What took place to Gus Kenworthy on 'Special Forces: World's Toughest Test'? The Olympian is compelled to medically faucet on Day 8 of the competition.
Spoiler alert: This article comprises spoilers for Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.
Fox's latest truth festival collection, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, pushes 16 celebrities outdoor of the relief in their swanky mansions and elite existence and drops them in the middle of the Jordanian wasteland. Hoping to live to tell the tale 10 days of training, those recruits undergo real-life Special Ops exercises which can be overseen through former army workforce, who are known as the Directing Staff.
Throughout the contest, the recruits are pushed to their limits each mentally and bodily. On Day 8, former MLB star Mike Piazza comes to a decision to withdraw from the contest, telling his co-stars that he's physically tired. After the rest 5 recruits entire the problem, again at base camp, Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy falls in poor health.
So, what took place to Gus? Keep reading to find out why the 31-year-old was compelled to medically withdraw from the contest.
What took place to Gus Kenworthy on 'Special Forces'? Olympian is taken to the sanatorium for "life-threatening" reaction.
In Episode 8, titled "Courage," Gus tells the DS that he put his numbered armband down on the ground and will no longer in finding it all through a problem. Remi Adeleke tells Gus that once they get back to base camp, he should "pay the man," which means that Gus will undergo an additional physical activity as a form of punishment for leaving his tools behind.
At the campsite, Remi tells Gus to get totally rainy and cover his whole frame in sand; then, the previous pro athlete is told to do 20 burpees. After completing the task, Gus starts to feel unwell. He tells former pro soccer superstar Carli Lloyd that he has a "horrible feeling in his chest," and begins to violently vomit.
Taken to the scientific tent, Gus tells the medic that he feels as although something is caught in his throat and his abdomen feels tight. The Olympian says he feels like he is suffering from an allergic reaction. While the medic can't pinpoint what brought about the reaction, the voiceover explains that because Gus has suffered a "life-threatening anaphylactic reaction," he needs to be taken to the health facility in case of "rebound anaphylaxis."
Therefore, Gus is pressured to medically withdraw from the competition. Now, just four recruits remain — Hannah Brown, Carli Lloyd, Dwight Howard, and Danny Amendola.
Watch new episodes of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test on Wednesdays at nine p.m. EST on Fox.
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