Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old member of Switzerland's national snowboard cross team, tragically died in an avalanche at the Arosa mountain resort. Hediger had competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in China and achieved two World Cup podium finishes this season.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – 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 said on Tuesday, December 24. “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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