Andrei Draghici: 23-year-old Romanian water polo player exits swimming pool during a game, collapses and dies

One report says Mr. Drăghici exited the pool and collapsed from the bench. The team’s Facebook page said he lost consciousness in the pool, and was carried by both teammates and opponents. Medics immediately administered CPR, but it was too late. Mr. Drăghici was pronounced dead less than an hour later. 

The team made clear that Mr. Drăghici had no known medical issues. 

But a few days later, another Romanian website claimed Mr. Drăghici died from “a congenital heart disease called atrial septal defect.” 

In other words, they want us to believe that neither Mr. Drăghici nor his professional athletic club that runs physical checkups on him, knew about this alleged congenital heart problem. 

A woman named Maria emailed The COVID Blog™ claiming to be in contact with Mr. Drăghici family. She said Mr. Drăghici was double-vaxxed with AstraZeneca and had the Pfizer booster. The only other corroboration of this is a story on a website called Information Libera. A commenter said the same thing. Coincidentally or otherwise, the author of the foregoing article is also named Maria. 

So is it normal for water polo players to die during a game?