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Runner who had a medical emergency dies in Arizona ultramarathon

A runner in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona has died after experiencing a medical emergency. Race organizers and local law enforcement confirmed the death Wednesday. Local first responders attended to a woman in her 40s who…

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Runner who had a medical emergency dies in Arizona ultramarathon

A runner in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona has died after experiencing a medical emergency. Race organizers and local law enforcement confirmed the death Wednesday. Local first responders attended to a woman in her 40s who…

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) A participant in a grueling 250-mile (402-kilometer) ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency, race organizers and loca…

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