gymnast Yury Ryazanov killed

Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gymnast Yury Ryazanov was killed in a car crash on Tuesday, just five days after winning a bronze medal at the world championships, police said.

Ryazanov was driving on a highway heading to his home city of Vladimir, around 200 kilometres east of Moscow, when his car collided head on with another vehicle …

Reuters

6 comments ↓

#1 trace on 10.20.09 at 10:16 am

Russia’s Google news reports several stories. He sounded very exhausted according to the coach before heading home. What a huge loss to his family, friends and all of he gymnastics community. :(

#2 BB on 10.20.09 at 11:34 am

wow… that is so incredibly sad!

#3 365trampolines on 10.20.09 at 1:15 pm

what a horrible story such a talented man. RIP

#4 ugly leotards on 10.20.09 at 2:54 pm

This is such a tragic accident. I’m even sorrier to hear that he was tired before going on the drive. I hate to think that something so awful was preventable.

#5 ugly leotards on 10.20.09 at 2:56 pm

I should say, “might have been preventable”. Nonetheless, I hope everyone who hears about this will think twice before driving tired. I have almost lost some friends because of this myself.

#6 PERTO on 10.20.09 at 3:22 pm

What is it with gymnasts being killed in car accidents? This is awful. I hate to see things like this happen. Sending good vibes to family and friends. Ouch. Man, stuff like this always stings.

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