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. Sophie Hediger, 26, was caught up in the avalanche in Arosa, which lies west of Davos, on Monday, the federation said. “For the Swiss Ski family,...
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Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche at 26
Sophie Hediger, seen here at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, was snowboarding in eastern Switzerland on Monday when she was caught in an avalanche. (Ian MacNico/Getty Images) Sophie Hediger, who competed for Switzerland in the 2022 Winter Olympics, died on Monday in an avalanche while snowboarding in the Swiss Alps, the country’s ski federation said....