This letter should be considered as a follow up comment to the recent publication in the European Journal of Internal Medicine on sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes [1]. The issue of SCD in athletes appears periodically as a required solution enigma with deep historical roots [1]. It was noticed in the 1960s [2] and firstly systematically analyzed in the 1980s [3]. The most interesting fact is that the healthiest looking youngsters are the subjects of such cases [4]. The observed recent increment in such cases [1] was logically attributed to the COVID-19 infection and vaccinations [5], but left behind the consideration namely the reason for it.
