The fatality was identified as Eduardo Oriondo, a 53-year-old master sergeant in the Philippine Air Force, of Sitio Sangi, Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City.
Oriondo was brought by paramedics to the Mactan Doctors’ Hospital where he was declared dead.
It was the first time a serious accident had taken place in the eight years of the open-water marathon.