Interesting article about deaths in the swimming leg of triathlons.
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Deaths in triathlons
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Guy in our area died in the swim of a recent tri. He was an accomplished triathlete so I am not sure what happened.
http://www.sunjournal.com/obituaries/story/1079701
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I saw the start of a tri and knew it would kill me-- getting thrashed to death by 500 flailing feet.
Always thought a tri should start with a run, then swim them bike. Spread out the field before the swim.
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Great. So not only are triathletes bad cyclists, but many can't swim and drown from panic attacks?!? What a sport.
FWIW, the article is hardly scientific and is more of an op/ed piece. My equally unscientific hypothesis is that the athletes may have experienced a loss consiousness due a variety of reasons (hypervenilation, sudden excerion without a warm-up, the mammalian diving reflex, etc.) that resulted in a loss of consciousness and the resultant drowning.
Heck, if the bike portion was the first part of a triathlon, you'd probably have several triathletes go down due to light headedness.
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