Fiba leader, Olympics official Patrick Baumann dies, aged 51, at Youth GamesGETTY IMAGES IOC official and Fiba secretary-general Patrick Baumann has died after suffering a heart attack in Rio. Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball's world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the Youth Olympics. "Basketball has lost a leader, an advocate and a friend and our thoughts are with Patrick's wife and two children at this tragic time," the Switzerland based Fiba said. READ MORE: Adams 'five years from prime'"We can hardly believe this terrible news," IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement. At meetings last week on the sidelines of the Youth Olympics, Baumann updated IOC members on the Los Angeles Games and the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics.

Source: Stuff October 14, 2018 17:26 UTC