@MicroWave to NewsEnglish • 28 days agoFive-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on foodwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27arrow-up1257arrow-down19
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•27 days agoFor those of you who thought, gee who else has… Ray Ewry (USA) - A track and field athlete who competed in the early 20th century. Ewry is reported to have died in 1937 by choking on food.
minus-squareFlying Squidlink2•27 days agoIt kind of makes a perverse sort of sense. As an athlete (at least of the cyclist sort), you need a huge amount of calories and you also are all about speed. Putting those two together is definitely a risk.
For those of you who thought, gee who else has…
Ray Ewry (USA) - A track and field athlete who competed in the early 20th century. Ewry is reported to have died in 1937 by choking on food.
It kind of makes a perverse sort of sense. As an athlete (at least of the cyclist sort), you need a huge amount of calories and you also are all about speed. Putting those two together is definitely a risk.