A 24-year-old athlete died during the New York Marathon - only three kilometers left to the finish line. Rachel Epa was perfectly healthy, trained regularly and prepared for months for her first marathon. But at the 39th kilometer of the race in Central Park, the girl suddenly lost consciousness. Shortly before the tragedy, Rachel corresponded with her father. She initially complained of pain and then became unresponsive. The man watched her movement through the app and noticed that her daughter was arrested. Eyewitnesses rushed to help, doctors tried to revive the athlete. However, a few hours later she died in the hospital. According to the father, the cause of death was rhabdomyolysis, a dangerous condition in which muscles are destroyed and their breakdown products enter the bloodstream and can lead to kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Rachel ran the marathon for charity - raising money to fight Parkinson's disease, from which her grandfather passed away.

A 24-year-old athlete died during the New York Marathon - only three kilometers left to the finish line. Rachel Epa was perfectly healthy, trained regularly and prepared for months for her first marathon. But at the 39th kilometer of the race in Central Park, the girl suddenly lost consciousness. Shortly before the tragedy, Rachel corresponded with her father. She initially complained of pain and then became unresponsive. The man watched her movement through the app and noticed that her daughter was arrested. Eyewitnesses rushed to help, doctors tried to revive the athlete. However, a few hours later she died in the hospital. According to the father, the cause of death was rhabdomyolysis, a dangerous condition in which muscles are destroyed and their breakdown products enter the bloodstream and can lead to kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Rachel ran the marathon for charity - raising money to fight Parkinson's disease, from which her grandfather passed away.