2026年5月7日 / 美国东部时间早上7:54 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
赛事主办方和当地执法部门表示，一名参加亚利桑那州北部山区250英里超长距离超级马拉松的选手周二突发疾病后身亡。
亚瓦派县警长办公室发言人保罗·威克周三表示，急救人员在普雷斯科特以南的 groom溪社区一处步道起点，对一名参赛的40多岁女性实施了救治，但该女子最终倒地不起。
科科多纳250超级马拉松赛事联合主任埃丽卡·斯奈德证实了这起死亡事件，并应选手家属的要求拒绝透露更多细节。
“请大家为这位选手的家人、朋友、 fellow跑者、志愿者和急救人员祈福，”赛事主办方在社交媒体上发帖称，“我们衷心感谢这个美好的社区。比赛将继续，以此纪念这位选手。我们呼吁所有参赛选手和后勤人员在赛道上铭记这位选手。”
超级马拉松可以挑战人类耐力的极限，但相对于这项近年来在全球日益普及的赛事总参赛人数而言，死亡案例仍非常罕见，赛事举办地从死亡谷延伸至喜马拉雅山脉。去年，密歇根州一名女子在科罗拉多州西南部山区的100英里比赛中倒地身亡。
科科多纳赛事是美国难度最高的超级马拉松赛事之一，赛道累计爬升超过一英里，共两次翻越该高度，从黑峡谷城出发，途经塞多纳。据哥伦比亚广播公司旗下子公司KPHO报道，选手拥有125小时完成这项连接亚利桑那州多处标志性步道的赛事。
今年的赛事于周一凌晨开赛，总冠军雷切尔·恩特林周三下午在弗拉格斯塔夫的欢呼声中冲线，同时创造了赛道纪录。
主办方表示，由于赛事热度上升，明年将采用抽签方式进行报名。
斯奈德表示，赛事沿途设置补给站，为选手提供饮食、补水和调整装备的机会，同时在赛道沿线部署了医疗团队。这场比赛通常会持续五天，选手们常会沿途在地面小憩。
2021年，中国西北部山区的一场超级马拉松赛事因冻雨和强风，导致21名选手死亡。
Woman dies while competing in 250-mile Arizona ultramarathon
May 7, 2026 / 7:54 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A participant in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency, race organizers and local law enforcement said.
First responders attended to a woman in her 40s who was participating in the race and collapsed at a trailhead in the Groom Creek community south of Prescott, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Paul Wick said on Wednesday.
Cocodona 250 ultramarathon codirector Erika Snyder confirmed the death and declined to provide further details at the request of the runner’s relatives.
“Please keep the runner’s family, friends, fellow runners, volunteers, and first responders in your thoughts,” the event’s organizers posted on social media. “We are deeply grateful to this beautiful community. The race is going to continue in their honor. We ask all participants and crew to carry the memory of this runner with you on the trail.”
Ultramarathons can test the boundaries of human endurance, but deaths are very rare relative to the total number of participants in a sport that has in recent years grown in popularity around the world, with races hosted from Death Valley to the Himalayas. Last year, a Michigan woman collapsed and died during a 100-mile race in the southwest Colorado mountains.
The Cocodona is one of the toughest ultramarathons in the U.S., featuring a course that rises more than a mile in elevation – twice – while passing through Sedona from its start in Black Canyon City. Runners have 125 hours to complete the race, which links some of Arizona’s most iconic trails, according to CBS affiliate KPHO.
This year’s race started Monday before dawn, and the overall winner, Rachel Entrekin, finished Wednesday afternoon to a roaring crowd in Flagstaff while setting a course record.
A crowd gathers to watch runners finish the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in downtown Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Cheyanne Mumphrey / AP
Organizers say they’re moving to a lottery registration system next year because of the race’s popularity.
Aid stations provide opportunities to eat, hydrate and adjust equipment, with a team of medical professional stationed across the course, Snyder said. Racers often nap on the ground along the way in a race that can last five days.
In 2021, freezing rain and high winds were linked to the deaths of 21 runners at an ultramarathon through mountains in northwestern China.
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