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Golf. In Dinard, feeling unwell, a player dies during the competition. Sport

Despite the rapidity of the rescue, a golfer could not be revived this afternoon, Sunday, September 12, 2021, at Dinard Golf.

The competition had started in the morning. At 12:25 p.m., the director of the golf course received a call for help from one of the players, who was suffering from discomfort, while he was about 100 meters from the clubhouse. “I left immediately, with a defibrillator, explains Jean-Guillaume Legros. I was quickly joined by two players, doctors, who took charge of the operations. “

A helicopter dispatched to the site

In spite of the care lavished during more than one hour, the player, a Briacin of 68 years, died on the spot, around 13 h 30. The helicopter of the Samu of Rennes, who had landed on the ground, ready to take charge of the patient, left for Rennes.

Three firefighters from the Dinard Rive gauche center and the police from Pleurtuit were also present.

Competitors and spectators in shock

The death upset the competitors and the spectators, especially since the victim was well known, in Saint-Briac and among golfers.

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