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International Olympic Committee member mourns a tragic loss

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, centre back, and IOC member Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, right, photographed with the 13 Wild Boars academy members in Buenos Aires in 2018 at the Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Sports figures have been mourning the loss of 17-year-old Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep, the captain of the “Wild Boars” football team who survived a perilous cave rescue in Chiang Rai in 2018 only to pass away at a football academy in the United Kingdom on Tuesday.

Duangphet’s body was found on Sunday, and he died at a hospital several days later. Amid media reports that he fell and struck his head in a bathroom, the cause of death has yet to be revealed.

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