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One of the first to alert the sad news was the Venezuelan Olympic Committee: “Our Olympic house and the Venezuelan sports community regrets the physical loss of Michelle Martinez, outstanding athlete of the Venezuelan badminton, our condolences to his relatives and loved ones ”, he indicated on Thursday afternoon on his official Twitter account with the review that the event occurred in the Antioquia capital, where the young athlete had come to seek better horizons.
Then, in an intervention on the Venezuelan state TV, Nicolás Maduro himself referred to the issue and indicated that Martínez died in Medellín, where he lived, because “He suffered respiratory complications”
“Martinez, 22, was a bronze medalist in the Bolivarian Games of Santa Marta-2017 and the South American Games of Cochabamba-2018, in both cases in the modality of badminton doubles,” the AFP agency said in a report on the topic.
The athlete was a native of the Venezuelan state of Guárico.
No official report of deaths from covid-19 this Thursday
Despite the fact that some media in the neighboring country reported that the death of the young athlete was due to covid-19, neither the National Institute of Health nor the Government of Antioquia in their reports on Thursday included deaths in the department of Antioquia from the new coronavirus. .
The last coronavirus death (out of the 5 registered in Antioquia) reported by Minsalud was on April 27 and corresponded to a 74-year-old man residing in the Antioquia capital.
What is certain is that the athlete underwent tests after her death to identify if she actually contracted the virus and was not registered in time or if the tragic death was caused by another disease.
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