Rio Paralympics 2016: Iranian Para-cyclist dies following crash

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From the BBC:

 

An Iranian Para-cyclist has died after a crash during the men's C4-5 road race at the Rio Paralympics.

 

The International Paralympic Committee said Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, suffered cardiac arrest after the incident on a "mountainous stretch" of circuit. "The ambulance then diverted to the nearby Unimed Rio Hospital in Barra where he passed away soon after arrival," a statement added.

 

Golbarnezhad also competed at the London Paralympics in 2012.

 

An investigation into the circumstances of the accident has been launched.

 

The Iranian flag has been lowered to half-mast in the Paralympic Village and a period of silence will be observed during Sunday's closing ceremony.

 

Golbarnezhad's death is the first in-competition fatality at a summer/winter Olympics or Paralympics since Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen in the 100km team time trial at the 1960 Rome Games.

 

 

 

http://http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/37398333'

[Pulse]

Very sad.

 

Sometimes the cardiac arrest actually prescedes, and leads to the crash. But its trivial

['Dale]

Ai

Doing what he loved doing

 

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[shaper]

RIP, sad to hear!