Elite triathletes Laurent Vidal and Andrea Hewitt. Photo / Greg Bowker
New Zealand-based French triathlete Laurent Vidal says it's a miracle he didn't suffer neurological or physical damage when he had a heart attack during training last month.
Vidal, who is engaged to leading Kiwi triathlete Andrea Hewitt, was put into an induced coma after collapsing at a pool in Sete,
near Montpellier, on April 24.
The "49 per cent Kiwi, 51 per cent French'' athlete posted an account of his ordeal on his website earlier this week.
"Don't ask me what happened because I have no memories from that day,'' he wrote.
"From the swimming pool in Sete to the hospital in Montpellier, I've been surrounded from the beginning by an exceptional survival chain and a great medical team that allows me allows to write these sentences today. I have no word strong enough to describe how I feel about them all.''
