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Heart attacks among sports people

Hard Worker · 2009-06-10 12:22:23

We had this discussion after fatalities in Connemara and Barcelona Marathons. Have a look at the attached file from Belgium last weekend. A professional footballer suffered a heart attack last year and was only allowed back playing after he had a defib implanted. It saved his life.…

10-06-2009 12:22pm

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We had this discussion after fatalities in Connemara and Barcelona Marathons. Have a look at the attached file from Belgium last weekend. A professional footballer suffered a heart attack last year and was only allowed back playing after he had a defib implanted. It saved his life.
http://deadspin.com/5284459/soccer-player-survives-on+field-heart-attack

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#2 10-06-2009 1:01pm

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yeh clive clarke from newtown in co wicklow nearly died after having a heart attack on pitch for leicester city . had to retire though clive did clubs wont get insurance for these lads

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#3 10-06-2009 2:17pm

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Jeez, that's fairly surreal.

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#4 10-06-2009 3:32pm

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Mad film footage. I only started running four years ago & as I edge towards the mid-forty mark, I'm increasingly reminded of a superfit, twenty something cousin who had a heart attack while running a 10k. Not sure how prepared many race organisers are for such eventualities.

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