A CrossFit Games competitor has died while participating in a swimming event.
Lazar Dukic was racing at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday morning when he disappeared underwater.
Emergency services were called around 8am local time to report that “there was a participant in the water who was down and had not been seen for some time.”
After launching a search with a diving team and drones, the athlete’s body was found about an hour after the first divers entered the water.
The rest of the events on the first day of games were canceled after the death.
CrossFit CEO Don Faul said at a news conference that organizers were “deeply saddened” by the death and were working with authorities in the subsequent investigation.
He added: “We are doing everything in our power during this tragic time to support the family, to support our community.”
Faul also confirmed that CrossFit had security staff on site during the swim.
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The medical examiner’s office has not yet listed the cause of Dukic’s death.
Dukic’s biography on the CrossFit website says he was the third-ranked CrossFit athlete in Serbia and the 88th-ranked in the world.
CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves competing in a variety of movements at high intensity.
CrossFit has been contacted for comment.
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