There is sadness in South American sport, this Friday, April 5, the day the games were inaugurated Bolivarian Youth Games 2024 in Sucre, Bolivia, The Ecuadorian coach was found dead in his room Julius Caesar Sambonino. This was confirmed by the organizing committee of the first games of this type on their Facebook page.
“COBOL Sucre 2024 expresses its deep pain for the loss of the Team's weightlifting coach Ecuador, We are in great pain and we express our feelings to the family of the country of Ecuador,” the press release mentions.
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What is known
Besides, the Bolivarian Sports Organization He regretted the death of the coach, expressed solidarity with the family and declared three days of mourning “within the Bolivarian family.”
On Monday morning, before starting the weightlifting competition, a discipline in which the deceased would be present, a minute of silence was held in his memory.
So far, there is only speculation about Sambonino's cause of death.
The mayor of Sucre, the host city, Enrique Leaño, He pointed out that the coach was found without vital signs in the Bolivarian village and that it could have been “heart failure.”
HE Ecuadorian Olympic Committee has not given statements regarding a news that shocks the fans of the Weightlifting and sport in general.
The first Bolivarian Youth Games will be held until April 14.
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