Thomas Engwall ordered a Barbacoa Taco at the Chipotle on the Drag Restaurant in Denver, famous for their large burritos, before he fell ill.

The Chipotle on the Drag Restaurant is based in Denver Colorado and served Thomas Engwall a taco at their Guadalupe Street location.

Thomas Engwall majored in Kinesiology, the scientific study of human movement, which was closely related to his Javelin throwing activity.

Our Olympic hopeful wanted to make the US Olympic Team for javelin throwing and had finished near the top in a previous tryout before he fell ill.

Thomas Engwall contracted a common norovirus at the restaurant from eating a taco initially contaminated by an employee.

Thomas's illness caused him to become dehydrated due to diarrhea and vomiting, which caused to him lose 20 pounds and subsequently not finish well in his second javelin tryout.

The Chipotle on the Drag Restaurant voluntarily closed for three days after several reports of illness and asked all employees to take one week off.

The illness was spread unintentionally from an employee that had previously cleaned up vomit from a restroom in the restaurant.

The Norovirus that caused the illness at the Chipotle on the Drag Restaurant causes diarrhea, nausea and vomiting which leads to dehydration and loss of body weight.

Thomas Engwall was trying for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece, however the top finisher in his tryout only finished 12th for the US Team.

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