Russian bronze medal gymnast killed in car crash
Posted Oct 20, 2009 1:10 PM
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MOSCOW -Russian police say gymnast Yury Ryazanov has been killed in a car crash near his home, just days after taking the bronze medal at the world championships.
Police spokesman Oleg Kurochkin told The Associated Press that Ryazanov died Tuesday after a head-on collision near the city of Vladimir, about 125 miles east of Moscow.
Kurochkin said the 22-year-old Ryazanov veered into oncoming traffic.
Ryazanov had recently returned from London, where he finished third in the individual all-around competition at worlds. At 2004 Athens Olympics, he finished seventh.
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2009-10-20 13:17:11

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