Article from a Toronto news source:
http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20030830-004/page.asp
A triathlon is grueling. Still, no one expects a competitor to die during it. Sadly, that’s what happened Saturday in Guelph, as a 35-year-old Toronto man lost his life in the swimming portion of his first triathlon race.
The man went under the water shortly after the race began. Lifeguards and competitors were soon alerted and began to search for him. But it took them several minutes to find him, and the duration was simply too long. Despite the best efforts of doctors to resuscitate the man, he was later pronounced dead in hospital.
According to race organizer Mitch Fraser, the man was competing in a category shorter in distance than a regular triathlon.
The man’s name was being withheld until his family could be notified.
http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20030830-004/page.asp
A triathlon is grueling. Still, no one expects a competitor to die during it. Sadly, that’s what happened Saturday in Guelph, as a 35-year-old Toronto man lost his life in the swimming portion of his first triathlon race.
The man went under the water shortly after the race began. Lifeguards and competitors were soon alerted and began to search for him. But it took them several minutes to find him, and the duration was simply too long. Despite the best efforts of doctors to resuscitate the man, he was later pronounced dead in hospital.
According to race organizer Mitch Fraser, the man was competing in a category shorter in distance than a regular triathlon.
The man’s name was being withheld until his family could be notified.