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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Has an athlete ever died during a modern Olympic event? I know this was training and not technically the Olympics, but I'm wondering if this is a first of its kind.
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Two athletes died in 1964 in Austria during Olympic training runs.
An Australian skier, Ross Milne.
A British luger, Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski.
Also, in 1992 a Swiss skier died when he was free-skiing before the finals.
Tragic, RIP.