A CrossFit athlete died in Texas on Thursday while taking part in the swimming portion of a competition, officials said.
Lazar Đukić, 28, vanished near the end of a live-streamed 800-meter swim at the CrossFit Games in Fort Worth’s Marine Creek Lake around 8 a.m. Thursday morning, according to Barbell Sports.
First responders pulled a body from the lake about two hours later.
The CrossFit Games confirmed that an athlete had died in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
“CrossFit is deeply saddened by the death of a CrossFit Games competitor during the swimming portion of Individual Event 1 at the 2024 CrossFit Games,” the statement read.
“We are fully cooperating with authorities and doing everything we can to support the family at this time.”
The rest of the day’s events were suspended, Barbell Sports first announced.
Đukić, who was from Serbia, had competed in the CrossFit Games for several years.
He was ranked third in Serbia, and 88th in the world in the male category.
The athlete teased his appearance at the Games on his Instagram in the days leading up to the event. Late Wednesday night, he encouraged his fans to tune into the individual run swim.
Đukić vanished during the swimming portion of the individual run swim, which started with a 3.5-mile run and was capped off by the 800-meter swim.
Photos and videos shared on the CrossFit Games’ Instagram showed hundreds of athletes warming up before sunrise on Thursday.
Seven firefighter units responded to a possible drowning call at the lake shore around 8 a.m., the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
About 10,000 people from across the world are in Fort Worth for the event, which will run through Sunday, the Star-Telegram noted.
CrossFit officials did not respond to The Post’s request for a comment.
