The Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche accident in Arosa on Monday, the Swiss-Ski federation has introduced.
Hediger, 26, was a member of the snowboard cross-national workforce and took half within the 2022 Winter Olympics in China earlier than reaching her first two World Cup podium locations within the 2023-24 season.
The Swiss-Ski sport chief govt, Walter Reusser, mentioned: “We’re speechless and our ideas are with Sophie’s household, to whom we specific our deepest condolences.
“For the Swiss-Ski household, the tragic dying of Sophie has solid a darkish shadow over the Christmas interval. We’re immeasurably unhappy.”
Swiss-Ski mentioned no additional particulars about Hediger’s dying could be launched, a call which was taken in settlement along with her household and associate.
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