Yevgeniy Shabayev 1973-1998

As reported by Dmitry Trofimov of Novgorod gym club here is what happened:

"According to Viktor Melnikov, Vice President of Dinamo Gym Club, a well known Russian gymnast, European Champion Evgeniy Shabayev died from a heart attack on 5 August at 15.20 in Otradnoye district of Moscow.

Evgeniy's body was discovered on the street by the militia men and delivered to the mortuary. No evidence of violence or any other kind of external effect was detected. A wallet with money and papers, belonging to Eugeny were not found. Posmortem examination proved presence of alchohol in minimal quantities in his blood.

According to Evgeniy Voropaev, a famous gymnast and Shabaev's friend, Shabayev on the day of his death received salary and they drank a little champaign.

Due to the absence of passport, parents of the lost discovered his body only on 7 August, in one of the Moscow mortuaries. According to the official postmortem statement the death was caused by heart attack.

The funeral took place on 11 August at Pokrovskoe cemetery in Moscow. Among relatives and friends of the lost were Aleksei Nemov, Nilolai Kryukov, Elena Grosheva and Roza Galiyeva."

The original report can be found on Anna Kovalyova's official web site:
http://kovalyova.novgorod.ru/

You can read more about Yevgeniy in this IG article.

Anna Kovalyova replies to the question about Yevgeniy during the online chat:
(Question by Eileen Chu): I have been deeply saddened by the death of your teammate, Evgeni Chabayev. How is the rest of the team handling this and what did you think of him prior to his death?
Anna: All of us were shocked by his death. He was a great gymnast and a great friend, no one could hear any rude words from him. I pity he is not with us any more...