A torchbearer collapsed and died after taking part in the Olympic torch relay in the build-up to the Winter Games in Sochi, Russian media reported on Monday.
Vadim Gorbenko, 73, a former Greco-Roman wrestling coach, suffered a heart attack after running a leg of the relay in the eastern Siberian city of Kurgan on Sunday.
He was taken to hospital but doctors were unable to save him.
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