CrossFit Athlete Lazar Dukic Dies at 28 During Swimming Competition [Video]

Originally appeared on E! Online

The CrossFit community is mourning one of their own.

Serbian athlete Lazar Dukic died in Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Tex., while competing in a swimming event on the first day of the 2024 CrossFit Games. He was 28.

His cause of death is pending the result of an autopsy by the Tarrant County medical examiner, according to records obtained by E! News.

A spokesman for the Fort Worth Fire Department said at a press conference Aug. 8 that search-and-rescue crews were called around 8 a.m. that morning about a “participant in the water” who “hadn’t been seen” for some time. He said with the help of dive teams and drones, Dukic’s body was found in the lake about an hour later, The New York Times reported.

Police later said in a statement to the newspaper that the athlete was declared dead at the scene.

Dukic was seen slipping underwater during the CrossFit Games’ 800-meter swimming competition.

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