Olympian1010 7,516 Posted July 31, 2023 #801 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Magnus White (17 years old ) He was scheduled to race at the UCI World Championships. Link: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/38102982/us-cycling-team-member-magnus-white-dies-age-17 PHI2019 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,573 Posted August 8, 2023 #802 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Legendary climber (road cycling) Federico Bahamontes - winner of the Tour de France and many mountain classifications - has died at the respectable age of 95, the Eagle of Toledo has stopped flying Monzanator and Josh 1 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,308 Posted August 14, 2023 #803 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Rodion Amirov, hockey player and #15 pick in the 2020 NHL draft, only 21 from cancer. Topicmaster1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,714 Posted August 15, 2023 Author #804 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Helen Smart (formerly Helen Don-Duncan), British swimmer at the 2000 Olympics and World Short Course Championships medalist, died on Saturday at the age of 42. Ted and Griff88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,516 Posted August 22, 2023 #805 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Longtime IWGA Secretary General Co Koren passed away. He was also an important official inside the sport of Tug of War. IWGA write-up: https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/Thank-you-Co-2469 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 880 Posted August 22, 2023 #806 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 114 Posted August 24, 2023 #807 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Tom Countney 2 x 🥇🥇 800m and 4x400 m at 1956 Olympics has died. Tom Courtney, Olympic Gold Medalist and Fordham Sports Great, Dies at 90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 114 Posted August 26, 2023 #808 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Very sad story here. Alexandra Paul age 31 dies in an automobile accident. She competed in ice dance at the 2014 Winter Games. Skate Canada says former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul killed in car crash | CBC Sports hckošice, Monzanator and Josh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted August 26, 2023 #809 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Another cyclists killed in a training accident, young Belgian Tijl de Dekker, winner of this year’s U-23 Paris Roubaix. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66619682 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,714 Posted September 3, 2023 Author #810 Share Posted September 3, 2023 David Watkins, one of the few Rugby players to have been a star in both Rugby Union and Rugby League has died at the age of 81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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