The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil led the British Greg Rutherford to decide to freeze sperm before traveling to the country to defend his Olympic title in the long jump at the 2016 Games in August.
The Zika, viruses transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and is spreading throughout Brazil, can cause brain malformation and other problems in the development of babies.
The companion of Rutherford, Susie Verrill, who will not travel to Rio plays with his young son, she said the couple took the precaution of freezing sperm for wanting to have more children.
"The news about Zika do not stop to worry about," she wrote in Standard Issue magazine.
"We'd love to have more children and, as the research (of the disease) is still in its beginning, I do not want to put myself in a situation that could have been avoided."
The American rider Tejay Van Garderen gave up part of 2016 last week because of the fear that the outbreak may pose risks to his pregnant wife.
The Rio 2016 organizing committee said on Tuesday that there were no cases of Zika infection among the 17,000 athletes, volunteers and authorities during the test events for the competition, and the Brazilian government reiterated that the colder climate in which to held the event decreases the chance of transmitting the virus, and the following cooperating with international organizations.
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