World Games
Italian professional runner dies in competition in China
Run through China at temperatures of more than 40 degrees, only with a compass and a card – orientation run is extreme and dangerous, shows a tragic case.
The Italian orientation runner Mattia Debertolis died at the World Games in Chengdu in Chinese. The 29-year-old was initially found passed out during a race last Friday. Despite immediate medical care in a clinic, he died four days later, as the organizers said in a statement. Nothing was communicated about the circumstances of death.
The organizers are “affected by this tragedy and speak of the family and the friends of the athlete as well as the entire orientation run community,” the deeply felt condolences, “the statement said. When running, athletes control control points with the help of compass and map.
Up to 42 degrees hot: race in China under extreme conditions
According to Italian media reports, the race took place on Friday under extremely difficult conditions, with high humidity and temperatures of up to 42 degrees. Debertolis, who came from Primör in the northern Italian province of Trentino and did his doctorate at the Swedish Technical University in Stockholm, took part in the race when his GPS, a device with which all athletes are equipped with the transmission and signaled that he had come to a standstill. According to media reports, rescue measures were initiated immediately after it was located.
The World Games are the most important and largest multi -sports event for disciplines outside the Olympic program. At the twelfth edition in China Around 5,000 athletes in 34 sports by August 17th.
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Source: Stern
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