British Olympic swimmer has heart restarted

Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson revealed on Saturday that he had to have his heart re-started on Wednesday.

The Bath Intensive Training Centre swimmer was upbeat about the news which he announced on Twitter.

Long week! My heart was restarted on Wednesday AM, pushing bit too hard at training on Tuesday haha. Docs & nursing staff at RUH/EIS...

— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013

The 25-year-old said onmj88live: “Long week! My heart was restarted on Wednesday AM, pushing bit too hard at training on Tuesday haha. Docs & nursing staff at RUH/EIS...have been amazing.

"I’m back home & cleared to train! Specialist said he’s only seen this 3 times, all Olympic medallists – pretty cool!"

...have been amazing. I'm back home & cleared to train! Specialist said he's only seen this 3 times, all Olympic medallists - pretty cool! 😊

— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013

“...not really sure the reasons behind it happening but I went into an irregular beat after reaching 203 heart rate in a session (max is 193).”