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Swiss Olympic Snowboarder Sophie Hediger Dies at Age 26 in Avalanche

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Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger died at 26 years old following an avalanche at the Arosa mountain resort in Switzerland on Monday.

The Associated Press noted Switzerland's skiing federation released a statement Tuesday confirming the death of the 2022 Olympic competitor.

"We are shocked and our thoughts are with Sophie's family, to whom we offer our deepest condolences," Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser said in the statement. "(She lost her life) tragically, brutally and far too soon."

Christian Arnold of the New York Post noted Grisons cantonal police announced Monday that a snowboarder died in the avalanche, although it never released Hediger's name.