{"id":139335,"date":"2024-12-25T02:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T19:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139335"},"modified":"2024-12-25T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T19:46:47","slug":"olympic-snowboarder-sophie-hediger-dies-in-switzerland-avalanche-at-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139335","title":{"rendered":"Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in Switzerland avalanche at 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A group of skiers in the French Alps caught video of an avalanche speeding down a mountainside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>AROSA, Switzerland<\/strong> \u2013 Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, who represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, died in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/avalanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avalanche<\/a> Monday, according to the country\u2019s ski federation. She was 26.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swiss-ski.ch\/newsroom\/news\/swiss-ski-trauert-um-sophie-hediger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement issued Tuesday<\/a>, Walter Reusser, CEO Sport at Swiss-Ski, said Hediger was freeriding in Arosa when her beloved hobby came to a tragic end.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We are stunned and our thoughts are with Sophie&#8217;s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences,&#8221; Reusser said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/sole-survivor-of-deadly-1982-alpine-meadows-avalanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOLE SURVIVOR OF DEADLY 1982 ALPINE MEADOWS AVALANCHE RECALLS HOPE WHILE WAITING 5 DAYS FOR RESCUE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/sophie-hediger.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Sophie Hediger takes 2nd place during the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup Men's and Women's Snowboard Cross on January 26, 2024, in St Moritz, Switzerland.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Sophie Hediger takes 2nd place during the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Snowboard Cross on January 26, 2024, in St Moritz, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Millo Moravski\/Agence Zoom \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to Reusser, Hediger achieved her first two World Cup podium places in the 2023-24 season and came in second in the World Cup dress rehearsal. She was set to compete in the home World Championships in March, according to Reusser.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;For the Swiss Ski family, the tragic death of Sophie Hediger has cast a dark shadow over the Christmas holidays,&#8221; Reusser said. &#8220;We are immeasurably sad. We will keep an honorable memory of Sophie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/buried-avalanche-20-minutes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WOMAN SURVIVES AFTER BEING BURIED BY AVALANCHE IN CANADA FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/sophie-hediger-olympics.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Switzerland's Sophie Hediger competes in the snowboard women's cross seeding run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park P &amp; X Stadium in Zhangjiakou on February 9, 2022.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Switzerland&#8217;s Sophie Hediger competes in the snowboard women&#8217;s cross seeding run during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park P &amp; X Stadium in Zhangjiakou on February 9, 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Reusser said Hediger grew up in Horgen and spent a lot of her time in Arosa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/olympic-snowboarder-sophie-hediger-killed-switzerland-avalanche\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of skiers in the French Alps caught video of an avalanche speeding down a mountainside. 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