Katherine Diaz had hoped to surf in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Yamil Bukele, the president of the Salvadoran Sports Institute, wrote that “I greatly regret this death, and I join in the family’s pain”. She excelled at the international competition level, representing her country with pride at both the ISA World Surfing Games and ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.” They added, “We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched. Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. The International Surfing Association (ISA) released a statement over the weekend with regards to her death: “It is with a heavy heart that the ISA has learned about the passing of El Salvador’s Katherine Diaz. “She, the friend, was thrown by the force of the lightning strike too, the board threw me back. Diaz’s uncle, Beto Diaz, told local media that his niece had gone to hug a friend she spotted at the surf spot when lightning struck. Image: International Surfing AssociationĪ quick-developing thunderstorm near the coast of El Salvador created a bolt of lightning that killed surfing star 22 year-old Katherine Diaz. A thunderstorm claimed the life of surfing star Katherine Diaz at the beach on Friday.
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