Russian biathlete dies during Russian Cup race

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Moscow, Jumada I 04, 1436, February 23, 2015, SPA -- A 21-year-old Russian biathlete has died after suffering a heart attack during a Russian Cup race in Siberia, AP reported. Alina Yakimkina, a sports academy student from the central Russian city of Izhevsk, collapsed and died Saturday during the final cross-country skiing stage of a women's 15-kilometer race. Igor Krasnov, a regional sports minister, told the Tass news agency that Yakimkina had been found to have a "serious heart defect" and that "she was clean" of doping. Russian media reported that investigators had searched a medical clinic where last year a doctor had pronounced Yakimkina fit to compete. -- SPA 20:11 LOCAL TIME 17:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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