Former Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby killed

News agencies are reporting that former snowboarding Olympic champion Karine Ruby has been killed in a climbing accident. 

 

The 31-year-old was climbing in the Mont Blanc range in France when she fell into a crevasse while roped to other climbers. No more details of the accident have been released so far.

 

The French rider won gold at the Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan in the giant slalom and took silver in Salt Lake City in the parallel grand slalom.  She also made it to the quarterfinals of the snowboardercross in Turin in 2006. She retired after the Games in Italy.

 

Report also on the BBC News website.