MOSCOW - A 73-year-old wrestling coach has died of a heart attack after taking part in the Sochi Olympics torch relay, officials in the Kurgan region said on Monday.
Vadim Gorbenko, a Greco-Roman wrestling coach who headed a local sports school, felt unwell after carrying the torch over some 200 meters and died in a local hospital of a heart attack a few hours later.
Sochi Winter Olympics torch relay will cover 65,000 kilometers and is the longest in the history of the Olympics.