French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt, ranked 119th in the world, was found dead by his girlfriend in Paris. Montcourt had been suspended for betting on other tennis matches and fined $12k; that suspension took effect on Monday. He had bet a whopping $192 on 36 tennis events.
Reports are that he died of natural causes, which would be one of the most bizarre coincidences I’ve heard in a long time.
on Jul 8th, 2009 at 1:34 PM
thats what the news says
that he died for natural causes
but he was only 24
?
such a shame
he was a good player.
on Jul 8th, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Enlarged heart maybe? Isn’t that what happened to a couple of young marathon runners last summer?
on Jul 9th, 2009 at 12:56 AM
A year ago I did a story on an alarming number of young athletes dying. The common thread in most of the cases I looked at – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
It affects the heart and is usually detected when it’s too late.