The children felt sick and vomited.
39 children have been hospitalized from the speed skating competitions organized in Russia, Championat website news.
According to the authorities the children showed some signs of poisoning. They were diagnosed with nausea and vomiting.
The competition venue is now investigating whether the children’s meals were organized in accordance with the regulations.
The competitions were held on Saturday in northern Russia in the Puri district. The sick children came from the Sverdlovsk region of the Central Urals.
Tagil City news site according to this, the poisoning case is by no means the first in Russia. At the end of November, 12 schoolchildren from the Dzerzhinsky district were hospitalized with similar symptoms.