The Swiss athlete Sophie Hedigermulticampeona de snowboard, died at 26 years old in your country product of an avalanchereported the Swiss federation.
The athlete, a global figure in her specialty, achieved two podiums in the World Cup and participated in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, she was a member of the national snowboardcross team.
This Monday, the Graubünden cantonal police announced the death of a woman who was snowboarding off-piste due to an avalanche. But he did not communicate the identity of the victim, the AFP agency reported.
“For the Swiss-Ski family, a dark shadow hangs over the Christmas period with the tragic death of Sophie Hediger,” lamented Walter Reusser, Swiss-Ski’s CEO, in a statement.
“We are stunned and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences,” he added.
Last season, Hediger had achieved her first two podiums in the World Cup, as well as a second place in rehearsals for the 2025 World Cup held in St. Moritz, in the same canton (Grisons) where the athlete was born and died.
According to the Swiss newspaper Blickthe young was surprised by the avalanche when it was descending on a closed track.
The same media detailed that probably at 1:15 p.m. local time, Hediger was traveling accompanied by another person on the closed Black Diamond runway.
The two went off the trail and Hediger was trapped in an avalanche on a slope. Rescuers found her around 3:30 p.m.
Any resuscitation attempts had to be stopped in the avalanche field, the Graubünden cantonal police wrote in a statement.
St. Moritz is an exclusive alpine resort located in Switzerland’s Engadine Valley. It hosted the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions and, in addition to the Cresta Run, a bobsleigh track made of natural ice, it has an Olympic skating rink.
Polo matches, cricket matches and even horse races on ice are held on its frozen lake.
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