MSN.com is reporting that Ethiopian Olympic runner Meskerem Legesse of Wesport, Conn. has died after collapsing in a restaurant. The former 2004 Olympian and professional runner was pregnant when she collapsed; CPR efforts performed while at the restaurant allowed paramedics to save her baby. Legesse was visiting the restaurant with her 2-year-old son, when she collapsed. Although an autopsy is still pending, it is being reported that Legesse had been having heart problems. The children are with their father and arrangements are being made to fly Legesse’s body back to Ethiopia. Legesse was 26.
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