CrossFit Games athlete Lazar Dukic dies: Everything we know Friday

Those lifeguards are literally useless. Untrained, unprepared, clearly unqualified, only there for show.

Having them swim right after a run, especially in high temperatures, is just stupid. Cramps on land will bring you to a stop, but severe cramps in the water can send you to the bottom. Most of these athletes are not experienced swimmers.

Those lifeguards should be facing a criminal charge now. Who gave em that job, are they certified, incompetence kills people, people!

Pure negligence. No divers, n9 paramedics, no professional support staff. When he took his cap off, the should have checked him. He was changing strokes when he’s a professional freestyler. He had zero support, died in distress with no help. The warning signs were there for a good five minutes and ignored.

This should never of happened. What were the two people on paddle boards doing if not watching the swimmers?!

Two life guards next to him, one on each side and they did nothing as he drowned. Useless, their job is to be diligent of every swimmer at all times.

A "friend" started the GoFundMe, no his sponsors started it and they donated the first $15,000.00.

There’s a reason that swimming is first in a triathlon!

Those two lifeguards are going to get sued. That’s ridiculous

Thinking about the mass starts in 2015 and 16 when people were literally swimming on top of each other. The swimming events were never safe, they've just been lucky until now... It feels unreal to lose someone in this way...

You always do the swim first.

The paddle board staff not only did they do nothing to help him while being 5 meters away to his left and right but also stopped a by stander that wanted to go and help.

First it’s snipers who fail to see a shooter right in front of them. Now it’s lifeguards who can’t even tell when someone is struggling to stay alive in the water.

He was visibly struggling and no one felt it was time to save him? This is criminal. I hope that whoever organized this gets sued big time.

The "Safety Plan" referenced by CEO Don Faul during yesterday's press conference is available in the livestream video of the event. It included three people on paddle boards (without ancillary floating devices) and a dude on a jet ski... to monitor 79 athletes over an 800 meter course on open water. On the Kettlebells and Cocktails podcast (The direction of CrossFit: A Conversation with CrossFit CEO Don Faul) six months ago, CEO Don Faul reported that "We still spend way too much money on sport (CrossFit games) ... we are going to take meaningful amounts out of that."

So sad, people think he hd a heart attack. He was an elite swimmer he did not just drown, also rumours he has had heart scares in the past like the burj Khalifa climb event in Dubai a few years ago

For the first time I hear about swimming in crossfit. Regardless of that, the absence of lifesavers is shameful, as well as the lack of proper monitoring of the event in a world full of smartphones and drones with cameras. It's irresponsible!

All the infos we need, without voyeurism, thank you

"after careful thought will resume" After not wanting to lose a ton of money will resume. SWIM first then run ppl

Those lifeguards need to be banned.