The youngest Tokyo Olympian dies: In a major tragedy, 17-year-old Tunisian sailor Aya Guezguiz, one of the youngest athletes to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, died while training at sea on Sunday. Aya, was practicing with her twin sister Sarah when the accident happened Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
Youngest Tokyo Olympian dies: big tragedy, Tokyo 2020 Olympics youngest female athlete dies in sailing tragedy
Eya and Sara became the youngest female Olympians in Tokyo after participating in the 49er FX event at the Olympics last year. They represent Tunisia and finish 21st in the event.
After their Tokyo performance, the sisters were looking forward to competing in many more Olympics in the future. During one of their exercises on Sunday, strong winds at sea sank their boat. Aya is believed to have survived the tragedy when she drowned.
Eya Guezguez, 16, Tunisian Olympic windsurfer, died today after an accident in practice.
Eya, along with her twin, Sarah, was the youngest female athlete # Tokyo2020 Olympics.
May he be at peace pic.twitter.com/Pvt6lGEscq– Sohail Khamira (KSKhmira) April 10, 2022
The news of the death was first posted by Tunisian Suhel Khamira on his Twitter account. “Eya Guezguez, 16, Tunisian Olympic windsurfer, died today after an accident in practice. Eya, along with her twin, Sarah, was the youngest female athlete # Tokyo2020 The Olympics … let him be at peace, He wrote in his post.
The two sisters were born in March 2005 and celebrated their 17th birthday last month.
Youngest Tokyo Olympian dies: big tragedy, Tokyo 2020 Olympics youngest female athlete dies in sailing tragedy
