Swedish trail runner, Emilia Brangefalt dies at 21 by suicide
Swedish trail runner, Emilia Brangefalt, has passed away at the age of 21 after taking her own life. The long-distance athlete won bronze in 2022's Trail World Championships 40km race in Chiang Mai, and this year came fifth in a world championship race in Innsbruck but was forced to take a break from the sport after being diagnosed with an extremely high heart rate. In a post shared to her Instagram account on November 4, Brangefalt narrated her difficulties, explaining how she had been suffering both physically and mentally after being forced to take a break from the sport. "Just taking a walk is painful right now,' Brangefalt wrote. ''Have been to the hospital and visit the medical over 20 times but every single blood test/ ekg/ cycle test is good. Still my body is super stressed although I have given it so much love the past months’. ‘Maybe it was to much for a 21 year old girl to run Transvulcania 48k and WMTRC 45k with less then one month in bet...