Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, dies in avalanche accident
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The Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche accident in Arosa on Monday, the Swiss-Ski federation has announced. Hediger, 26, was a member of the snowboard cross-national team and took part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in China before achieving her first two World Cup podium places in the 2023-24 season.
The Swiss-Ski sport chief executive Walter Reusser said: “We are speechless and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences. “For the Swiss-Ski family, the tragic death of Sophie has cast a dark shadow over the Christmas period. We are immeasurably sad.”.
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