Earlier today, we brought you a very abridged summary of today’s US Olympic Trials marathon in New York. The race was won by new US running star Ryan Hall, but it was the tragic collapse and death of Ryan Shay (pictured below) that has dominated the headlines. Sudden death during exercise (and particularly running) has […]
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Ryan Shay: 1979 – 2007
The USA today decided on its three-man marathon team they will send to Beijing in 2008, but the tragic news from the Olympic trials in New York City today is that of the sudden death Ryan Shay. Initial reports state that the 28 year-old 2001 NCAA Champion (10,000 m) collapsed around the five-mile mark and […]
Chicago Marathon 2007 death
In the last few weeks, we have run a series of posts investigating the events of the 30th Chicago Marathon, where record high temperatures caused the early cancellation of the race, amid record numbers of medical cases and emergencies. We , suggesting that blood pressure and unfamiliarity with the heat were more likely the cause […]
Post-Chicago analysis continued: One patient’s details
The news media are slowing down a bit here in Chicago, but the questions still remain—and we are not talking about why the race ran out of water, if they even ran out of water, or why they shortened the course. Rather, we are most interested in the runners who remained in the hospital on […]
Sudden cardiac death in sport
For the last week or so, we’ve focused exclusively on the IAAF World Champs in Osaka. But over the past few days, two very sad events in soccer have also made headlines. First, the tragic death of a Spanish International footballer, Antonio Puerta, aged just 22 (see news article here). This was followed only days […]
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