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Medical encounters, cardiac arrests and deaths during a 109 km community-based mass-participation cycling event: a 3-year study in 102 251 race starters—SAFER IX

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  • Jannelene Killops Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martin Schwellnus Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Research Centre, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dina Christina Janse van Rensburg Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sonja Swanevelder Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Esme Jordaan Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa Statistics and Population Studies Department, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Martin Schwellnus, Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, ZA 0028, South Africa; mschwell{at}iafrica.com
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Killops J, Schwellnus M, Janse van Rensburg DC, et al
Medical encounters, cardiac arrests and deaths during a 109 km community-based mass-participation cycling event: a 3-year study in 102 251 race starters—SAFER IX
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:605-611.

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  • Accepted July 15, 2019
  • First published August 1, 2019.
Online issue publication 
June 14, 2020

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