Serbian athlete dies while swimming in CrossFit Games in Texas

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3. There's video on Twitter from the broadcast showing he was near shore, just behind a few other people

who got out of the water to run to the finish line. You can see that he's struggling, but no one seems to notice, and then he disappears. There were people on shore looking toward him, people out on the water watching the swimmers.

One of the threads I saw on this was from a former lifeguard outraged that no one noticed that swimmer in trouble, and that there were no safety boats in sight, no lifeguards - and the swimming portion of the race was done after an exhausting run, not before the run as in triathlons. (This was apparently 3.5 mile run in very hot weather followed by an 800 meter swim - about half a mile.)

I've bookmarked that thread with the video but am not sure whether to post it, because it's so upsetting to watch, knowing that he did drown. The former lifeguard who posted that thread said he thought there should be lawsuits and jail time for those responsible.