When I called her parents to find out what had caused such a sudden demise, they told me that she had a condition called . . .” She trailed off. “Ah, I remember now. It was called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Alice had an enlarged heart with thick walls and something particular going on at the cellular level. Apparently, this condition kills young athletes with no warning. And by young, I mean people in their teens and twenties. It’s very rare.”
