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American football star collapses on field: Why do super-fit, young athletes suffer cardiac arrests?

The world of sports was stunned into silence after an American football star Damar Hamlin collapsed after colliding with an opponent during the first quarter of a primetime US National Football League game. After receiving medical aid on the field for 30 minutes, including CPR, he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where doctors say he was in critical condition. This isn’t the first time a sports star has collapsed mid-game owing to a cardiac arrest.