Un sportsman that participated in the Sailfish Half Triathlon de Berga (Barcelona) died yesterday after feeling unwell while a test of swimming in the Baells reservoir, a spokesman for the City Council of this town has confirmed to Efe.
The deceased is Daniel Araguz Arroyo, of 34 years and a native of Barcelona, who felt bad about the 10: 30 in the morning, when he was swimming in the swamp, as one member of the organization explained. He also pointed out that the athlete was rescued from the water and transferred to the Sant Bernabé de Berga hospital, where he arrived without life.
From the Medical Emergency System (SEM) they have specified that after becoming unwell, the athlete was treated at first by the organization's medical services, which did everything possible to revive him. The triathlon, in which the Barcelona athlete Francesc Godoy and the Galician were winners Saleta CastroIn the female category, it is organized by the Dual Grups and the Berga Triathlon Club, together with the Berga City Council, and is an official test of the Catalan Triathlon Federation.
Participants in the Sailfish Half Triathlon of Berga must travel 1,9 kilometers by swimming, 90 kilometers by bike and 21 by foot. In the competition this year, which was the second edition, 612 athletes participated.
EFE
