A 26-year-old world champion swimmer who was one of Norway’s top medal hopes for the London Olympics died of apparent cardiac arrest after collapsing Monday night in the shower of his Flagstaff, Ariz., hotel room.
Alexander Dale Oen, who earned a silver medal at the 2008Beijing Olympics for the men’s 100-meter breaststroke, was in Flagstaff with the Norwegian Olympic Swim team for high altitude training at the Wall Aquatic Center at Northern Arizona University.
Dale Oen had golfed with his roommates Monday afternoon, and they had returned to their hotel, where Dale Oen took a shower, according to the Flagstaff Police Department.
A roommate told police he became concerned when Dale Oen was in the shower longer than usual. The roommates broke into the bathroom when Dale Oen didn’t respond, police said.
Roommates found Dale Oen unresponsive in the shower, police said.
The team’s doctor was called to the room and local emergency medical crews tried to resuscitate him. Dale Oen was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, but police say they see no immediate evidence of foul play.
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