Emilia Brangefält sought help in her last days.
Emilia Brangefält was a highly promising trail runner. Illustration picture. PDO
A trail runner Emilia Brangefalt died November 13.
The Swede’s death shocked the country’s running circles, as he was considered one of the country’s most promising runners.
Brangefält finished fifth in the trail running World Championships this year and won the Swedish trail running championship with 40 kilometers a year ago.
He also immediately grabbed the World Championship bronze in the first adult competition of his career.
His brother Adam Brangefalt shared heartbreaking information on his personal Instagram account about his sister’s last days.
– On November 12, 2023, you reached out for psychiatric treatment so that maybe one day you could get better, return to sports and find happiness. But no one grabbed your hand.
– Instead, due to a lack of staff, you were discharged. You went home empty-handed with a mind full of anxiety, worries and difficult thoughts, he continued.
The Swedish Athletics Federation said at the time of Brangefält’s death that the young runner had been feeling physically and mentally unwell.
– On November 13, 2023, you decided to end your suffering and be freed from this world. Your life was far too short, and I never thought it would end like this, Brangefält’s brother said.
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For the last time
Adam Brangefält was on the treadmill when he received a distressing phone call from his father. He said that he saw his sister for the last time in Arlanda. Emilia Brangefält cried when Adam Brangefält was leaving.
The siblings then hugged tightly for the last time.
– We said goodbye and then you were gone. Today I am the one who cries from sadness. I will never get to hug and see you again. I love you so much, my sister.
Adam Brangefält ends his publication by saying that no one should have to experience the loss of their sister.
He reminds that mental health problems can take anyone at any time.
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