22-year-old Moldovan K-1 fighter dies after sparring session

Vitali Mitu, a 22-year-old Moldovan K-1 fighter, collapsed and died last Thursday after a sparring session with K-1 champion Semmy Schilt in a Romanian gym.

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“Mitu has suffered from acute interstitial pneumonia as well as a lung edema and acute bleeding,” Professor Dan Dermengiu, of INML “Mina Minovici,” the forensic institute of Bucharest, told Romanian sports site www.prosport.ru. “Our examination has not shown any type of chest pains. Also there are no traumatic injuries that have been caused by a strike, but only some minor marks stemming from the resuscitation attempts.”