An athlete drowned throughout a swimming occasion at a CrossFit competitors in Texas on Thursday, the group stated.
The dying occurred on the primary day of the CrossFit Video games, being held in Fort Value by way of Sunday. The occasions have been canceled for the remainder of the day, CrossFit stated.
CrossFit CEO Don Faul stated throughout a press briefing he’s “gutted” by the dying of the athlete, whose title has not been launched.
The Fort Value Hearth Division responds to Marine Creek Lake in Fort Value, Texas, Aug. 8, 2024.
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“We’ll proceed to be targeted on our neighborhood and the household by way of this tragic set of circumstances,” Faul stated.
The incident occurred Thursday morning in Marine Creek Lake. The Fort Value Hearth Division responded round 8 a.m. native time to a name relating to a CrossFit Video games participant who went lacking within the water, authorities stated.
First responders used dive groups and a drone to seek out the particular person, who was recovered from the water about an hour after the dive crew response, authorities stated.
The physique of the athlete has been transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner and the title can be launched pending household notification, police stated.
“There’s lots of people in the neighborhood which are hurting proper now, which are actually unhappy, that knew the athlete nicely, that liked, revered this particular person,” Faul stated. “Lots of people are in mourning.”
Faul stated CrossFit is cooperating with authorities within the investigation.
The dying occurred throughout a person occasion that included a 3.5-mile run and 800-meter swim, in response to the CrossFit schedule.
The swimming portion of the occasion was being livestreamed on a number of platforms earlier than abruptly stopping Thursday morning, in response to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA. Livestreams of the occasion are not accessible on CrossFit Video games’ platforms.
Security personnel had been on web site throughout the occasion, Faul stated.
Thirty groups from world wide are competing within the CrossFit Video games, which is being held in Texas for the primary time in its 18-year historical past.
CrossFit can be “regrouping” later Thursday to debate the plan for the rest of the video games, Faul stated.
It is a growing story. Please verify again for updates.
