Urgent: Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in an avalanche in Switzerland
Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger, who represented her country at the 2022 Winter Olympics, died at the age of 26 after an avalanche at a ski resort.
The accident occurred On Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland, the country’s ski federation said in a statement on Tuesday.
Swiss CEO Walter Roeser said. Ski care for the deceased in a statement, “We were shocked as we thought of Sophie’s family, and we express our deepest condolences to them.”
He added, “With the tragic death of Sophie Hediger, her death… With a dark shadow over Christmas for the Swiss ski family, we are very sad. We will keep Sophie as an honorable memory.”
Hediger competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She competed in cross-country skating and mixed team cross-country skating.
She failed to advance to the quarterfinals in the individual event and her team lost in the mixed event in the semifinals But she returned to the forefront in 2023 when she won the gold medal at the IUCN World University Games in Lake Placid. In New York.
She was one of three Swiss participants to win gold medals, and achieved third and fourth place in the World Cup twice, including That second place in St. Moritz in January.
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