Viral News / Hammer hit in the head during practice, young female player dies

Zoom News : Jul 30, 2021, 01:04 PM
Elegna Osorio Mayari, a highly talented Cuban athlete, died after an accident. Mayari, just 19 years old, had won a bronze medal in the Youth Olympics. Hammer throw athlete Mayari was badly injured during practice and after battling with life and death for several months, she has said goodbye to this world.

19-year-old Mayari was practicing at the track and field stadium in Cuba. During this training, he accidentally got a hammer on his head. This incident was so terrible that after this incident Mayari had suffered a lot of head injury and she went into a coma.

Mayari has said goodbye to this world after being in a coma for a few weeks. The President of the Cuban National Sports Institute, Osvaldo Vento, expressed his condolences. He said that we stand with the family members of this talented athlete. This has also caused great damage to the Cuban sports community.

Apart from this, Gwen Berry, a member of America's hammer thrower team, has also condoled the death of Mayari. He said that this is very sad. She was a very talented player. May God give courage to Mayari's family to bear this loss.

At the same time, Cuba's sports director Renaldo Verona Martínez said – Cuban athletes are in shock. Even after a serious accident during training, Mayari did not give up and she was constantly fighting for life and death. We stand together with his family and friends in this time of grief.

It is worth mentioning that Mayari had surprised everyone by winning a bronze medal in the Summer Youth Olympics in the year 2018. Mayari had come to limelight a lot after this victory. It is worth mentioning that Mayari had won this bronze medal in the girls' hammer throw event.

However, Mayari, who has gained buzz with her good performance in the Youth Olympics, had been performing well even before this. She also participated in the Pan-American Under Championships two years before the Summer Youth Olympics and managed to win a bronze medal in this championship as well.

Mayari was considered a key player for Cuba's hammer throw event at the next Olympics. A Cuban media outlet condoled Mayari's death, saying she was one of Cuba's most talented young players.

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