wildstorm 297 Posted July 4, 2016 Two skydivers died during the Olympic Rings aerial performance (intended to be part of the opening ceremony)The cause of death: jumping out of a plane and hitting the ground 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 20, 2016 New Delhi, July 20th: The hockey legend and former India captain Mohammed Shahid lost his battle with severe illness and died Wednesday morning. He was 56. Shahid, member of the Moscow Olympics 80 gold medal-winning Indian team, was in coma and was put on ventilator at Gurgaons Medanta Hospital. He was suffering from multi-organ failure and couldnt come out of coma According to my country the 1980 Moscow Olympics never in fact happened so maybe this is misplaced. SC http://www.manipalworldnews.com/2016/07/20/india-hockey-legend-and-former-captain-mohammed-shahid-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 30, 2016 Part of the infamous 1972 USA Olympic basketball team that 'lost' to the Ruskies in Moscow. The Americans refused to accept the silver medals so technically this obit is misplaced. Dwight Jones, a big man who played for a decade in the NBA and represented the United States in the 1972 Olympics, passed away earlier this week at 64 years old. Jones, perhaps the greatest high school player in Houston history, had been battling a heart ailment for several years. A first-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks in 1973, Jones would go on to play for his hometown Rockets, as well as the Bulls and Lakers. Jones retired in 1984 after playing 766 NBA regular season games, amassing career averages of 8.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg. RIP champ. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted July 30, 2016 Part of the infamous 1972 USA Olympic basketball team that 'lost' to the Ruskies in Moscow. The Americans refused to accept the silver medals so technically this obit is misplaced. Dwight Jones, a big man who played for a decade in the NBA and represented the United States in the 1972 Olympics, passed away earlier this week at 64 years old. Jones, perhaps the greatest high school player in Houston history, had been battling a heart ailment for several years. A first-round pick of the Atlanta Hawks in 1973, Jones would go on to play for his hometown Rockets, as well as the Bulls and Lakers. Jones retired in 1984 after playing 766 NBA regular season games, amassing career averages of 8.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg. RIP champ. SC Re that refusal to accept the medals, not just sour grapes. The game was stopped - apparently over - in mid-play with the Americans one point ahead. Then there was an announcement that the timing was misread and there were three seconds still to play, gifting the Russians a re-start from the backline with the certain knowledge that one desperately slung ball and a final scoring attempt could win the game if it worked, which it did. Amongst the greatest Olympic controversies ever and - I think - also the first time any American team had lost an Olympic basketball game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 3, 2016 Could be here or possibles for 2017 but Marieke Veervort - paralympian who lives in constant pain is weighing up a double whammy of Rio games and Dignitas Link: https://www.rt.com/sport/354171-belgian-paralympic-champion-euthanasia/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,977 Posted August 3, 2016 Could be here or possibles for 2017 but Marieke Veervort - paralympian who lives in constant pain is weighing up a double whammy of Rio games and Dignitas Link: https://www.rt.com/sport/354171-belgian-paralympic-champion-euthanasia/ Tasteless, I like it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted August 7, 2016 Just seen the worst crash of all in the downhill section of the women's road race. Came off her bike and stuck her head in the gutter. Looked broken neck at best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 7, 2016 Just seen the worst crash of all in the downhill section of the women's road race. Came off her bike and stuck her head in the gutter. Looked broken neck at best. The cameras went back once, she was motionless and then the part of the course was never shown again despite most of the riders yet to pass it. Ominous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted August 7, 2016 Just seen the worst crash of all in the downhill section of the women's road race. Came off her bike and stuck her head in the gutter. Looked broken neck at best. The cameras went back once, she was motionless and then the part of the course was never shown again despite most of the riders yet to pass it. Ominous. From the BBC... However, the race was marred by Van der Breggen's team-mate Annemiek Van Vleuten being involved in a serious-looking accident as she led the race. Van Vleuten had sped off from the pack to take a commanding lead when she suffered a nasty fall on her descent of the steep Vista Chinesa, where several men - including Britain's Geraint Thomas - crashed on Saturday. Former British Olympic champion Chris Boardman, working as an expert analyst for BBC Sport, says the Rio course was "too dangerous". "I'm really just waiting for news on Van Vleuten; it's very hard to concentrate when you see crash like that," he said. "I'm actually quite angry because I looked at the road furniture and thought nobody can crash here and get up. This was way past technical, this was dangerous." News just in that she is conscious and on the way to hospital. Edit as of 10 pm British summer time... The International Cycling Union (UCI) - cycling's governing body - said in statement released later on Sunday that Van Vleuten was "conscious and able to communicate". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 7, 2016 Just seen the worst crash of all in the downhill section of the women's road race. Came off her bike and stuck her head in the gutter. Looked broken neck at best. The cameras went back once, she was motionless and then the part of the course was never shown again despite most of the riders yet to pass it. Ominous. From the BBC... However, the race was marred by Van der Breggen's team-mate Annemiek Van Vleuten being involved in a serious-looking accident as she led the race. Van Vleuten had sped off from the pack to take a commanding lead when she suffered a nasty fall on her descent of the steep Vista Chinesa, where several men - including Britain's Geraint Thomas - crashed on Saturday. Former British Olympic champion Chris Boardman, working as an expert analyst for BBC Sport, says the Rio course was "too dangerous". "I'm really just waiting for news on Van Vleuten; it's very hard to concentrate when you see crash like that," he said. "I'm actually quite angry because I looked at the road furniture and thought nobody can crash here and get up. This was way past technical, this was dangerous." News just in that she is conscious and on the way to hospital. Edit as of 10 pm British summer time... The International Cycling Union (UCI) - cycling's governing body - said in statement released later on Sunday that Van Vleuten was "conscious and able to communicate". As healthy as Martin Peters, then . Just saw it too. The crashes yesterday and today suggest that course was devised more for how it would look on television than any sense of whether it was a good cycling route. One post-accident statement suggested there was "no serious medical problem." So, probs broken bones and bad concussion but maybe not the broken neck feared above Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 7, 2016 You have Martin Peters on your mind so much you could be Jimmy Greaves in 66! I know that joke doesn't quite fit the facts, but so be it. If she got away with "shock" or what not, its a hell of a lucky escape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 7, 2016 You have Martin Peters on your mind so much you could be Jimmy Greaves in 66! I know that joke doesn't quite fit the facts, but so be it. If she got away with "shock" or what not, its a hell of a lucky escape. Remind me again what position Peter Falk played in 1966 (heh heh) That crash is shown in a video clip on the BBC page, link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37005124 Just an idea; like, could TT motorcycle racing be a demonstration sport at the next games! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 8, 2016 You have Martin Peters on your mind so much you could be Jimmy Greaves in 66! I know that joke doesn't quite fit the facts, but so be it. If she got away with "shock" or what not, its a hell of a lucky escape. Remind me again what position Peter Falk played in 1966 (heh heh) That crash is shown in a video clip on the BBC page, link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37005124 Just an idea; like, could TT motorcycle racing be a demonstration sport at the next games! Update on the Dutch disaster maiden - three fractured vertebrae and concussion Lucky to get off so lightly given the severity of the smash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,051 Posted August 8, 2016 Swiss gymnastic gold medallist at the 1952 Olympics Jack Günthard has died aged 96. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/96-years-old_swiss-gymnastics-legend-jack-guenthard-dies/42359760 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_G%C3%BCnthard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,611 Posted August 15, 2016 Stefan Henze, German canoe slalom coach, and 2004 silver medallist, dies following a car crash in Rio. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 19, 2016 Could be the only obit that will ever be posted for a player on the Peoria Caterpillars. Al Kelley, one of Kansas basketball's 1952 national champions and a former Olympic gold medalist, passed away Saturday at the age of 83. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/aug/13/former-ku-national-champion-al-kelley-dies-83/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,953 Posted August 19, 2016 Nina Ponomaryova, aged 87, Russian discus thrower and Olympic champion. https://lenta.ru/news/2016/08/19/deadolympics/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 19, 2016 Is it just me? Has anyone else thought it strange we've lost what, 4-5 Olympians already during the Olympics. Still time to go! SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 19, 2016 Nina Ponomaryova, aged 87, Russian discus thrower and Olympic champion. https://lenta.ru/news/2016/08/19/deadolympics/ For all I know you linked to an article showing a woman calling for the overthrow of the U.S. Government by force. And by the looks of her she will prevail! SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted August 31, 2016 Vera Caslavska dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted August 31, 2016 Vera Caslavska dead Qualifying UK obit http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-czech-caslavska-idUKKCN1160KG 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 14, 2016 Toller Cranston figure skating Olympic medallist whose creativity changed his sport’s esthetic, has died in Mexico at age 65. Toller was the Canadian senior men’s champion from 1971 to 1976. He won the free-skate segment of the world championship four times and won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. http://www.thestar.com/sports/2015/01/24/toller-cranston-figure-skating-legend-dies-in-mexico-at-age-65.html And now Cranston's Olympic coach dies. Canadian Hall of Fame figure skating coach Ellen Burka died Monday. Burka, an Olympic and world coach, taught many accomplished skaters. Her students include her daughter Petra Burka, the 1964 Olympic bronze medallist and 1965 world champion, as well as Toller Cranston, six-time Canadian champion and 1976 Olympic bronze medallist. SC http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/ellen-burka-figure-skating-coach-death-1.3760017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted September 18, 2016 With the paralympian on the lethal cycling course yesterday that brings up three deaths of competitors in action in search of a medal - along with others killed in training/practice and a few others deceased whilst on Olympic duty Wiki is our friend in these matters Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_deaths Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,051 Posted October 9, 2016 Anne Pashley, silver medallist for Great Britain in the 4x100m relay at the 1956 Games who later became an opera singer, has died aged 80. http://slippedisc.com/2016/10/the-olympic-sprinter-who-became-an-opera-soprano/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,051 Posted October 22, 2016 Ingeborg Maria Ingers (née Sjöqvist), Swedish diver who held the record of being the world's oldest Olympian for about a week after the death of Guo Jie, has died at 103. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fsport%2Fsvenskan-som-var-varldens-aldsta-olympier-dod%2F&edit-text= She competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, finishing fourth and ninth in the platform. She won silver medals at the 1931 and the 1934 European Championships. Edit: According to Wiki, the oldest living Olympian is now Simone Schaller, US athlete who is also 103. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics As reported elsewhere, Simone Schaller has died at 104. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontpage.fok.nl%2Fnieuws%2F749753%2F1%2F1%2F50%2F.html&edit-text= The oldest Olympian is now believed to be John Lysak as per CP's Wiki list. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
