Running influencer dies after collapsing just 500 meters from finish line

 

Running influencer Yoo Ji-won has met her demise after collapsing just 500 meters from the finish line of a half-marathon. 

The 25-year-old South Korean runner and KAIST graduate student was competing in the 2026 Seoul Race on October 11. 

Medical staff performed CPR before taking her to a hospital, where she later gave up. 

Her official cause of demise has not been confirmed. 
 

Running influencer dies after collapsing just 500 meters from finish line


Yoo Ji-won regularly shared her running journey with her vast online following. 

She became unconscious at 8:49 a.m. Sunday, around 20.6 kilometers into the half marathon at the 2026 Seoul Race, according to a statement the organizing committee released on Monday. The standard half marathon distance is 21.0975 kilometers. 

A race official found her unconscious on a downtown street near Jonggak subway station, which alerted emergency services. She was subjected to CPR prior to being taken to a hospital in an ambulance; however, she never regained consciousness and passed on shortly thereafter. 

"We pray for the repose of the deceased and extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family facing this sudden sorrow," the committee stated, adding that it will carefully investigate the case and take appropriate actions. 

An initial comment from a race official to local media suggested that Yoo may have fainted after straining herself too much, but no official findings have been released yet. 

The race, organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper, drew around 12,000 runners to a half marathon and a shorter 11-kilometer (6.8-mile) race through central Seoul, including landmarks such as Gwanghwamun and Heunginjeongmun, the city's historic eastern gate.

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland is suing a Norwegian airline for using his signature hairstyle in an advert.   According to Norwegian outlet VG, a lawsuit has been filed against Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA by Haaland and York Promotions Ltd. that has to do with a post the airline made on social media. The company posted a photo of one of its planes with Haaland's ponytail, with shaved sides, which he recently cut, plopped on top, and the caption, "We've never looked more Norwegian."       That post has since been deleted, but there's a hearing scheduled for October 9 in Oslo.   "It is true that we have received a lawsuit that we do not understand," Norwegian press officer Eivind Hammer Myhre said. "We, like almost all of Norway, have been involved in cheering on the national team this summer through a few spontaneous posts based on trends in social media." Haaland, who plays for Manchester City, helped Norway reach the World C...
Read more

Nearly 540 patients may have been exposed to HIV, Hepatitis due to improper administration of IV medications

Image
Nearly 450 patients at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts, U.S may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV due to improper administration of their IV medications, the hospital announced. The patients undergoing endoscopy at the hospital, located 20 miles northeast of Boston,  may have been exposed over a period of two years, according to a statement from Salem Hospital.   Endoscopy procedures occur when a doctor inserts a tube-like instrument into the body to look inside. Types of endoscopy procedures include those such as bronchoscopies, colonoscopies, and laparoscopies. Salem Hospital said patients may have been exposed during the administration of IV medications "in a manner not consistent with our best practice."   The hospital said it was made aware of the incidents earlier this year and that it corrected the practice and notified its quality and infection control teams. No specifics were given by hospital officials on how the exposure may ha...
Read more