French champion triathleat, Laurent Vidal 31 years old, dies of heart attack.

Triathlon : Laurent Vidal meurt d’un arrêt cardiaque, à 31 ans

par Rédaction de France Info mardi 10 novembre 2015 15:39

Laurent Vidal, aux JO de Londres, en 2012 © REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Laurent Vidal avait terminé 5e aux Jeux olympiques de Londres en 2012 mais il avait dû arrêter sa carrière après un malaise cardiaque, déjà, en avril 2014. Le monde du sport lui rend hommage. Vidal finished fifth in the London Olympic games in 2012 but he stopped competing following a heart complaint in April 2014. The sports world is paying him hommage.

Un arrêt cardiaque, fatal. Laurent Vidal est décédé la nuit dernière, à son domicile de Gigean, dans l’Hérault, à l’âge de 31 ans. Le triathlète avait dû interrompre sa carrière après un malaise cardiaque, en avril 2014. “J’ai eu un problème électrique. Trop de spots ? Surtension ? En tous les cas, un incendie. Les pompiers sont intervenus bien, très bien même et l’incendie est circonscrit sans aucun dégât apparent”, avait déclaré le triathlète sur son blog.

Laurent Vidal died last night from a fatal heart attack at his home in Gigean, in the Herault department, at 31 years of age. The triathlete cut short his career after a heart complaint in April 2014. “I had an electrical problem. Too much sport? Too intense? Anyway a fire. The fire brigade did well and intervened without any apparent damage” the triathlete declared in his blog. 

Laurent Vidal avait enlevé trois titres de champion de France de triathlon entre 2009 et 2012 ; il avait terminé 5e aux Jeux olympiques de Londres. Après l’arrêt de sa carrière, il avait entraîné d’autres athlètes. Le président de la Fédération française de triathlon, Philippe Lescure, lui a rendu hommage : “Laurent, tout au long de son remarquable parcours sportif, a affiché une ténacité, une volonté inébranlable”.

Laurent Vidal lifted three French champion triathlon titles between 2009 and 2012. He finished 5th in the London Olympics. After his retirement he trained other athletes. The president of the French triathlon federation Philippe Lescure paid him tribute: “Laurent had a remarkable and long sporting career, showing tenacity and unshakeable will power”.

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