British superfan dies at Velodrome

LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A British sports enthusiast, attending the Olympics daily, died after a heart attack in the bicycling Velodrome "doing something he loved," his mother said.

Conrad Readman, a 49-year-old accountant from Colchester, England, arranged two weeks off from his job and tickets to events every day, and was present Friday to watch British cyclist Victoria Pendleton win a gold medal when he was found unconscious in a men's room. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, the British newspaper The Sun reported Tuesday.

"He had been looking forward to the Olympics ever since it was announced. There was never a day he was not excited about it. He never had a problem with his heart. He died doing something he loved, so I'm happy he was where he was, but I can't watch any of it now," his mother Joan said.