Ibai Azurmendi (Euskaltel Euskadi) leaves cycling due to “heart disorders”

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The cyclist of the Euskaltel-Euskadi Ibai Azurmendi “ends his career as a cyclist“due to some”cardiac disorders“, as reported by the Basque team and the athlete himself through a note this Monday.

The Navarrese runner had to get off his bicycle while competing in the Galician race O Gran Camiño, and subsequent medical tests have detected this health problem “incompatible with carrying out high-level sport safely.”

Azurmendi (Leitza/Navarra, 06-11-1996) had to abandon the Galician race O Gran Camiño last February after feeling “abnormal symptoms”. The Euskaltel-Euskadi doctor, Julen Ucin, explains that “After the complementary tests carried out on Ibai, cardiac alterations have been found that are incompatible with carrying out high-level sports safely.“.

Thus, “With the athlete’s health being the only priority, it has been decided by consensus to end his sporting career.“.

The cyclist, trained in Burunda Cycling Clubleaves Euskaltel after “a decade at the Euskadi Foundation, the first three as an amateur and since 2018 on the professional team“.

In a farewell letter sent by the orange team, Azurmendi shows himself “sad“by a decision that, however, considers”The correct one“.

I want to announce that after carrying out some complementary tests, some cardiac disorders have been found that prevent me from continuing to compete safely. Following medical recommendations I will end my sports career. pic.twitter.com/dXzAL9dKTf

— Ibai Azurmendi (@iazurmendi96) April 15, 2024

“After noticing some abnormal symptoms on the last return to O Gran Camiño, we proceeded to carry out different medical tests and that is where we found some cardiac alterations that prevent me from competing safely. Seeing the situation and following medical recommendations, we have decided to end my professional career.“, he says.

Azurmendi confesses that “They have been difficult weeks“for him, “both for all the tests carried out and for the idea, increasingly clear”, of seeing how his “dream of continuing to be a professional cyclist was fading”.

Euskaltel, for its part, highlights that Azurmendi’s has been “an exemplary career, in the competition and outside of it, with personal values ​​that have earned him the respect and admiration of his teammates and platoon.”