Runner struck and killed by lightning while competing in ultramarathon

A runner was struck by lightning and killed while competing in a marathon in Italy last weekend.

Severe thunderstorms had already forced organizers of the 75-mile Südtirol Ultra Skyrace to stop the event 30 minutes earlier, but the unidentified entrant was between aid stations and unable to be notified.Suedtirol Ultraskyrace "The athletes held up at Antran, the Rifugio Punta Cervina and the Rifugio Kesselberg [aid stations]," organizers said in a statement."Some athletes though were on their way between these spots and could not be reached by the track marshals."

The runner, identified as a 44-year-old woman from Norway, was struck at about 7:15pm, as she and other runners neared Lake San Pancrazio in the mountainous South Tyrol region. That stretch is roughly 6,955 feet above sea level. According to race organizers, other entrants who witnessed the lightning strike called for medical help."After first aid, the injured athlete was flown to Bolzano hospital by the rescue helicopter Pelikan I, where she succumbed to her injuries.", Josef Günther Mair, chair of the Organizing Committee of the Südtirol Ultra Skyrace, said the organization was"shocked and deeply shaken" by the tragedy.

Awww... his village people followed him

Is this the same org that ran an extreme marathon in Australia where a runner got caught in a bush fire & died?

It is a hazard of the sport.

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