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11/23/24
11/23/24
April 24, 2012
Death in the London Marathon: Claire Squires, 30, from Leicestershire, collapsed on the final stretch of the 26.2-mile course on Sunday. She was running to raise money for the Samaritans, for whom her mother has been a volunteer for 24 years, and in memory of her brother who died of an overdose. She hoped to raise a few quid. As of this post, her Justgiving account had raised almost £450,000 from more than 40,000 donations.
Do they know why she died? It seems like there have been more stories lately about marathoners who die during the race or immediately thereafter. Undiagnosed heart conditions, perhaps?