Really sad indeed. I didn’t see it in the article. Does anyone know what ultimately leads to the death in these individuals who attempt to do theses long distance swims? Hypothermia or electrolyte imbalance or pneumonia or something else?
I think in the case of this race in particular, the list of what could have been the culprit is really long. Swimming the English Channel after running 87 miles nonstop? I can only imagine what kind of trauma the body is going through at that point. You have to be a ninja-caliber endurance wizard to pull that off. This is exactly the reason most triathlons have the swim first.