Cross Fit Swimmer Drowns Within Feet of Finish Line

[Loyal]

Warning, this video is disturbing.

How could this happen with all of these people watching the event close by? Shouldn't life guards be ever vigilant at the end of a grueling race in case of an emergency? Lazar Dukic , a Serbian Cross Fit athlete, struggled and died with hundreds(?) of people on shore watching the event. He was struggling and no longer swimming and trying to stay afloat for a time...obviously hoping for help and none came. There needs to be great safeguards in situations like these
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If you are tired running a race, you can just stop and hopefully recover. In a swim like this you keep swimming or you drown. Absolutely horrible.


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[Londoner]

Poor guy.

My condolences to his family and friends.

 

[RamFan503]

Man! Just awful!

 

[Tano]

Warning, this video is disturbing.

How could this happen with all of these people watching the event close by? Shouldn't life guards be ever vigilant at the end of a grueling race in case of an emergency? Lazar Dukic , a Serbian Cross Fit athlete, struggled and died with hundreds(?) of people on shore watching the event. He was struggling and no longer swimming and trying to stay afloat for a time...obviously hoping for help and none came. There needs to be great safeguards in situations like these
.
If you are tired running a race, you can just stop and hopefully recover. In a swim like this you keep swimming or you drown. Absolutely horrible.


View: https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1821633966723461476

That's just wrong.

But why didn't the swimmer go on his back and float?

An experienced swimmer should know how to float on your back.

That's one of the first things I learned at my swimming class when I was a kid.

 

[RamFan503]

That's just wrong.

But why didn't the swimmer go on his back and float?

An experienced swimmer should know how to float on your back.

That's one of the first things I learned at my swimming class when I was a kid.

I for one have always sunk like a rock. I grew up swimming but could never float. Even with scuba diving, I use about half the weights as other divers my size. I was always jealous of those that could just float.

Also, being in a river, I wonder if there was any kind of undertow.

 

[Dodgersrf]

This is just shocking.
I really don’t know what to say.

 

[snackdaddy]

That's just wrong.

But why didn't the swimmer go on his back and float?

An experienced swimmer should know how to float on your back.

That's one of the first things I learned at my swimming class when I was a kid.

Oh yeah. Floating on my back saved me a couple times. Back in my 20's I was drunk and went for a swim in Lake Meade. When I finally turned around I didn't realize how far out I swam. As I was swimming back I could feel my body wearing down. So I Just floated on my back for a couple minutes to rest. Then continued swimming on till I got to the shore.