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the health benefits of regular exercise
Marathon runner dies at finish line
Last updated Oct 17 2005 10:08 AM EDT
CBC News
For the second year in a row, a runner has died in the Toronto Marathon. The 36-year-old Oakville man was running in the half-marathon Sunday morning, and collapsed moments after crossing the finish line. His name has not been released.
Three people have died in the event in the last four years.
The director of the marathon, Jay Glassman, says some members of the medical team in place for the race — 30 registered nurses and about seven doctors — attended to the man, and there was an ambulance on site.
Glassman says, while there are no doubts about the health benefits of regular exercise, marathons do experience deaths.
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