Record-holding lifeguard dies of cardiac arrest whereas swimming

A 50-year-old lifeguard-cum-trainer on the Mangala Swimming Pool of the Mangaluru City Corporation died as he suffered a cardiac arrest whereas he was within the pool on Sunday. He held the file of performing 28 somersaults underneath water in a minute and made it to the Guinness World Records in 2003.

MCC Commissioner Ravichandra Naik stated Ok. Chandrashekar Rai was and outsource workers of the MCC. The pool was closed for public on Sunday when Rai obtained into the water solely to be discovered unconscious after some time by the watchman there.

The watchman instantly referred to as an ambulance that took Rai to the closest hospital, the place the medical doctors declared him ‘introduced in lifeless’ and that the reason for loss of life was cardiac arrest.

Condoling Rai’s loss of life, rationalist Narendra Nayak, a daily swimmer on the pool, stated in a Facebook publish that Rai learnt swimming at Mangala pool. He additionally labored as a supervisor in just a few residential residences in Manipal, the place he additionally labored as a lifeguard at a pool. A couple of years in the past, Rai began working on the Mangala pool, Mr. Nayak stated.

Mr. Nayak stated that on Saturday night, he complimented Rai for sustaining the swimming pool effectively when Rai then advised him that he was on lifeguard responsibility that day as two others have been on depart.

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