An athlete drowned during a CrossFit Games competition at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth on Thursday morning.
The brother of Lazar Đukić, the CrossFit competitor who died during the swimming portion of a competition in Texas , believes the tragedy could’ve been prevented as he broke his silence on Friday.The 28-year-old Serbian athlete vanished near the end of the 800-meter swim in Fort Worth’s Marine Creek Lake at the annual CrossFit games on Thursday.“No tribute will ever give you back to me,” the grieving brother said.
The previous day Faul said at a news conference that safety personnel were on site at the swimming event, but he did not provide additional details.The 28-year-old Serbian athlete vanished near the end of the 800-meter swim in Fort Worth’s Marine Creek Lake at the annual CrossFit games on Thursday.One spectator at the event said she saw people, who she believed were lifeguards sitting on paddle boards in the water where the competitors were swimming by.
“Lazar was one of our sport’s most talented competitors, but he was much more than an athlete. He was a son, a brother, and a friend to practically everyone who knew him.”
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