The Seville and Spanish International was pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon. The hospital released a medical report earlier in the day stating that his condition had passed from "critical" to "very critical".
The medical report by Dr Francisco Murillo, head of the intensive care unit at the hospital, read: "The condition of patient Antonio Puerta is not favorable due to the progression of the postanoxic brain injury and the multiple organic dysfunction caused by the prolonged cardiac arrest that led to his admission to hospital."
In continuation there is the original article written about this tragedy on Monday 27th August.
A SPANISH paralympic swimmer with no arms successfully swam across the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco. Dani Vidal, 32, trained for the event for five months.Vidal lost his left arm and half of his right arm at the age of six when he accidentally touched a high-voltage wire, but this has not held him back from being a true sportsman. Dani Vidal took 6 hours 20 minutes to make the crossing in tough conditions
A 98-year-old great-grandmother has a good claim on the title supergran. Australian Ruth Frith is not one for sitting at home knitting or playing bridge, she is far more likely to be found on the sports field competing in athletics. She is a world record holder in shot put, discus, hammer, javelin, weight throw, long jump, triple jump and the weight pentathlon.
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South African runner Oscar Pistorius has finished second in a 400m race at the Golden League meeting in Rome. So what, you may well ask, what’s so special about that. Well, Pistorius was born without fibulas — the long, thin outer bone between the knee and ankle — and was 11 months old when his legs were amputated below the knee. He grew up participating in different sports but after injuring his knee while playing Rugby in January 2004, Pistorius made contact with the world of Athletics.He began running three years ago and nine months later won the 200 at the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. Since the start of his professional career, he has broken 19 world records and is the current world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres sprint in his class. At the recent 2006 VISA Paralympic World Cup, Pistorius won the 100m and 200m race.
Oscar Pistorius is simply a world record holder and gold medalist with no legs.
