Snowboarding Olympian Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche: Swiss athlete dies at Alps resort at the age of 26
A member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team has died in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in the east of the country, the Swiss-Ski federation has said.
Sophie Hediger, 26, was caught up in the avalanche west of Davos on Monday, the federation said the following day.
“We are speechless, and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences,” Walter Reusser, the Sport CEO at Swiss-Ski said in a statement.
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Swiss-Ski said it would keep further details about her death private, as agreed with her family and partner.
Originally published on Reuters
