A 14-year-old basketball player, Aron Semerninov, has died after suffering cardiac arrest during a training session.Please Follow our Whatsapp channel here
Aron, who was the son of Russia’s U20 head coach Roman Semerninov, died on August 25. The date was also his father’s birthday.
Before his death, Aron had trained at the Lokomotiv-Kuban youth academy in Krasnodar, where he developed his basketball career from a young age.
In the spring, he moved to the Moscow Region and joined a new youth team in Khimki. It was while training with the team that he suffered the cardiac arrest.
Despite his young age, Aron had already achieved notable success in youth basketball.
He helped his U14 team secure a bronze medal at the Russian national championships and was also named the Most Valuable Player at the Krasnodar regional championships.