A tragic loss - Fran Crippen - Swimmer

[ricky]

Heartfelt condolences to the family for Fran Crippen an international swimmer from PA.

 

He was absolutely beautiful besides being a wonderful person.

 

He will be missed

[Timmy]

http://www.cbsnews.c...in6984735.shtml

 

Lucas Ransom (19) was a hell of a person as well. He had a pretty shitty death(Shark Attack).

Edited October 24, 2010 by Timmy

[option]

something dosnt add-up with that report

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130781049&ft=1&f=1004

 

 

the swimmer told his coach that he wasnt feeling well

> why didnt the swimmer himself stop? why didnt the coach insist he stop?

 

how did he communicate with the coach? im assuming his coach was on a course boat, or there were officials on a boat that relayed the message

how then does the swimmer get into difficulties & no one notices? to the extent that it took them 2 hours! to find him.

[ricky]

something dosnt add-up with that report

http://www.npr.org/t...049&ft=1&f=1004

 

 

the swimmer told his coach that he wasnt feeling well

> why didnt the swimmer himself stop? why didnt the coach insist he stop?

 

how did he communicate with the coach? im assuming his coach was on a course boat, or there were officials on a boat that relayed the message

how then does the swimmer get into difficulties & no one notices? to the extent that it took them 2 hours! to find him.

 

lots of possibilities. We know he was driven to succeed. It is a family trait. He may have just said, "man it's hot, I don't feel my best. WHo knows. As for the coach, apparently they have rest points and such but he was a seasoned professional. This was not even an exceptionally long race. It was just hotter than normal. The coach also watches the competition and the team may have had more than one entrant. It only takes a couple of seconds to get a cramp, suck up some water and be gone.

 

Baring any drug tox info I think it was just a really unfortunate accident.

[pollin63]

Tragic indeed.

[Rilbur]

> why didnt the swimmer himself stop? why didnt the coach insist he stop?

 

'No pain, no gain' comes to mind. Coaches everywhere tell their athletes to just keep pushing, no matter what. And on one level, it's a good idea -- most minor aches and pains can be safely ignored, and learning to push through them is important. In this case, sounds like it was a mistake.

[Matthew k]

something dosnt add-up with that report

http://www.npr.org/t...049&ft=1&f=1004

 

the swimmer told his coach that he wasnt feeling well

> why didnt the swimmer himself stop? why didnt the coach insist he stop?

 

how did he communicate with the coach? im assuming his coach was on a course boat, or there were officials on a boat that relayed the message

how then does the swimmer get into difficulties & no one notices? to the extent that it took them 2 hours! to find him.

When you are a world class athlete you push through the pain or even a little dizziness because you have experienced before and been okay. The course probably required several laps so there may have been a place where he could more easily talk to his coach and get some Goo because you need nutrition in a race like that, but given he won the last race and was second overall in the world cup, when he didn't finish in the top 5 that should have set off alarm bells.

 

When you stroke out in the water or lose consciousness, you just slip under quietly, it isn't like you even know you are in trouble to ask for help.

 

If you've ever seen an open water race, you can barely see the competitors over the swells in the ocean sometimes.

 

Tragedy for the kid in Ventura too and another thing that happens before you know you are in trouble.

Edited October 25, 2010 by Matthew k