(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) A 21-year-old Russian biathlete has died after suffering a heart attack during a Russian Cup race in Siberia, AP reported.
Alina Yakimkina, a sports academy student from the central Russian city of Izhevsk, collapsed and died Saturday during the final cross-country skiing stage of a women's 15-kilometer race.
Igor Krasnov, a regional sports minister, told the Tass news agency that Yakimkina had been found to have a 'serious heart defect' and that 'she was clean' of doping.
Russian media reported that investigators had searched a medical clinic where last year a doctor had pronounced Yakimkina fit to compete.
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