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Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon
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 2008-07-21 11:59 AM |
Champion  6931      Bellingham, Washington |  Subject: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon |
| 2008-07-21 12:20 PM in reply to: #1545765 |
Pro 3705 Vestavia Hills | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon Is it that instances are getting reported more/receive more coverage or are these occurances happening more frequently? Off the top of my head I can now name four instances within the last 2 seasons. |
| 2008-07-21 12:57 PM in reply to: #1545765 |
Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon [reposted from another NYCTri thread] http://www.wnbc.com/news/16936687/detail.html?dl=mainclick I was about 20 feet away when they found him. I couple of guys actually swam into him, as he was floating on his back with the wetsuit. The were screaming for help and the only person nearby was a kayak. They were trying to hoist him up on to the kayak, it looks like the originaly thought was that he had drowned. A bunch of people swam over, but it was getting crowded and I would have only been in the way, so I kept on swimming. When I got on the bike and coming out of the transition area to 79th St., they were pulling the gurney out of the ambulance to take down to the dock area to get the guy. The scuttle was that he was dead floating in the water. Poor guy. I couldn't see very well, but am shocked to hear he was only 32. A lot of people were spectulating that he could have had some type of shock from the jellyfish - but that is purely speculation as to why a 32 year old would suddenly die. |
| 2008-07-21 1:06 PM in reply to: #1545765 |
Pro 4339 Husker Nation | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon They got this wrong: Over 3200 people completed Sunday's race. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 0.93-mile swim portion, then a 24.8-mile bicycle ride followed by a 6.2-mile run. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 1.5k swim, 40k bike, and 10k run. Since in the Olympics they use the metric system  |
| 2008-07-21 1:13 PM in reply to: #1546053 |
Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:06 PM They got this wrong: Over 3200 people completed Sunday's race. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 0.93-mile swim portion, then a 24.8-mile bicycle ride followed by a 6.2-mile run. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 1.5k swim, 40k bike, and 10k run. Since in the Olympics they use the metric system I'm sure the dead guy's family was upset about that too... Mark |
| 2008-07-21 1:25 PM in reply to: #1546075 |
Pro 4339 Husker Nation | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon RedCorvette - 2008-07-21 1:13 PM Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:06 PM They got this wrong: Over 3200 people completed Sunday's race. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 0.93-mile swim portion, then a 24.8-mile bicycle ride followed by a 6.2-mile run. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 1.5k swim, 40k bike, and 10k run. Since in the Olympics they use the metric system I'm sure the dead guy's family was upset about that too... Mark I bet they're also not too happy about their deceased loved one being referred to as "the dead guy"  |
| 2008-07-21 1:44 PM in reply to: #1545765 |
| Regular 174 | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon I was there as a spectator when all of this happened, and it was incredibly frightening. This was one of the later waves to go, and by this time, the current had shifted, making the swim much harder (or so reported my brother who was in the water). Since all everyone had heard was how easy the swim would be, all the other spectators were expecting their triathlete out of the water much earlier than they eventually made it. We were all standing around by the swim exit waiting when we started hearing a beeping. It took a little while for everyone to figure out what was going on, but then we realized there was someone down on the dock and the beeping was the defibrillator -- and everyone got very tense, just waiting and hoping it wasn't their now very late triathlete down on the dock. After a few minutes, they brought a gurney down onto the dock and brought the guy back up, still doing CPR. All of the spectators (or at least me, but I know I wasn't alone) breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't the person they were waiting for. Eventually, they brought down the ambulance and went off to the hospital. I know nothing about CPR or emergency medicine, so I have no idea about whether or not what they did was appropriate medically. I did think the race organizers did a good job of keeping the other athletes moving and out of the way, as well as keeping the crowds out of the way. But incredibly scary nonetheless. |
| 2008-07-21 2:07 PM in reply to: #1546127 |
Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:25 PM RedCorvette - 2008-07-21 1:13 PM I bet they're also not too happy about their deceased loved one being referred to as "the dead guy" Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:06 PM They got this wrong: Over 3200 people completed Sunday's race. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 0.93-mile swim portion, then a 24.8-mile bicycle ride followed by a 6.2-mile run. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 1.5k swim, 40k bike, and 10k run. Since in the Olympics they use the metric system I'm sure the dead guy's family was upset about that too... Mark He wasn't named in the article. Still trying to understand how your first post had any relevance at all to the OP. Mark Edited by RedCorvette 2008-07-21 2:08 PM |
| 2008-07-21 2:09 PM in reply to: #1546291 |
Pro 4339 Husker Nation | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon RedCorvette - 2008-07-21 2:07 PM Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:25 PM RedCorvette - 2008-07-21 1:13 PM I bet they're also not too happy about their deceased loved one being referred to as "the dead guy" Bripod - 2008-07-21 2:06 PM They got this wrong: Over 3200 people completed Sunday's race. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 0.93-mile swim portion, then a 24.8-mile bicycle ride followed by a 6.2-mile run. An Olympic triathlon is made up of a 1.5k swim, 40k bike, and 10k run. Since in the Olympics they use the metric system I'm sure the dead guy's family was upset about that too... Mark He wasn't named in the article. Still trying to understand how your first post had any relevance at all to the OP. Mark I suppose it had as much relevance as your first post... ? Do you need to get out and train? Edited by Bripod 2008-07-21 2:10 PM |
| 2008-07-21 2:13 PM in reply to: #1545765 |
| Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon Hey, guys? Inappropriate in this thread, don't you think? COndolences to his family. As someone who was taken out of a swim during a tri, and who's wife was waiting at the ext and never saw me come out of the water after all the athletes had passed, I can sympathize with the waiting and worrying of the people on shore. 32, so sad. |
| 2008-07-21 2:46 PM in reply to: #1546316 |
Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon ChrisM - 2008-07-21 3:13 PM Hey, guys? Inappropriate in this thread, don't you think? COndolences to his family. As someone who was taken out of a swim during a tri, and who's wife was waiting at the ext and never saw me come out of the water after all the athletes had passed, I can sympathize with the waiting and worrying of the people on shore. 32, so sad. Bripod's first post was totally irrelevant to the OP and IMO disrespectful to the deceased, which is why I called him out on it. What did it matter that the news article called the race distances out in English v. Metric? The bottom line is that a young person died tragically. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Mark
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| 2008-07-30 1:03 PM in reply to: #1546316 |
| New user 4 | Subject: RE: Triathlete dies during swim in NYC triathlon But is it common to suffer this kind of accident in triathlon, what could have happen? |
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