{"id":7925,"date":"2020-12-10T06:39:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T07:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7925"},"modified":"2020-12-10T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T08:56:17","slug":"male-surfer-dies-following-wsl-shark-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7925","title":{"rendered":"Male surfer dies following WSL shark attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 56-year-old male recreational surfer has died following a shark attack which occurred moments before the Roxy Pro in Maui was scheduled to get underway.<\/p>\n<p>Aussie surf stars <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/wsl-shark-attack-maui-roxy-pro\/3a4c491a-bf55-49ab-914e-3f266cc5d4ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Tyler Wright and Sally Fitzgibbons had their semi-final at the World Surf League&#x27;s Roxy Pro in Hawaii postponed\">Tyler Wright and Sally Fitzgibbons had their semi-final at the World Surf League&#x27;s Roxy Pro in Hawaii postponed<\/a> on Wednesday after a shark attacked a local surfer three hours before the start of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The surfer suffered injuries to his leg and required CPR on shore before being rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The World Surf League on Thursday revealed the male surfer, who was left in a critical condition, succumbed to his injuries and passed away in hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsl\/status\/1336924694855860224\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsl\/status\/1336924694855860224<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The WSL has learned that Tuesday&#x27;s victim of the shark attack at Honolua Bay has tragically passed away,&quot; World Surf League wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our thoughts and hearts are with the victim&#x27;s family and friends as well as the entire Maui surfing community.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTomGeorge\/status\/1336431743012798465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1336431743012798465%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F7news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fsurfing%2Fpro-surfing-competition-stopped-after-gruesome-shark-attack-c-1733677\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTomGeorge\/status\/1336431743012798465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1336431743012798465%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F7news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fsurfing%2Fpro-surfing-competition-stopped-after-gruesome-shark-attack-c-1733677<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A 56-year-old male recreational surfer has died following a shark attack which occurred moments before the Roxy Pro in Maui was scheduled to get underway. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7925\" title=\"Male surfer dies following WSL shark attack\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7926,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7925\/revisions\/7926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}