Italian Olympic 800m finalist Donato Sabia dies from coronavirus at 56?

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Twice Olympic 800 metres finalist Donato Sabia has died from COVID-19 at the age of 56, the Italian Olympic 委員会 (CONI) said on Wednesday.

CONI said in a 声明 that Sabia had been in the 集中的な care 部隊 of the San Carlo hospital on Potenza, in the southern Italian 地域 of Basilicata, for 'a few days.'

Sabia finished fifth in the 800 metres at Los Angeles in 1984 and seventh in ソウル four years later. He won the gold メダル in the same event at the European Indoor 選手権s in 1984.

Former Olympic 800m finalist Donato Sabia (second 権利) has died from coronavirus

によれば CONI, he is the first Olympic finalist in the world to die from the ウイルス.

The Italian 運動競技のs federa tion (FIDAL), which 述べるd him as 'an extraordinarily talented 競技者 but, above all, a gentle person', said that Sabia's father had also died from COVID-19 a few days earlier.

'It's a 悲劇 within a 悲劇,' said FIDAL 大統領，／社長 Alfio Giomi in a 声明. 'Donato was a person who you couldn't not love.'