The issue of pollution has also been raised by athletes including windsurfer Sarah Jackson, who said England's south coast was like "surfing through sewage", and several competitors at the Henley Regatta complained of sewage in the River Thames
Nkhani ya kuonengeka kwa chilengedwe yakhudzanso othamanga kuphatikizapo woyang'anira za mphepo Sarah Jackson, yemwe adanena kuti gombe lakumwera kwa England linali ngati "kusefukira kwa madzi ndi nyasi", ndipo ena ambiri omwe amapikisana nawo pa Henley Regatta adadandaula chifukwa cha nyasi zomwe zili mumtsinje wa Thames.