Fran Crippen Passes away - Page 2

ambresolaire · 27-10-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by selkie

No firm cause of death yet (and I wouldn't trust an autopsy done in the UAE at this point) but a lot of these kinds of deaths do end up being caused by an underlying medical condition where the first sign of trouble is frequently sudden death. There have been big name athletes in that age band dying young because of an aortic dissection/undiagnosed Marfan's syndrome (killed basketball players Hank Gathers and volleyball player Flo Hyman on the court) cardiac hypertrophy, and the like.

And if you're going to speculate, then those are areas of speculation that history shows may be part of the sad equation.

I wasn't trying to speculate (I actually think it's a bit distasteful to speculate on the cause of death at this point), but was instead just trying to clarify the statement made by a previous poster. I've seen no suggestion of an underlying medical condition mentioned in any of the news reports and wondered where that suggestion had come from.

selkie · 27-10-2010, 03:09 AM

UAE medical said that it was a heart attack somewhere in the 18 different insulting press releases they've sent out since the race.

amy77 · 27-10-2010, 04:35 PM

Sorry I've just posted this topic in the competitive open water swimming forum, without looking in here first.

I don't think he would need to have an underlying medical condition to succumb to fatal heat exhaustion - at 30 degrees, that water was warmer than UK recreational pools and under sustained, high level exhaustion, you wouldn't need to be "weak" to die from heatstroke. In fact the higher-level competitors would be more likely to suffer due to the sustained efforts they put in, which lower-level competitors would not be achieving.

KatieBun · 28-10-2010, 08:33 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/swimmi...e_d&id=5732899

Article including eyewitness reports from the race, just in case anybody hasn't seen this.

GettingFaster · 28-10-2010, 09:34 AM

Very touching report, KB, thanks for that. As said before, sympathies with his family.

27-10-2010, 03:09 AM	#17
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28-10-2010, 08:33 AM	#19
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27-10-2010, 04:35 PM	#18
amy77 Established Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 106	Sorry I've just posted this topic in the competitive open water swimming forum, without looking in here first. I don't think he would need to have an underlying medical condition to succumb to fatal heat exhaustion - at 30 degrees, that water was warmer than UK recreational pools and under sustained, high level exhaustion, you wouldn't need to be "weak" to die from heatstroke. In fact the higher-level competitors would be more likely to suffer due to the sustained efforts they put in, which lower-level competitors would not be achieving.

28-10-2010, 09:34 AM	#20
GettingFaster Established Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,301	Very touching report, KB, thanks for that. As said before, sympathies with his family.

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