I figure we have many triathletes and crossfit people on here. A competitor drowned during the swim portion of the first event. It was a 3.5 mile run BEFORE an 800 meter swim in open water. The athlete was visibly struggling to stay afloat very close to staff on paddleboards. Reportedly spectators …

Over on Slowtwitch there was a link to this video you can see in the background the a person who is supposedly the athlete in question struggling to stay afloat https://x.com/diverbuzz/status/1821563808936010131/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1821563808936010131&currentTweetUser=diverbuzz

Scheduling a swim after a run is a massive act of negligence……and the fact that there was not sufficient safety support is even more damning.

I saw this on X this morning and initally couldnt understand who was meant to be struggling and then you see it. A spectator jumps in to try and save him aswell. Horrendous.

Drowning is a silent event unfortunately. :frowning: Why don’t they require a floatie for something like this?

Lots of questions like this will hopefully get answered because of this tragedy. Very hard to watch yesterday :frowning:

He must have had a heart attack or something like that. The AP article states he was a water polo player, very competent swimmer. That’s awful

You gotta think it was something medical like that. He’s also been a high end Crossfitter for many years now. I do know that something like a double hamstring cramp can completely make you unable to do anything in the water, but with his history in water polo, seems pretty doubtful. Very sad for …

CrossFit doesn’t care about athletes, they did pull ups and the bar was 140 degrees and everyone got blisters on pull up. Supposed to make you stronger

CrossFit Games Athlete Dies in Event

MyNameIsJeff August 9, 2024, 3:37pm 11

Witness describes drowning

Crossfit and the people they hired - so called lifeguards - were absolutely incompetent and negligent.

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