Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Japanese swimming federation reconsiders high altitude training post Alexander Dale Oen's death!

 I for one hate to be blunt; (actually, no I don't), but I am hoping that Alexander Dale Oen's passing will be thoroughly investigated so that whatever killed him can be prevented and understood by athletes and coaches alike.

News reports state that Mr. Oen had died after a light training session.

FOX News reports:

Japanese federation official Koji Ueno said "under the circumstances, we can't send our athletes who feel uneasy about what has happened."

Read more: [Link]

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

jaja.. la federación japonesa cree que la altitud de Flagstaff (2.135m) puede ser la causa de la muerte de Dale Oen pero Kitajima y el resto de su equipo han entrenado en Sierra Nevada (2.320m) sin que les haya ocurrido nada

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/especiales/2008/08/jjoo2008/estrellas/natacion/kitajima.html
http://elpais.com/diario/2004/08/16/deportes/1092607211_850215.html

luego tiene que ser otra cosa lo que ha provocado el fallecimiento del nadador noruego

Unknown said...

I believe his name is Oen. Keep up the great blog.

Unknown said...

I believe his name is Oen. Keep up the great blog.

Anonymous said...

I agree, they need to investigate this.. but you know they will just come out and say he had an undiagnosed heart condition.. Which will make no sense

Tony Austin said...

oooops, it's official, I am still a loser. I made the corrections. Thanks for taking the time to point it out.