deceased athlete at the end of his career yesterday at the Elche Half Marathon SundayFernando Ayala Collado He was a 21-year-old man from Elche who was a player for the Elche Handball Club and is now a soldier at the San Javier General Air Academy.

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He was studying to be an aviator. Driving was his dream. He had studied at the Nit de l’Alba institute, His teachers and the people who knew him today are also completely horrified. He also played handball at the Elche club and posted a condolence note on his social networks this morning: “We would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Fernando Ayala. We will always remember you as an athlete who grew up giving his all for our jersey. Rest in peace”.

Known as “Ferbu” by his family and friends, Fernando Ayala came to the exam with great physical preparation. Unsurprisingly, his time was perfect. He became the second in Turkey by participating in the U23 Men’s category. He was wearing size 323, so he was one of the first to sign up as 3,200 sold out fast. 1,28.02 used the official time with an average of 4.10 per kilometer. At the 19.09 (kilometer 5), 39.53 (10th kilometer), 1.01.01 (15th kilometer), 1.23.26 (20th kilometer) stages, the entire race ran at a good pace, reaching the finish line with the aforementioned 1.28.02. indicates that it is ready to run these demand races.


View of the start of the Elche Half Marathon MATÍAS SEGARRA

Mayor of Elche

The mayor of Elche, Carlos González, said in a statement this morning: “Our dismay, our pain, for an absolutely unfortunate situation this caused great pain in the entire sports family and in the city as a whole. First of all, I would like to convey our condolences, love and solidarity to the relatives of this unfortunate young man who lost his life in this sporting event, which is very important for the city, yesterday.”

The mayor added that “in the second place”, “the entire emergency device immediately took care of the young man and was also immediately transferred to the Elche General Hospital, where all maneuvers for resuscitation continued, but unfortunately they did not succeed.” to save him”. Carlos González realized that in this test “There was more temperature than usual at this time of year, but not always with extreme weather conditions, which is normal. We live at the expense of knowing the specific cause of death that the autopsy will tell us. “We are deeply saddened by these events.

Elche General Hospital

In the statement made by the Elche State Hospital, it was reported that “four people were treated, one of them died, the other was discharged and injured.” The other two remained in the hospital awaiting their evolution.”.

Official description of the organization

Elche Half Marathon, organized by the Elche Decathlon Athletics Club and the Ministry of Sports this year, said in a statement a few minutes ago, “We are deeply saddened by the death of the 21-year-old athlete after crossing the finish line. The test took place this Sunday as scheduled as there was no notice to the contrary. Willing health services acted immediately. This Sunday we had to mourn the loss of a 21-year-old who participated in the historic 50th Elche International Half Marathon. The young man crossed the finish line and collapsed to the ground when he got there. The medical teams at the same spot immediately intervened in the incident and decided to transfer the person who intervened at the scene to the Elche General University Hospital. The test was done as planned, In case of no notification from the emergency services this would show otherwise. The streets of the city of Elche were packed with people to celebrate a historic test as it was the half marathon with the most races. There was a party from the early hours of the morning in the city, which has more than 30 entertainment points along the 21 km track. Test winner Ben Connor finished the course in 1:05:09, and the finish line took the runners up to 2 hours 43 minutes, when the Los Tractors group entered by acting as runners.