Frenchman dies in Morocco`s Sand Marathon

A Frenchman participating in the 22nd edition of the Sand Marathon died of heart attack in his tent Thursday at a campsite west of Jebl Kfiroune, about 40 kilometres from Rissani, in south-eastern Morocco, according to reliable sources here.

Competitors would spend the night in the campsite at the end of the fourth leg (70.5 kilometres) manoeuvred over two days between Jbel Zireg and Kfiroune West, six kilometres from Taous.

The lifeless body of Bernard Jule, aged 49, was discovered by his tent-mates. The medical team then called in an emergency unit, which confirmed the death upon arrival, the sources added.

The body was airlifted by an helicopter to the Errachidia hospital mortuary in the Moroccan capital city, where a post-mortem confirmed he had died of a heart attack.

This is the second death in the history of the Sand Marathon, since its launch in 1986. Another Frenchman died during its third edition.

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