An unidentified body was pulled from the Marine Creek Reservoir by Texan authorities on Thursday after Serbian swimmer Lazar Đukić vanished in the final 100 meters of the 800-meter swim race at the CrossFit Games, according to CBS News.
The body has not been identified yet but CrossFit officials did confirm in a statement on X that an athlete died during competition.
“CrossFit is deeply saddened by the death of a CrossFit Games competitor during the swimming portion of Individual Event 1 at the 2024 CrossFit Games,” the company wrote in the statement. “We are fully cooperating with authorities and doing everything we can to support the family at this time.”
