2023 has been a crazy year for Martin Kirketerp - the 2008 Olympic gold medalist said he had two near-death experiences in a six-month span.
The Danish sailor said in a recent interview that he had been struck by lightning in January and thenKirketerp, who won gold in 2008 in Beijing, was competing at the SailGP event in Singapore as a grinder for ROCKWOOL Denmark. After the race, he was trying to help the New Zealand boat back to the harbor for the winning ceremony after their victory. But lightning struck the boat, and electricity was running through him.
Kirketerp said he's been shocked plenty of times, as he's"worked quite a bit as a handyman at home." But"this is different." "You can feel it all the way down through the body. It's a huge shock. It's not because it's so painful. You can really feel it, but it's not like a pain. It's more what goes on in your head," he added."You can just feel that it is tearing your whole body, and you are a little worried about what is happening.
"The positive thing is that it only lasts a few seconds. When it's over, you can very quickly feel that the ticker is still ticking. I was still there. It's over in a flash, but while it's on, it's intense. I couldn't feel my arm after. I had no contact with my arm at all, but at the time it didn’t matter."
Martin Kirketerp Ibsen and Jonas Warrer of Denmark celebrate with their gold medals after overall victory in the 49er class event held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center during day ten of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 18, 2008, in Qingdao, China.
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