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Athletes Deaths Thread


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1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Another sad one - young Russo-Australian figure skater Ekatarina Alexandrovskya.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8536417/Former-world-junior-skating-champion-Alexandrovskaya-dies.html#comments

What’s with all the Russian „celebrities“ recently falling out of windows? I remember only a couple of months ago there were reports of at least 3 Russian doctors „falling“ out of windows.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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21 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

What’s with all the Russian „celebrities“ recently falling out of windows? I remember only a couple of months ago there were reports of at least 3 Russian doctors „falling“ out of windows.

The stories in the Russian media seem to be that she was forced to retire from skating after suffering an epileptic seizure that nearly killed her very early this year.

Unable to find a job within skating, she had been working as a stripper.

Of course, I don't know how much of that is true.

 

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4 hours ago, Dragon said:

The stories in the Russian media seem to be that she was forced to retire from skating after suffering an epileptic seizure that nearly killed very early this year.

Unable to find a job within skating, she had been working as a stripper.

Of course, I don't know how much of that is true.

 


Just all very sad..  Months of lockdown at the critical time did not help.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8538041/Australian-figure-skater-Ekaterina-Alexandrovskaya-worked-stripper-death-Russia.html

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Donald Whiston. Ice Hockey. Member of the United States team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Age 93.

 

Oslo 1952 Olympic ice hockey medallist Whiston dies age 93

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Ali Mirzaei. Iranian Weightlifter. Winner of the bronze medal in the bantamweight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Age 91.

 

Helsinki 1952 weightlifting medallist Mirzaei dies age 91

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:AUS Margaret McIver (dressage, 1984).

 

https://www.eurodressage.com/2020/07/21/margaret-mciver-passed-away

 

Incidentally, she coached :PAK Usman Khan, who is supposed to become the first ever Pakistani Olympic equestrian next year.

#banbestmen

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Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita. Sierra Leone. Competed in the marathon at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Age 73.

 

Sierra Leone flagbearer from Seoul 1988 dies aged 73

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On 18/07/2020 at 20:14, OlympicIRL said:


He managed the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland. 
Unforgettable time :). RIP big Jack

 

Thanks my brain knew it was the Republic but my hand decided otherwise!

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Ben Jipcho  :KEN  (Athletics) 1972 Munich 3000m Steeple Silver. And first ever pace runner at the Olympics in Mexico City 1968 he after a "team agreement" sacrified himself in the 1500m, Kenya won its first ever Olympics gold, Kipchoge Keino profited from his high pace

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