Norway's world champ Dale Oen died of heart attack
- Published: 13 Jun 2012 at 02.48
- Online news: Sports
Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen died of heart failure as the result of a blood clot in one of his coronary arteries, according to autopsy results published Tuesday.
Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, pictured in 2011, died of heart failure as the result of a blood clot in one of his coronary arteries, according to autopsy results published Tuesday.
"The autopsy report shows that Dale Oen had a coronary artery illness, meaning narrow blood vessels in the heart muscle due to serious atherosclerosis," Olympiatoppen, which is responsible for Norwegian elite sport training, said in a statement published on the Aftenposten daily's website.
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