Overview
- A 27-year-old participant collapsed about 100 meters from the finish on the Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes and could not be revived.
- The departmental fire service reported a cardiac arrest shortly before the end of the 42.195 km course.
- Race organizers confirmed immediate resuscitation attempts and issued condolences to the runner’s family.
- French reports said the runner was from Alsace and had traveled to the Côte d’Azur with his partner.
- About 22,000 runners took part in the Nice–Cannes race; Kenya’s Dickson Kiprop won the men’s event in 2:13:30 and Irene Korir won the women’s in 2:39:41.