Tragedy as sportsman, 28, dies during city race

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 28-year-old rugby player who died after collapsing during the Bristol Half Marathon.

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Jon Devereux, from Chester, became unwell during Sunday's event.

Spectators said they had seen a young man - understood to be Mr Devereux - receiving urgent medical attention close to Queen Square.

He was taken to hospital, where he died.

It is the second year running a young man has died during the race.

Last year Hinkley Point quantity surveyor Mike Harper, 26, suffered sudden cardiac arrest while taking part. According to his family he had no known health issues or family history of young sudden cardiac death.

A spokesman for organisers The Great Run Company said: “It is with great sadness that The Great Run Company confirms the death of a participant at the Great Bristol Run on Sunday, 11 May 2025.

“Jon Devereux, aged 28, collapsed during the event, received immediate medical treatment, and later passed away in hospital.