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all right. good afternoon, i m brooke baldwin. welcome to the cnn newsroom. i m going to tell you a tough story here about a young man 26 years of age. and he was aiming for the olympics. instead, a talent young athlete died doing what he loved most. look at the picture. swimming. his name was fran crippen. he died saturday while competing in the last leg of the marathon swimming world cup in the united arab emirates. again, 26 years of age. talk about an elite athlete here. an official with the uae official swimming federation says his death was caused by severe fatigue. earlier, another official told us that preliminary results indicated he had a heart attack. but other swimmers in the race say the water was just too hot. whatever caused fran crippen s death obviously an horrific loss for the swimming community and of course his family. his sister mattie will be joining us here momentarily. she is minutes away. you ll want to stick around and hear what his older sister is