During the official welcoming ceremony for the President of Slovakia, the two soldiers of the Republican Guard immediately lost consciousness upon entering the Elysee Palace. The press service of the Elysee Palace has not yet revealed the reasons for the incident or commented on the current state of health of the two servants, but such incidents often occur during long ceremonial formations. Standing attentively for a long time without moving the legs disrupts the normal blood flow to the heart and leads to temporary oxygen starvation of the brain, which causes fainting.
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