OSU rodeo bull rider Rowdy Lee Swanson dies from injuries suffered in Texas event

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OSU rodeo bull rider Rowdy Lee Swanson dies from injuries suffered in Texas event
Published: Sun, September 20, 2020 1:07 AM Updated: Sun, September 20, 2020 1:30 AM

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OSU rodeo bull rider dies from injuries suffered in Texas event

An Oklahoma bull rider died Thursday after being thrown from a bull during a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event in Mineral Wells, Texas. ... Rowdy Lee Swanson, 20, from Duncan was competing in the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association's rodeo.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Rowdy Swanson at the ProRodeo in Mineral Wells, Texas,” PRCA CEO George Taylor said in a press release. “The hearts of the entire rodeo community go out to Rowdy’s family in this tragic time. We will continue to keep Rowdy and his family in our thoughts and prayers.”

Swanson was a junior at Oklahoma State University where he was studying animal science. He also was a member of the OSU rodeo team.

“He was a big part of our rodeo family and he will be missed immensely," OSU rodeo coach Cody Hollingsworth posted on social media.

Staff and wire reports

[soothsayer]

1. Ugh

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Terrible, but did you notice on the same page the Austrian Tour de France rider who...

got stung by a bee and suffered an allergic reaction?

He's doing fine now, but 2,000 miles and this happens.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. That incident made DU.

Fri Sep 18, 2020: Ouch! Bee sting to the mouth floors Tour de France rider

That's going on now? I didn't know. I thought I had missed it this year.

Ouch! Bee sting to the mouth floors Tour de France rider
Sep 18, 2020 Updated 13 min ago

CHAMPAGNOLE, France (AP) — Having ridden nearly 3,200 kilometers (almost 2,000 miles), over four mountain ranges, Tour de France rider Lukas Pöstlberger was forced by a bee sting to the mouth to abandon Friday with the finish in Paris just two days away. ... The Austrian rider, who has devoted his Tour to helping team leader Peter Sagan in his quest for the race's green jersey, suffered an allergic reaction to the sting. He was taken to the hospital but quickly recovered and “is already feeling better again,” his Bora-Hansgrohe team said.

Link to tweet

“Our team doc had him just on the phone and we can confirm nobody has to worry anymore. But thank you for all our support!” the team said.

The Tour was only a few minutes into the 166-kilometer (103-mile) Stage 19, from Bourg-en-Bresse to Champagnole in eastern France, when the insect struck. Bora said it was a bee. Race organizers said it was a wasp. ... His withdrawal left the Tour with 146 riders, 30 fewer than when it started nearly three weeks ago. It also dealt a blow to Sagan in his fight with Irish rider Sam Bennett for the green jersey.

It is awarded to riders who vacuum up the most points in sprints during and at the end of stages. Bennett wants to keep the jersey all the way to Paris, while Sagan wants to win it at the finish for an eighth time. The Slovakian rider was trailing Bennett by 52 points at the start of Friday's stage. ... The 28-year-old Pöstlberger was riding his third Tour. He also abandoned last year, on Stage 18.

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[TexasTowelie]

3. I saw the story about his death in the Weatherford Democrat yesterday.

https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/news/bull-rider-passes-away-after-rodeo-injury/article_637b3d98-faa0-11ea-bd9e-4b1f3f39579f.html

That article has a few additional details.