Samoan boxing coach dies at Paris Olympics

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Lionel Fatu Elika, Samoa's national boxing coach, died at the Paris Olympics, the Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee announced Saturday.

Elika, 60, died Friday at the Olympic Village. Agence France-Presse said he went into cardiac arrest.

"Lionel was one of Samoa's top boxing coaches and a great believer in the Olympic ideal," said Pauga Talalelei Pauga,