SAO PAULO, SP (UOL/FOLHAPRESS) – A 19 -year -old resident, died last Sunday (25) after participating in a challenge that has viralized on the country’s social networks, inspired by sports movements such as rugby and football.
Ryan Satterthwaite participated in the challenge entitled “Run It Straight” in the city of Palmeston North when he suffered the accident. He had a “very serious head injury,” he was rescued and taken to the hospital, but could not resist. The information is from BBC.
Challenge is a body force game that simulates movements of rugby and football athletes. In it, two participants are placed in a small space of 20 meters by four meters. Each participant is at one end and then they run one toward the other and clash in the middle of the way. The goal of “play” is to see who is the strongest, that is, who can overthrow the opponent.
This kind of challenge has been practiced for a long time in Australia and New Zealand. However, the “joke” has become an online tendency among young people after being endorsed by some professional rugby players, popular sport in Oceania, according to the BBC.
Young videos participating in this challenge are common on New Zealand social networks, says the British newspaper. In some recordings, participants, some minors, even pass out as a consequence of the impact against the opponent.
Police alert to the risks of the practice. “We ask everyone to rethink this kind of joke and take into account the serious risks to life itself,” said local police spokesman Ross Grantham, who classified Ryan’s death as a “tragedy”
Challenge that killed Ryan is also practiced in a kind of competition that is worth money. In the week before the fatal accident with Ryan, a Run It Straight competition was held in Auckland, one of the largest cities in New Zealand, although this type of tournament is not regulated by the country’s authorities.
Organizers describe challenge as “new fiercest collision sport in the world”. In the last edition, more than 1,000 people participated in search of the $ 13,000 prize ($ 73,000 in the current price) given to the winner.
