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Athletes Deaths Thread


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RIP Jim Hines, 1946-2023, 1968 100m and 4x100m gold medalist.

 

 

Jim Hines, 1968 Olympic 100m champion and world record-holder, dies - AW (athleticsweekly.com)

 

According to this story, his two gold medals were stolen shortly after the 1968 Games but were returned to him after he placed an advert in a local newspaper. (I had never known that.)  But his 100m race was like the second Olympic athletics event (the day after men's 10K) I ever watched on TV. 

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15 hours ago, Triplecast said:

RIP Jim Hines, 1946-2023, 1968 100m and 4x100m gold medalist.

 

 

Jim Hines, 1968 Olympic 100m champion and world record-holder, dies - AW (athleticsweekly.com)

 

According to this story, his two gold medals were stolen shortly after the 1968 Games but were returned to him after he placed an advert in a local newspaper. (I had never known that.)  But his 100m race was like the second Olympic athletics event (the day after men's 10K) I ever watched on TV. 

First man ever under 10:00 seconds, a big barrier in the day  Like Dick Fosbury & Bob Beamon, benefitting from the technical advances in stadium construction - the "tartan" plastic track of Mexico 68 replacing the cinders of Tokyo 64.  And of course the altitude of Mexico meant that record stood for 15 years.  

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1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

First man ever under 10:00 seconds, a big barrier in the day  Like Dick Fosbury & Bob Beamon, benefitting from the technical advances in stadium construction - the "tartan" plastic track of Mexico 68 replacing the cinders of Tokyo 64.  And of course the altitude of Mexico meant that record stood for 15 years.  

And as I learned today, because of the improvements that came after Bob Hayes finished his track career, Jim Hines was the only man to break 10 seconds and play in the NFL.  

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Pat Casey :USA - well known BMX Freestyle rider from competitions like thee  X Games, FISE, and Red Bull circuits was reportedly killed in a dirt bike crash at another X Games athlete’s training area. 
 

I grew up watching the X Games and Red Bull circuits, so always sad when one of the athletes I enjoyed watching dies :cry:

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American ski jumper Patrick Gasienica has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Poland. He was only 24

 

EDIT - He may have died near his home in the USA. I was fooled by Polish sources reporting his death before American newspapers

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I would advice/propose a national day of mourning (in SUI) for him. A talented Swiss rider dying during the country‘a premier cycling event is worthy of that distinction. Plus, from what I’ve read in the cycling media, he was a terrific guy very worthy of that honor. 
 

The image of Bahrain-Victorious riding towards the line with the :SUI draped in mourning colors will be one of those somberly remembered moments in sports I think. What a sad day for cycling (and his friends and family). 

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