Egyptian junior swimming champion Shaza Negm, 15, died Saturday from health complications after suffering cardiac arrest while training at the beginning of June, when she fell into a coma during exercise.
Negm was active in the swimming team at Tanta Sports Club.
She had won many international and local sports championships representing Tanta Club and won more than eight medals between gold, silver and bronze over the past five years.
The young swimmer was transferred to the ambulance unit located at the Olympic pool in one of the private clubs in the city of Tanta.
Negm was given first aid and received treatment in Gharbia Governorate, before being transferred to the Nasser Institute in Cairo where she passed away.
Her heart stopped during exercise and she lost consciousness in June. She was also found to have ulcers, bled severely, and lost hemoglobin during her stay in the hospital.
She underwent five surgeries in an attempt to save her life, but eventually succumbed to her long coma.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports mourned Negm’s death on Saturday.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
