Oklahoma Man Dies After Collapsing in Half-Marathon
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TULSA, Okla. -- Race officials say an Oklahoma man has died while participating in a half marathon in Tulsa.
The Williams Route 66 Marathon directors said in a news release that the 27-year-old Tulsa man collapsed on the course Sunday.
Race officials say he received medical attention before being taken to Oklahoma State University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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The man's name has not been released. A cause of death also has not been released.
About 9,000 runners took part in the race that included a marathon, a half-marathon, a 5 kilometer race and a one-mile run.
The race began in 2005 and has had one other death when a 21-year-old Claremore man died while running in it two years ago.
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