Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Olympic canoeing champion Kolonics dies - 2008 Olympics - SI.com

Sports drama hits and tugs at life itself, knocking gold medalist dead.
Olympic canoeing champion Kolonics dies - 2008 Olympics - SI.comGyorgy Kolonics, a canoeing gold medalist at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, died Tuesday after collapsing in his canoe while training for the Beijing Games. He was 36.
A true legend of Hungarian sports passes. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing, to start in next month, would have been his fifth Olympics.

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