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By Associated Press

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Published: Sat, May 10, 2008 - 6:52 pm
Last Updated: Sat, May 10, 2008 - 8:55 pm

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Race officials say a Georgia man
died after he was pulled from the water during the swimming portion
of a Florida triathlon.
The News Herald reports that Patrick Kane, 38, of Patrick Kane of Roswell, GA
died at a hospital shortly after he was pulled from the Gulf of
Mexico during the Gulf Coast Triathlon on Saturday.
The newspaper reports that Kane flipped over during the 1.2-mile
swimming leg of the competition and was then pulled from the water.
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