A teenager in New -Zeeland died after playing a tackel game, which is assumed to be inspired by a controversial new high -impact collision Boting Sport Trending on social media.
The police confirmed that the 19-year-old on Monday evening died in the hospital after he had sustained a critical head injury on Sunday while playing a tackle match with friends in the North Island City Palmerston North.
“The death of this young man is an absolute tragedy and my thoughts are with his family and friends,” said inspector Ross Grantham.
“The tackle game … was based on a social media-driven trend, in which participants compete in full contact collisions without protective equipment,” he said.
Media reports in Zeeland have linked the game to the Run It Straight Challenge. The challenge has become a grip on social media in recent weeks, with videos on Tiktok and Instagram mainly men who run together at full speed who would bring tens of millions of views on a clock.
“Although this was a spontaneous game among friends, not a planned event, this tragic outcome emphasizes the inherent safety problems with such an activity,” said Grantham.
The tragedy follows a championship run IT Straight event that was organized in Auckland last week, which led to two men being retiring due to head injuries. One of the men seemed to have an attack, RNZ reported.
The organizers of the event, Runit, promote the sport on its website as “the world's brightest new collision sport” that rewards “Power and Grit”.
More than 1000 people showed up to see eight men fighting for $ 20,000 prize money, with the winners going to a final competition next month, to compete for $ 250,000.
In a statement to The Guardian, Runit said that the death of the teenager was tragic.
“Every contact sport such as boxing, martial arts or combat style activities may only be held in very controlled environments, including professional medical supervision and support,” said it.
It said that the participants in the events have strict guidelines on how and where they should be tackled, can perform medical assessments before and after the competition and have medical staff at hand.
“We do not encourage a copy of the sport, because it only has to be done under strict circumstances”.
Melanie Bussey, a professor at the school for physical education, sports and practice sciences at the University of Otago, said that Run IT style tackles can increase the chance of serious brain trauma.
Sports associations and administrative bodies worked hard to improve the well -being of players and to prevent preventing injuries, and the introduction of a risky sport seems “not only counterproductive but deeply worrying,” she said.
Patria Hume, a professor in the field of human achievements at Auto, warned the public about the risk of injury and death by playing the sport.
'[The] Death could be prevented, “she said.” We need people to stop participating in activities where the intention is to hurt someone. '
