Navratilova in Hospital After Ending Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro
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Martina Navratilova, the 18-time Grand Slam tennis singles champion, is recovering in a Nairobi hospital after she was forced to give up climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, organizers of the fundraising event said.
Navratilova, who had been helped down Africa’s highest peak by porters after feeling unwell on the fourth day of the charity climb, is suffering from high altitude pulmonary edema, an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, the Laureus charity said today in an e-mailed statement.