Members of the Australian CrossFit community say they are reeling following the death of a competitor during an event at the CrossFit Games in the United States, with athletes starting to question the safety of the competition.
Serbian athlete Lazar Dukic, 28, died during the competition, which brings together the top 40 athletes from around the world to determine what organisers call "the fittest man and woman on Earth".
Dukic was remembered by organisers as a "remarkable athlete, brother, son, partner, and friend" during an emotional tribute at the games.The news of Dukic's death has sent shock waves throughout the CrossFit community, with hundreds of athletes and fans taking to social media to post tributes to Dukic and his family.
The organisation behind the CrossFit Games has been the target of widespread criticism online this week for its handling of the incident, and the decision to continue the games. "We must understand what happened and do everything in our power to make sure it doesn't happen again," he said.Nine-time CrossFit Games competitor Brent Fikowski voiced his concerns on social media.
In his post, Fikowski said athletes were asking questions about how organisers were going to manage the heat in the lead-up to the games being held in Texas.Dukic was an ambassador for the gym and considered "one of our closest friends" by management, according to posts on social media this week. "The main thing that we sort of want to stress here is that it's a very rare event, particularly in young individuals," she told Hack."Lazar was training ... that actually puts him at a far lower risk ... but unfortunately, in younger individuals, the main cause of these really sudden death occurrences is inherited conditions with the heart, where a lot of people don't really show any signs or symptoms.
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