World speed skating champion Lara van Ruijven dies just two weeks after falling ill.
SHOCK DEATH. Lara van Ruijven dies just two weeks after falling ill. Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP
PARIS, France – World champion short track speed skater Lara van Ruijven died on Friday, July 10, after a short illness at the age of 27, the International Skating Union reported on its website. Van Ruijven had been in a hospital in Perpignan, France, for two weeks after falling ill during a training camp.However, the ISU, quoting the Royal Dutch Skating Federation , said she died on Friday evening."The entire skating community is in shock and mourning this terrible loss."
At the world short track speed skating championships in Sofia in 2019, Van Ruijven became the first Dutch woman to win a world title, taking the 500m gold medal.
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