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    Pregnant ex-Olympian dies, baby survives

    By Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut | China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-20 07:22

    A former Olympic and professional runner from Ethiopia who was due to give birth in three weeks has died after collapsing at a Connecticut restaurant, but doctors were able to save her baby, her friends said on Wednesday.

    Meskerem Legesse, 26, who lived in Westport, Connecticut, was with her 2-year-old son when she collapsed at a restaurant on Monday, said her friend, Fatima Sene. She was transported to a hospital where she died and the baby was saved, Sene said.

    The cause of death wasn't clear. Sene said Legesse had suffered heart problems in the past.

    Pregnant ex-Olympian dies, baby survives

    "It is very sad. She was a very good person," Sene said. "She would do anything for anybody. And she loved that little boy she left behind."

    Legesse ran in the 1,500 meter competition at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She finished 12th in a first-round heat with a time of 4:18:03 and didn't advance to the medal race. She moved on to a professional running career in the United States, competing in events including the Boston Indoor Games, Fifth Avenue Mile in Manhattan and the Millrose Games in New York. She apparently hadn't raced within the past few years.

    Legesse's children are now with their father, and arrangements are being made to bring Legesse's body to Ethiopia, Sene said. Legesse was planning to get married to the children's father, she said.

    Hamden firefighters and paramedics with American Medical Response were called to the restaurant at about 2 pm on Monday and performed CPR on a pregnant woman who collapsed, according to fire and police officials who did not release the woman's name.

    Doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital were able to save the baby because of the CPR efforts both in the restaurant and in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, Hamden Fire Chief David Berardesca said.

    Associated Press

    (China Daily 07/20/2013 page6)

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