37歲自由車手奪冠2天後猝死 奧運金牌女友枕邊痛哭
最近自由車界傳來悲痛消息,37歲蘇格蘭車手華德爾(Rab Wardell)在睡夢中突然心跳停頓,經過醫護人員緊急搶救無效,最後離開了人世,更令人心碎的是他在事故2天前才剛奪下錦標賽冠軍,這樣的意外讓奧運金牌女友阿契伯德(Katie Archibald)難以接受,於推特上悲痛發文。
I think you've heard that Rab died yesterday morning.
I still don't understand what's happened; if this is real; why he'd be taken now - so healthy and happy.
He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics... /1— Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) August 24, 2022
自由車手華德爾上週日在蘇格蘭《MTB XC》錦標賽贏得冠軍,這場比賽對他來說相當艱困,因為是在山地進行,沒想到才奪冠短短兩天,他就在週二早上於床上猝死,同為車手的女友阿契伯德試著搶救,並緊急找來醫護人員,不過仍回天乏術,過程令人心痛。
阿契伯德悲慟不已,隔天在個人推特上發出消息表示:「我想你們都聽到他在昨天早上去世了,我還是不知道發生了什麼事,如果這是真的,為何他現在會被帶走,他是這麼健康和快樂。」隨後蘇格蘭自由車協會表示,希望在這個時刻大家能尊重他們的隱私。
#vaccine #StoptheShots
This is Mountain biker Rab Wardell speaking on TV last night about winning the Scottish championship 2 days ago.
He's now dead, 37yrs old, "died in his sleep".
How much more of this can they sweep under the carpet? pic.twitter.com/5tc2rsezae— Nunya Biz (@GroundHoosier) August 25, 2022
舉辦比賽的蘇格蘭越野協會在臉書聲明:「我們將真正懷念他,他的決心、才華和友誼將永存所有人心中和記憶中。我敢肯定,除哀悼他之外,還有很多人會表達出對他更深刻的話。我們的冠軍、我們的靈魂和朋友!」6屆奧運金牌霍伊爵士(Sir Chris Hoy)同樣道盡了不捨之情。