Athlete drowns during CrossFit Games in Texas

The incidental occurred successful Fort Worth, Texas.

An jock drowned during a swimming lawsuit astatine a CrossFit contention successful Texas connected Thursday, the enactment said.

The decease occurred connected the archetypal time of the CrossFit Games, being held successful Fort Worth done Sunday. The events person been canceled for the remainder of the day, CrossFit said.

CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a property briefing helium is "gutted" by the decease of the athlete, whose sanction has not been released.

"We'll proceed to beryllium focused connected our assemblage and the household done this tragic acceptable of circumstances," Faul said.

The incidental occurred Thursday greeting successful Marine Creek Lake. The Fort Worth Fire Department responded astir 8 a.m. section clip to a telephone regarding a CrossFit Games subordinate who went missing successful the water, authorities said.

First responders utilized dive teams and a drone to find the person, who was recovered from the h2o astir an hr aft the dive squad response, authorities said.

The assemblage of the jock has been transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner and the sanction volition beryllium released pending household notification, constabulary said.

"There's a batch of radical successful the assemblage that are hurting close now, that are truly sad, that knew the jock well, that loved, respected this person," Faul said. "A batch of radical are successful mourning."

Faul said CrossFit is cooperating with authorities successful the investigation.

The swimming information of the lawsuit was being livestreamed connected respective platforms earlier abruptly stopping Thursday morning, according to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA. Livestreams of the lawsuit are nary longer disposable connected CrossFit Games' platforms.

Safety unit were connected tract during the event, Faul said.

Thirty teams from astir the satellite are competing successful the CrossFit Games, which is being held successful Texas for the archetypal clip successful its 18-year history.

CrossFit volition beryllium "regrouping" aboriginal Thursday to sermon the program for the remainder of the games, Faul said.

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