UdeG athlete dies of cardiac arrest in full competition – El Heraldo de Chiapas

Unfortunate news reached the 2022 Universiade that is held in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, because this Saturday, while the judo competition was taking place, a student collapsed due to a cardiac arrest that took his life.

David Alejandro Gómez Flores was a student of Administration in Organizations and representative of the University of Guadalajara. The news of his death was confirmed by the governor of the state of Chihuahua, who through her social networks confirmed the news and sent her condolences to the family of the deceased young man.

“I deeply regret the death of David Alejandro Gómez Flores, a Judo athlete from the University of Guadalajara, who lost his life during the National Universiade, in Ciudad Juarez. I send my sincere condolences to family, friends and the sports community,” wrote Maru Campos.

Similarly, the University of Guadalajara regretted the facts and said goodbye to his student.

“In the udg_oficial we deeply regret the death of David Alejandro Gómez Flores, a student at the UDGVirtual_SUV and a member of the university judo team. We send our condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace,” they wrote.

They denounce negligence in social networks

After the death of David Alejandro Gómez Flores at the Universiade held in Ciudad Juárez, users on social networks assured that this loss could be avoided, but that the authorities did not act in time, because the ambulance was slow to arrive.

“Terrible organization, only 1 ambulance and when he went to transfer another athlete, the event happened 25 minutes later, the ambulance arrived,” wrote the user Felipe Vargas on social networks

In this regard there is no official statement by the organizers, El Heraldo de Juárez, publishing house that is part of ESTO, I try to make phone contact with the organizers of the Universiade in order to know their version of events, but there was no response.

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