Report have it that Vadim Gorbenko, 73, the torchbearer died
of a heart attack after carrying the Olympic flame as part of Russia's torch
relay leading up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in February, an official said
on Monday.
Vadim, who is a sports school director and Greco-Roman
wrestling coach, felt ill after walking 500 feet with the torch in his home
city of Kurgan in western Siberia, said Roman Osin, spokesman for the Sochi
2014 torch relay.
"He returned to the gathering place and was
photographed, then he said he was not feeling well and was taken to hospital,
but the doctors were unable to save him," Osin, who travels with the
relay, said by telephone.
My condolence to his family and friends
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