A person lost his life this Sunday during a foot race in Paris. In parallel, numerous cases of malaise, some serious, were also recorded in France.
This Sunday, many foot races were scheduled all over France. However, these sporting events turned into a nightmare, especially in Paris. The Pyrenean in the 20th district of the capital was saddened by the death of a participant. In full effort, the 53-year-old man lost consciousness. Fallen to the ground, he was quickly taken care of by the paramedics who unfortunately could not save him. “He collapsed suddenly, and then his head hit the ground. We immediately saw that he was not breathing. The Civil Protection arrived very quickly. They tried to revive him for nearly two hours, I think, about an hour and a half. There, we never managed to revive him,” said Isabelle Penafiel, president of Paris Sport Club, in the 8 p.m. television news on France 2.
A person in a coma, three serious cases in Menton
Although no formal link has been detected, the heatwave sweeping through France is clearly being pointed at. This has caused many cases of malaise during several races. In Maisons-Alfort in Val-de-Marne, no less than ten serious cases and six mild cases were recorded, as reported by RMC Sport. At the request of the firefighters, the event was interrupted. In Alpes-Maritimes, the temperature also exceeded 30 degrees, making race conditions difficult. This was also the reason organizers had to cancel a five-kilometer race after three serious hospitalizations, including one person in a coma. “As a matter of responsibility, we said to ourselves, let’s not add problems to problems. So we made the decision to cancel the 5 (kilometers, ed) ” said Jean-Michel Fauritte, director of the Sun Race, on France 2.
In addition to these three hospitalizations, paramedics also had to take care of eleven participants experiencing difficulties during this Sun Race in Menton.
