FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Tragedy hit the CrossFit Games underway in Fort Worth after an athlete drowned in Marine Creek Lake on Thursday.
The Fort Worth Fire Department’s Captain Craig Trojacek said they responded to a call around 8 a.m. after an athlete was reported missing.
“We had our dive teams come out. We had our arson investigators come out with their drones trying to help locate missing person. We were ultimately able to bring that body out of the water just over an hour after we put our first diver in the water,” he said.
CrossFit CEO Don Faul said they’re shocked by the death of 28-year-old Lazar Dukic of Serbia.
“CrossFit is deeply saddened by the death of one of our athletes during the swim portion of our event this morning. We’re doing everything in our power to support the family…to support the community,” he said.
Faul said the games had a safety plan in place and safety personnel on site.
The rest of Thursday’s events were cancelled but the competition will go on as planned.
CrossFit officials said they’ll start the Friday events with a 10 a.m. ceremony honoring Dukic at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
The tribute will be followed by an 11 a.m. team event and the other games will follow.
There’s a GoFundMe campaign to help the family pay funeral expenses.
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