Olympic sharpshooter Kim Ye-ji collapsed during a news conference Friday in South Korea.
Video footage from the conference showed Ye-ji speaking to the press before she collapsed and fell to the floor. People rushed to her aid and quickly attempted to help her but it was immediately clear that something was very wrong. Cameras continued to roll as paramedics arrived on-scene and put the 31-year-old on a stretcher while continuing to provide emergency care.
Local authorities said Ye-ji was admitted to Jeonju Hospital and underwent a variety of tests, according to Huffington Post. They later said the Olympian had collapsed due to “accumulated fatigue.”
A local official said Ye-ji had briefly lost consciousness before being taken to hospital but denied reports that she had to be resuscitating by CPR, Reuters reported.
