S10 EP28 Shock and Sadness: CrossFit Loses Beloved Athlete in the 2024 Games
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
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🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In the first event of the 2024 CrossFit Games, a 3.5 mile run followed by an 800m swim, athlete Lazar Dukic drowned approximately 100m from the finish line. He was 28 years old. He was an experienced swimmer and a highly accomplished crossfit athlete competing in the games alongside his younger brother.
This tragedy brought up a lot of feelings from the community for the loss of a friend and for the safety of the athletes at the Games. Today we talk about the decisions that were made by HQ and how the athletes and the PFAA responded. We take a look at the data and at athlete safety on the list of priorities in sporting events, especially swimming portions of athletic competitions. We discuss the level of secrecy involved in “the test”. We’ve been a part of this tight knit community for a very long time and our hearts are broken.
GoFundMe for Lazar’s Family
(00:07:00) What happened to Lazar Dukic at the 2024 Crossfit games.
(00:12:59) Response to people asking if CrossFitters should be in the water.
(00:17:51) Was this preventable?
(00:25:51) Previous warning signs and personal experience.
(00:29:28) The PFAA, HQ and “the test”.
(00:34:20) The decision to continue the games and athlete responses.
(00:39:10) Behind the resentment for HQ.
(00:44:16) A closer look at a third party investigation.
(00:47:06) The unknown cause of death, negligence and the need for precautions onsite.
(00:50:56) A look at the data and misinformation when it comes to swimming events in sports.
(0056:32) The advisory committee’s role at HQ and the need for checks and balances.
(01:06:43) CrossFit is an incredible community that we love.
(01:11:29) GoFundMe for Lazar Dukic.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, there are several risks to exerting your body to this extreme. |
| 0:04.7 | However, there are also precautions that are taken that reduce that risk significantly |
| 0:13.0 | that have not been taken historically by CrossFit. |
| 0:16.2 | And that is where the focus and the problem has been. |
| 0:24.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Thick Eyes Save Lives podcast. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Kelsey. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome back. |
| 0:29.4 | Kelsey. |
| 0:29.7 | I see you didn't have any spells today. |
| 0:32.9 | You got a cover. |
| 0:34.5 | I got a cover. |
| 0:35.8 | I think this is just the life for me is just things with covers. I have to tell you guys, |
| 0:41.8 | we did a podcast with a super awesome guest if you haven't listened. Well, her episode will be coming out, |
| 0:48.8 | but prior to the podcast, I had my camera off, but my mic was on. And I spilled two full glasses of water. |
| 0:57.8 | So all you heard was like, smash, smash, oh, fuck. |
| 1:02.7 | And I was like, oh, good thing. No one heard that. And then I came on and she's like, oh, |
| 1:09.5 | how is the spill? |
| 1:11.1 | And I was like, fuck? The thing is she was like a super zen. |
| 1:17.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.2 | Like her whole philosophy is like super eastern and like yogic and like, and you just just your first introduction was spilling a bunch of |
| 1:31.4 | drinks with no video just sound and being like fuck and um I think it was appropriate it was an |
| 1:39.8 | appropriate introduction because then when she did your um docia she was like well i know what you are |
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