SINGAPORE: A runner participating in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2024 has died after completing the event.
“After the completion of their race, the participant required and received immediate medical attention onsite before being transported to Singapore General Hospital. Our condolences go out to the participant’s family and friends, to whom we will continue to offer our support. We are grateful to the medical personnel who acted to provide immediate care to the participant,” read the statement on the event’s Facebook page.
According to the Straits Times, it is the third death in the history of the SCSM, which was first held in 2002 with title sponsor Standard Chartered.,
22-year-old Malcolm Sng Wei Ren died after completing a half marathon.
A coroner’s court later determined that he had died from acute coronary insufficiency and had an abnormal coronary artery which had been previously undetected.
In 2016, Briton John Gibson died after collapsing a kilometre from the finish line during the half marathon. A coroner’s court found that he had suffered sudden cardiac death from the onset of arrhythmia, which is irregular heartbeat.
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