\u00a0A former Olympic and professional runner from Ethiopia who was due to give birth in three weeks collapsed at a \u00a0Chinese restaurant food poisoning and died ? Her \u00a0baby is alive.<\/div>\n
Meskerem Legesse, 26, who lived in Westport, was with her 2-year-old son when she collapsed at a Chinese restaurant in Hamden on Monday. She was transported to a hospital, where she died and the baby was saved.<\/div>\n
The cause of death suspected of food poising family was waiting for the \u00a0autopsy, but ut it seems that her body will be send to Ethiopia precipitately with out the right autopsy in order to find her reason of death.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Legesse ran in the 1,500-meter competition at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She finished 12th in a first-round heat with a time of 4:18:03 and didn’t advance to the medal race. She moved on to a professional running career in the U.S., competing in events including the Boston Indoor Games, Fifth Avenue Mile in Manhattan and the Millrose Games in New York. She apparently hadn’t raced within the past few years.<\/div>\n