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    Steve Larsen dies

    http://www.velonews.com/article/9223...lapsing-during

    The only American to compete and win as a professional mountain biker, road cyclist and triathlete, dies during a track workout. Autopsy is still pending, but it looks like this may confirm the point that Cardiac was making a few weeks ago about high intensity workouts and cardiac events.

    Left a wife and 5 young kids.

    RIP.
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    Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
    http://www.velonews.com/article/9223...lapsing-during

    The only American to compete and win as a professional mountain biker, road cyclist and triathlete, dies during a track workout. Autopsy is still pending, but it looks like this may confirm the point that Cardiac was making a few weeks ago about high intensity workouts and cardiac events.

    Left a wife and 5 young kids.

    RIP.
    wow, that is scary, and very sad for his family.

    This past weekend the local tri club had a time trial around the June Lake loop. The oldest member of the club, at 72 year old, started swerving on one of the descents and crashed on the shoulder. He was non responsive and ended up dying. Most likely a heart attack. Kind of a sad day for the local cycling and tri community. I am just glad I was at my wife's race this past weekend, and I wasn't at the time trial like I had planned.

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    • #3
      It looks like it wasn't a heart attack after all. Viral? Will someone please explain how that could happen to an otherwise healthy individual?

      http://www.velonews.com/article/9226...a-heart-attack

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      • #4
        Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
        It looks like it wasn't a heart attack after all. Viral? Will someone please explain how that could happen to an otherwise healthy individual?

        http://www.velonews.com/article/9226...a-heart-attack
        Viral Myocarditis could cause this. The virus infects the heart muscle and renders it incapable of contracting and pumping blood and the person dies of congestive heart failure. It is rare and almost always ends in death.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Jarid in Cedar View Post
          Viral Myocarditis could cause this. The virus infects the heart muscle and renders it incapable of contracting and pumping blood and the person dies of congestive heart failure. It is rare and almost always ends in death.
          Every one of these sudden death episodes in athletes seems to always be HCM. I would think the autopsy would show that, but we don't necessarily know that it didn't.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Jarid in Cedar View Post
            Viral Myocarditis could cause this. The virus infects the heart muscle and renders it incapable of contracting and pumping blood and the person dies of congestive heart failure. It is rare and almost always ends in death.
            They did actually end up finding that it was a heart attack caused by atherosclerosis.

            http://www.examiner.com/x-1155-Cycli...aminer-reports
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            • #7
              Did anyone else do a double-take and think this was about Steve Largent?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                Did anyone else do a double-take and think this was about Steve Largent?
                I admit it, I did

                I may be small, but I'm slow.

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