Two athletes die at triathlon world championships in Spain
Two athletes, one from Britain and the other from Mexico, died on Thursday on the first day of the Torremolinos-Andalucia Triathlon Championship Finals, World Triathlon said.
Both athletes were competing in the age-group sprint event.
British Triathlon confirmed the death of one of its age-group team members, without revealing his identity or cause of death
The Mexican Triathlon Federation reported the death of Roger Mas Colomber, aged 75. “It is with deep sadness that we inform you that two competitors (one from Mexico, one from Britain) have died at the World Triathlon AG Sprint Distance World Championships,” World Triathlon said in a statement.
Torre Molina’s is hosting the event from Oct. 17-20, with more than 5,500 triathletes from over 80 countries competing.
The all-time attendance record for a women’s hockey game — set April 21, 2024 when 21,105 fans attended a Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) game between Toronto and Montreal — is unlikely to be broken this upcoming season.
“The 21,000 in Bell Center [in Montreal] will not be broken until we do an outdoor game,” said Amy Scheer, senior vice president of business operations for the PWHL. “Because that is the largest venue in North America.”
For the PWHL — which had one of the most successful opening season launches in recent memory, including winning “Breakthrough of the Year” by Sports Business Journal — the bad news is also kind of good news. They can’t set more attendance records for indoor hockey because bigger venues do not exist.
While the league, which is backed by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and Billie Jean King, won’t be doing outdoor games this season, it will be hosting nine neutral-site regular season games across the United States and Canada. Dubbed the Takeover Tour, the games will be held in three cities in Canada that do not currently host teams, and six in the United States, including Raleigh, Buffalo and Detroit. The cities will help expose more fans to PWHL hockey, and provide the league with critical information for testing potential markets for future expansion.
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