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Man dies during triathlon in Rhode Island

A 70-year-old South Kingstown man has died after competing in a local triathlon. James Lawrence apparently suffered a heart attack during the quarter-mile swim portion of the Crabman Triathlon Sunday morning, authorities said. Lawrence was brought by lifeguards to a support boat, where emergency crews performed CPR. He was taken to South County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.