Mountain biker Rab Wardell, 37, died “suddenly” in his sleep just two days after winning the Scottish national championships.
Wardell’s partner, British Double Olympic champion Katie Archibald, said she tried desperately to save Wardell after he suffered an apparent cardiac arrest at their home early on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
“I think you’ve heard that Rab died yesterday morning. I still don’t understand what’s happened; if this is real; why he’d be taken now — so healthy and happy,” Archibald posted on Twitter.
“He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics arrived within minutes, but his heart stopped and they couldn’t bring him back,” Archibald said. “Mine stopped with it. I love him so much and need him here with me. I need him here so badly, but he’s gone. I can’t describe this pain.”