{"id":348182,"date":"2026-09-16T10:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348182\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:24:11","slug":"nyc-triathlete-lin-chung-dies-after-hes-found-unconscious-in-water-during-hamptons-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348182\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC triathlete Lin Chung dies after he’s found unconscious in water during Hamptons race"},"content":{"rendered":"

A NYC triathlete died when he was found unconscious during the swimming portion of a race in the Hamptons \u2014\u00a0less than two weeks after a married father of two died in a suspected drowning<\/a> in nearby Shelter Island.<\/p>\n

Lin Chung, a 34-year-old Queens resident, was pulled from the waters of Noyack Bay while he was competing in the 1.5 km swim leg of the Mighty Hamptons Steve Tarpinian Memorial Triathlon Sunday in Sag Harbor, police and event officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply saddened to confirm the death of a male athlete who suffered a medical emergency during the swim portion of yesterday\u2019s Mighty Hamptons Triathlon,\u201d Long Island triathlon organizer EventPower said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sport of triathlon lost a member of our beloved community. We extend our deepest condolences to the athlete\u2019s family and friends and we offer them our support as they go through this unimaginable time.<\/p>\n

\"LinLin Chung was rescued in the Noyack Bay as he competed in the triathlons 1.5 km swim off of Long Beach in Sag Harbor, NY. Google Earth<\/p>\n

Lifeguards witnessed Chung in distress and raced in to rescue the man, the Southampton Press reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

A group of other swimmers used a paddleboard to get Chung out of the water as a lifeguard performed life-saving measures. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe got him up on the paddleboard and then we \u2014 it was me and several women, I think the wave right before me must have been mostly women, we were kicking as hard as we could to try go keep him on the paddleboard,\u201d fellow triathlete Bill Hughes told the outlet. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe lifeguard was doing CPR, chest compressions and turning him on his side and we were all working really hard to keep him from falling off the wet board. All credit to that lifeguard, I don\u2019t know who the man was but it was a heroic effort by him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional lifeguards and police officers provided aid to Chung when he got out of the water, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED) machine.<\/p>\n

\"LinLin Chung was competing in the Mighty Hamptons Steve Tarpinian Memorial Triathlon on Sept. 13, 2026. EventPower<\/p>\n

Chung was rushed to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner\u2019s office is investigating Chung\u2019s death, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

A cause of death was not revealed, but officials believe Chung suffered a medical emergency during the race.<\/p>\n

Water conditions weren\u2019t immediately ruled a factor, but officials have previously said even the best swimmers could become victims of drowning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are open waters where tides, currents and boat traffic are always considerations,\u201d Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read said after former Team USA triathlete Spencer Korwin was found dead<\/a> in the Shelter Island Sound on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

The married father of 2 was on a family vacation when he disappeared after going for a morning swim near the upscale Pridwin Hotel.<\/p>\n

A full-scale search was launched for the 38-year-old Manhattanite, who was found underneath the dock he launched from hours earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NYC triathlete died when he was found unconscious during the swimming portion of a race in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1015,776,57,9,56,63,65,64,122,14453,255,40892],"class_list":["post-348182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-deaths","tag-long-island","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-sag-harbor","tag-the-hamptons","tag-triathlons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}