls out of race after getting sick due to water quality of Seine River in Paris: report

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The list of Paris Olympians pulling out of competition because of water quality concerns with the Seine River added Sweden's Victor Johansson Thursday.

Johansson pulled out of the Olympic men's 10-kilometer event Friday after getting sick from swimming in the river during Olympic competition, he told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. 

Sweden's Victor Johansson reacts after competing in a heat of the men's 1500-meter freestyle swimming event during the Paris Olympics. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)

Johansson said swimming in the river didn't feel good from the start, and he knows for sure others have become ill. 

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Since the Paris Olympics began, bacteria levels in the river have fluctuated and affected certain events. Test swims ahead of the triathlon events had to be canceled due to bacteria levels, and the men's triathlon was delayed by a day for the same reason.

Florian Wellbrock from Germany swims in the Seine. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Johansson is not the first athlete to pull out of competition in Paris over concerns about the river. Belgium withdrew its entire team from the triathlon mixed relay Monday after Claire Michel of Belgium withdrew from the contest after feeling sick. However, Michel later said blood tests showed it was a virus that made her sick and not E. coli bacteria, which is said to be the biggest risk of swimming in the Seine. 

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Belgium's Jolien Vermeylen told TV channel VTM she felt debris in the water during her 1500-meter swim in the French river at the