Former Sports News presenter Charlie Webster had just completed a gruelling 3,000-mile charity cycle before falling ill.
Television sports presenter Charlie Webster is in a coma at a Rio hospital after contracting a rare strain of malaria.
The former Sports News presenter fell seriously ill after completing a 3,000-mile charity cycle from London.She was admitted to hospital on 6 August after watching the Olympic opening ceremony, having arrived in Rio a few days earlier.
Doctors initially thought she was dehydrated following the gruelling six-week Ride to Rio challenge, but then diagnosed her as suffering from a severe complication caused by a bacterial infection.
But on Thursday her agent confirmed she is in a coma and on life support as she undergoes treatment for a rare strain of malaria.
There was a fresh tweet on her Twitter account just after 9am on Thursday, saying: "Thank you very much for your messages of support, it means a lot. #TeamCharlie."
The 33-year-old had tweeted the day after being admitted to hospital: "Six weeks on the road ends in this. Very rough day, severe dehydration & infection - 2 drips & antibiotics #Rio."
Just two days later she wrote: "I'm getting there... awful few days with serious infection #Rio."
Webster made no more posts and a statement on her Facebook and Twitter profiles on 11 August revealed how her condition had worsened.
The Ride to Rio campaign wished Webster a speedy recovery, describing her as a "tough lady".
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are providing support to a British woman who is in hospital in Rio."
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