Death at Qatar
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Death at Qatar
This is tragic news:
https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ng/7871736.stm
"Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf has died in his sleep only hours after riding the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar.
The 21-year-old was a member of the Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator team, which has now pulled out of the event.
"Our thoughts are with Frederiek's family, his girlfriend and his mates," said a team statement.
As a mark of respect, Thursday's fifth stage has been shortened to 40km and neutralised, meaning that it will not be contested by the riders.
British cyclists Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Roger Hammond and Ben Swift are among the riders involved in the tour, which finishes on 6 February.
Seventeen teams have taken part in the six-day race.
Nolf turned professional in 2008 and the Tour of Qatar was his first race of the new season. He finished 90th in Wednesday's 141-kilometre stage four to Madinat Al Shamal, which Cavendish won.
The cause of death is not yet known, but team manager Christophe Sercu said he was not aware of Nolf having any health problems.
The team has now quit the Qatar tour and returned to Belgium.
The last professional rider to die during a race was France's Fabrice Salancon, who passed away in his sleep at the age of 23 during the Tour of Germany in 2003."
https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ng/7871736.stm
"Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf has died in his sleep only hours after riding the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar.
The 21-year-old was a member of the Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator team, which has now pulled out of the event.
"Our thoughts are with Frederiek's family, his girlfriend and his mates," said a team statement.
As a mark of respect, Thursday's fifth stage has been shortened to 40km and neutralised, meaning that it will not be contested by the riders.
British cyclists Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Roger Hammond and Ben Swift are among the riders involved in the tour, which finishes on 6 February.
Seventeen teams have taken part in the six-day race.
Nolf turned professional in 2008 and the Tour of Qatar was his first race of the new season. He finished 90th in Wednesday's 141-kilometre stage four to Madinat Al Shamal, which Cavendish won.
The cause of death is not yet known, but team manager Christophe Sercu said he was not aware of Nolf having any health problems.
The team has now quit the Qatar tour and returned to Belgium.
The last professional rider to die during a race was France's Fabrice Salancon, who passed away in his sleep at the age of 23 during the Tour of Germany in 2003."
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You don't think of heart related problems when you're in great shape and quite competitive. That's one of the first things a doctor will tell you: "You need to get in better shape. Walk. Eat right. Sleep better. Blah ... blah ... blah." But when you're in top physical form, you think it's something else.
Maybe I over reached.
Maybe it's nerves.
Maybe it's something I ate.
I could be catching a bug.
Etc.
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Right and without any evidence that's as likely as it being drug related. Idle speculation in any form is idle speculation.
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People dying sucks. You people in good shape dying sucks. Cyclists dying sucks. Family members dying sucks.
That is all.
That is all.
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We're living in lala land if the immediate thinking is that it is NOT drug related. How many pro cyclists just die in their sleep when it's not drug related? It's going to be a heart attack, most likely from blood thickening due to too many RBC's from EPO. Combine thickened blood with a (probable, due to fitness) low resting heart rate and blood isn't going to the heart. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
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Can't answer that, but on campus we had a girl die in her sleep recently for no reason.
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Jeeze. I'm still living with a tad bit of fear every day. Even after the Cardiologist cleared me to train and race. There's still that nagging question. Why was the first EKG different from the rest? Did he miss something?
After every tough training session I always stand quietly to listen to my heart. And feel if it's doing anything odd like before. Or if there's an odd sensation and feeling like before.
This news makes me think again.
After every tough training session I always stand quietly to listen to my heart. And feel if it's doing anything odd like before. Or if there's an odd sensation and feeling like before.
This news makes me think again.
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I read about this before heading to class today and it just happens that the lecture was on calcium signaling in heart and skeletal muscle. People could have defects in these pathways that never materialize into anything physical until they die from it.
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We're living in lala land if the immediate thinking is that it is NOT drug related. How many pro cyclists just die in their sleep when it's not drug related? It's going to be a heart attack, most likely from blood thickening due to too many RBC's from EPO. Combine thickened blood with a (probable, due to fitness) low resting heart rate and blood isn't going to the heart. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
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I assume that all great answers have come from jumping to conclusions.
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So I'll add mine. The first thing I though of was blood doping. Too many red blood cells makes the blood thick, add dehydration from the stage effort and you have the perfect conditions for death in your sleep.
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We're living in lala land if the immediate thinking is that it is NOT drug related. How many pro cyclists just die in their sleep when it's not drug related? It's going to be a heart attack, most likely from blood thickening due to too many RBC's from EPO. Combine thickened blood with a (probable, due to fitness) low resting heart rate and blood isn't going to the heart. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
Jeeze. I'm still living with a tad bit of fear every day. Even after the Cardiologist cleared me to train and race. There's still that nagging question. Why was the first EKG different from the rest? Did he miss something?
After every tough training session I always stand quietly to listen to my heart. And feel if it's doing anything odd like before. Or if there's an odd sensation and feeling like before.
This news makes me think again.
After every tough training session I always stand quietly to listen to my heart. And feel if it's doing anything odd like before. Or if there's an odd sensation and feeling like before.
This news makes me think again.
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