LONDON: A 29-year-old chef who collapsed on Sunday while running in the hottest London Marathon on record has died in hospital, event organisers said on Monday.

Matt Campbell went down 22.5 miles into the race and was treated immediately by doctors before being rushed to hospital.

Campbell, who completed the Manchester Marathon on April 8 in under three hours, was running in memory of his father Martin who died two years ago.

“Everyone involved in the organisation of the London Marathon would like to express our sincere condolences to Matt’s family and friends,” organisers said in a statement “The exact cause of death will be established by later medical examination.”

Campbell last year reached the semi-finals of the BBC television show “Masterchef: The Professionals”.

Campbell, from the Lake District in northwest England, was raising money for a youth charity and told his Instagram followers on the morning of the race he was running in honour of his late father.

Sunday’s 38th London Marathon was the hottest ever recorded at 24.1 degrees Celsius (75.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2018