mardi 7 juin 2016

Greg Rutherford freezes sperm over Olympics Zika fears

Long jumper’s partner also reveals she and their son will not attend Rio Games amid concerns about disease affecting newborns

The British Olympian Greg Rutherford has frozen a sample of his sperm before attending the Olympic Games in Rio because of his concerns over the Zika virus.

Rutherford’s partner, Susie Verrill, said the couple, who have a son called Milo, decided to freeze his sperm because they wanted to have more children in the future and were worried about the risks of the disease. Zika infections in pregnant women have been linked to babies being born with microcephaly, or an unusually small skull, and other severe brain defects.

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