24-year-old woman dies at New York Marathon

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Rachel Ephah, 24, took part for the first time in her life in the New York Marathon to raise funds for Parkinson's research in memory of her grandfather. According to Sport5 and Israel Hayom, she collapsed in Central Park with about 3 km left to the finish.

According to Walla, she was a former college athlete, and her death was pronounced at the hospital after resuscitation efforts. According to Ynet, she had been diagnosed with muscle rhabdomyolysis. According to Channel 14, her father said she had trained for months and was in perfect health.