Athletes Deaths Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

9 minutes ago, dcro said:

Apparently he caught two men trying to steal mirrors from his car and got stabbed in the middle of the day. What the fuck?!

 

It's a great thing that the Olympics won't be gonig to Almaty...

To be fair, I guess those senseless things happen everywhere...it's not like that would be impossible in Stockholm, or Graz or something...but this is horrible  

 

[NearPup 3,045]

52 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Reports are saying that Kazakhstan's Olympic medalist, Denis Ten, has tragically passed away following an attack in Almaty. If true, this is devastating 

 

Wow, I’m speechless. That’s just tragic...

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, I guess those senseless things happen everywhere...it's not like that would be impossible in Stockholm, or Graz or something...but this is horrible  

 

 

Well, I've never heard about someone getting stabbed over car mirrors, let alone an elite athlete...

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Well, I've never heard about someone getting stabbed over car mirrors, let alone an elite athlete...

I've heard about people getting stabbed for trying to prevent someone from stealing their bike...not an elite athlete, but that's just because a vast majority of people is not an elite athlete.

 

Anyway, I'm shocked.. 

[Olympian1010 7,972]

1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

Reports are saying that Kazakhstan's Olympic medalist, Denis Ten, has tragically passed away following an attack in Almaty. If true, this is devastating 

 

What a blow for Central Asian sports and skating in general. He was one of the few skaters I knew and cheered for. What a senseless loss of life

[Bohemia 1,411]

I just saw the shocking news about his passing...  How can people be so heartless for such stupid things? 

May he rest in peace.

[Agger 1,662]

Vibeke Skofterud died sunday after an accident

 

https://www.nrk.no/sport/skofterud-omkommet-i-vannscooterulykke-1.14144888

[hckošice 14,822]

Viktor Tyumenev, USSR´s Sarajevo 1984 Olympic Champion and 3 times World Champion 1982, 1986 and 1990 in Ice Hockey passed away yesterday at 61. For long years he played in Finland, after returning home he played for Spartak Moscow and the Krylya Sovietov Moscow, he finished his career in the 1997/98 season as a player of CSKA Moscow.

RIP

[thepharoah 2,405]

 Former Olympian and world champion in men's 400m hurdles Nicholas Bett has died in a car accident at the age of 28 , RIP 

Edited August 8, 2018 by thepharoah

[Dimast 88]

The women's all-around gold medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics Elena Shushunova has died in St. Petersburg. She was 49

http://tass.ru/sport/5462199

RIP

Edited August 16, 2018 by Dimast