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Sophie Hediger: Swiss Olympic Snowboarder Dies In Avalanche Aged 26

Hediger had competed at the Beijing Games in the women바카라™s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event

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Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland바카라™s snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country바카라™s skiing federation said on Tuesday. (More Sports News)

The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland.

Hediger, 26, competed at the Beijing Games in the women바카라™s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event.

Hediger achieved her first two World Cup podium finishes in the 2023-24 season. Her best result was a second place in St. Moritz in January.

바카라œWe are shocked and our thoughts are with Sophie바카라™s family, to whom we offer our deepest condolences,바카라 said Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser in a statement. 바카라œ(She lost her life) tragically, brutally and far too soon.바카라

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