Hediger, who competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics as a member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team, died in an avalanche in ... most free-thinking news brand, providing global news ...

Although recorded as only a D 1.5 slide, the force of the avalanche was enough to slam the snowboarder into a tree, snapping his board. Luckily, the snowboard was the only casualty and the snowboarder ...

Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on ...

Hediger, 26, was caught in an avalanche while "freeriding," also known as snowboarding on natural terrain in Arosa, both a town and a resort in eastern Switzerland, according to a statement from ...

ZURICH — 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 Tuesday.