College tennis player, 21, dies after collapsing during Pennsylvania half-marathon

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College tennis player, 21, dies after collapsing during Pennsylvania half-marathon​

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Toby Atwood, a rising senior at Thiel College and a member of the women’s tennis team, suddenly died over the weekend after collapsing during a half-marathon in Pennsylvania, school officials confirmed.

The 21-year-old Pennsylvania native was participating in the Presque Isle Half Marathon in Erie on Sunday when she collapsed and died. Atwood’s cause of death was not immediately known.

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College tennis player, 21, dies after collapsing during Pennsylvania half-marathon

Women's college tennis player Toby Atwood died suddenly after collapsing during a half-marathon in Pennsylvania over the weekend, school officials announced. She was 21.
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Back in 2007, a promising teenage triathlete Thaddeus Cheong, 17, a first-year student at Raffles Junior College, collapsed after crossing the finish line in a South-east Asia Games selection race yesterday and died soon after. Thaddeus Cheong had just swum 1.5 km, cycled 40 km and run 10 km at Changi. He clocked a personal best of 2 hr 9 min, and came in third. Then he collapsed and passed away.
 
Back in 2007, a promising teenage triathlete Thaddeus Cheong, 17, a first-year student at Raffles Junior College, collapsed after crossing the finish line in a South-east Asia Games selection race yesterday and died soon after. Thaddeus Cheong had just swum 1.5 km, cycled 40 km and run 10 km at Changi. He clocked a personal best of 2 hr 9 min, and came in third. Then he collapsed and passed away.
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I was nowhere as fit as this triathlete in my younger days, but pushed myself really hard in OCS, playing football and various other sports owing to my competitive nature. I guess I am fortunate not to have any heart defect, but I heard of many younger and fitter individuals who dropped dead suddenly. A male colleague in his early 50s, collapsed and passed away while hiking with his family on vacation for example.
 
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