LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, France, June 6 AFP - Racing Metro's 19-year-old prop William Ebongue Sipamio died of a "sudden cardiac arrest not linked to his sporting activity", the Top 14 club's president Jacky Lorenzetti revealed Friday.
"It was a sudden death of an adult," explained Lorenzetti, adding that an autopsy had been performed on Sipamio, who was found dead in his room at the club's training centre in Plessis-Robinson on May 27.
The young prop, also a member of the French national academy, passed away just two days after helping Racing win the under-19 national title.
The Top 14 club will name the media room at its Plessis-Robinson headquarters in memory of Sipamio.
Racing also traditionally associates each season with a former great but the club will dedicate the 2014/15 season to Sipamio.
