Exhausted Chinese Fan Who Watched Every Euro 2012 Game Dies
A FOOTY fan in China has died after staying up for 11 straight nights to watch every game of Euro 2012, according to a report in Chinese newspaper Sanxiang Metropolis.
Jiang Xiaoshan, 26, died after Ireland’s 2-0 defeat to Italy on June 18, according to the report.
Games in China were airing between midnight and 2:45am local time due to the time difference from Poland and the Ukraine. Xiaoshan watched the games and went straight off to his job.
“We would rest occasionally but he watched everyday and would not miss a single match,” one friend told the Sanxiang Metropolis, according to a translation by British newspaper The Telegraph.
“Jiang was in good health. But staying up through the night and not sleeping enough weakened his immune system and he drank and smoked while watching the football, triggering his condition,” Liu Zhiling, a doctor from the local People’s Hospital ER, told the Chinese paper.
Friends of Xiaoshan were reportedly shocked by the news and claimed he lived a “relatively healthy life,”
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