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Posted on 12/16/2022 1:56:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
David Jenkins, 31, was found collapsed in a swimming pool
Tom Daley’s Olympic diving coach died from sudden adult death syndrome similar to that which nearly killed Danish footballer Christian Eriksen, an inquest heard. David Jenkins, 31, was found collapsed in a swimming pool in the Turkish resort city of Antalya on 9 October last year.
He had spent the day training the elite GB squad following their success at that summer’s Olympics before he died. Mr Jenkins, the Development Lead Coach for England’s top diving programme Dive London, played an “instrumental role” in the Tom Daley Diving Academy before his death.
An inquest at North London Coroners Court in Barnet heard his death was mysterious but now appeared to be sudden adult death syndrome. When his family asked why the circumstances of his death appeared to be a mystery, Assistant Coroner for North London Peter Straker explained how it can strike young, healthy people.
He said sufferers experience an arrythmia before the heart stops. He told them: “There have been some high-profile cases including famously, the footballer Christian Eriksen, whose heart stopped while he was on a football field.
“He had advanced life support available almost instantly. You can imagine what the result would have been if he was in a pool, if that is of any use.
“I don’t want you to be completely mystified as to why this had happened.”
The hearing was told he had been with two other coaches who left to go for a jog while Mr Jenkins swam before dinner. In evidence that was read out by the coroner, the then National Performance Director for British Diving Alexei Evangulov said he was about to sit down for dinner at 7.20pm when a member of hotel staff came up to him and said: “Please come with me, one of your team members is in the pool and he doesn’t go out.’
He added: “I jumped up and ran with him to the pool. s I was running I asked ‘what do you mean he doesn’t go out?”
UNICEF USA Child Refugees and Migrants Need Help Now Blue Shield of California Valuable Coverage You Need Is Just Clicks Away by TaboolaSponsored Links “Staff said he did exercises in the water and then died underwater. When I got to the pool I saw him lying at the bottom of it where we usually train. He was lying face up and had his goggles on. I shouted ‘call an ambulance’ and grabbed him with my armpits, pulling him to the surface.
“He was very heavy and I was in the water with him. I noticed a swimming coach from Denmark running to help and managed to pull him from the pool.”
Mr Jenkins, who lived in Chingford in East London, was later taken to hospital where doctors gave him CPR. He fought for life and his heart came “in and out” for just under an hour but he was pronounced dead at around 9pm.
A post-mortem carried out in the UK by Dr Deidre McKenna found he had not been drinking or taking recreational drugs before he died, and suggested the cause of death was unascertained. His GP records did not flag up anything unusual.
The inquest was told he was a fan of exercises where he would hold his breath underwater in line with the Wim Hof Method. The method- named after a Dutch extreme athlete nicknamed ‘the Iceman’ for holding his breath underwater in freezing temperatures- is based on a Tibetan meditation practice called Tummo meditation.
It is said to relieve stress, reduce inflammation and strengthen the immune system. The coroner recorded a conclusion of death by natural causes, of which the medical cause was found to be adult cardiac death.
He told the family: “I cannot tell you how sorry I am. He was a bright young man and this is a terrible, terrible loss.”
After he died a British Swimming spokesman said: “David's love for coaching and the sport saw him play an instrumental role in the Tom Daley Diving Academy, delivering Learn To Dive lessons to thousands of children across the country. He was extremely popular with all in the diving community due to his wonderful, friendly personality.
“A former gymnast and diver himself, David had a bright future ahead of him and will be greatly missed by everyone he worked with across British Diving.”
31 y/o died of natural causes.
WTF does that even mean?
Man, I can’t even imagine what all might be floating around in a Turkish pool.
A milder form of death. Everyone dies suddenly at 31 yrs old. Nothing to pay attention to.
Obviously it was an attack of sudden climate change.
Noah’s Ark? Sailing to Byzantium?
1) Never heard of this syndrome before
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2) Is that what we're calling it these days?
The Propaganda Media and korrupt governments can call it “Sudden Adult Death Syndrome” or anything they want but the pharmaceutical korporations, conspiring with korrupt governments, knowingly and willfully created an mRNA concoction that kills people.
This is totally normal and anyone who says it isn’t is insane. 🤡
A swimming coach is likely a regular swimmer. An excellent form of exercise and I doubt he was in anything other than perfect condition. So this makes complete sense that he dies at 31.
Family: “You said it was a mystery, but now you’re saying it isn’t? What gives?”
Doctors: “After further examination there is no mystery. His heart stopped.”
“Mr Jenkins, who lived in Chingford in East London, was later taken to hospital where doctors gave him CPR.”
No discussion in the article, but I hope folks at the pool did CPR and the defib machine.
SADS == VAX shots/clots
He won’t be having any driving accidents.
“It is said to relieve stress, reduce inflammation and strengthen the immune system”
I guess it worked...
The article doesn't tell us at what depth this incident occurred but it was shallow enough that his rescuer was able to grab him by the armpits and pull him out. Also, "the inquest was told he was a fan of exercises where he would hold his breath underwater in line with the Wim Hof Method."
According to Athletic Business, when holding one's breath "...the oxygen level in the blood runs low enough, that person loses consciousness. He or she never actually feels the need to breathe underwater and sometimes even experiences euphoria. A series of events - including water inhalation, possible convulsions and ultimately cardiac arrest and death - follows. Unlike regular drowning, which can take six to eight minutes before brain damage and death occur, SWB can kill within two and a half minutes, experts say."
Last year we lost a teenage boy in our community to hypoxia blackout.
There is a recent medical article about the syndrome in the National Library of Medicine.
safe and effective
“Sudden Adult Death Syndrome”
Made up name.
Yes, I suspect fentanyl while swimming, or shoveling snow or maybe holiday heart attack. Whatever the case, these sudden healthy adult deaths have been happening for hundreds of years (we just didn’t know about it) and we should look the other way.
Anything but the…
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