Cough pours cold water on Sates’s world championship challenge

The ill-timed ailment has put the 18-year-old swimmer’s participation in Budapest in jeopardy

16 June 2022 - 19:08

Fate has helped Matthew Sates make his choice for the opening day of the world championships in Budapest in Saturday — in the form of a cough. ..

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