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Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall

By echinacities on | From engadget-world.blogspot.com

CHAMONIX, France – Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31. Ruby was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the mountain, Chamonix police official Laurent Sayssac said. A 38-year-old man from the Paris region died in the fall, and a 27-year-old man was evacuated by helicopter with serious...Read Full Story

Former Olympic Snowbording Champion dies in a climbing fall

By ravjen on | From allcurrentevents.blogspot.com

Former Olympic Snowboarding Champion Katrine Ruby dies in a climbing fall accident last friday at Mont Blacat at the age of 31. She's a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide. Ruby was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the mountain, Chamonix police official Laurent Sayssac said. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called Ruby an "exceptional sportswoman." "Karine...Read Full Story

Karine Ruby 4 January 1978 – 29 May 2009 was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion

By sync38 on | From sportpicturesblog.blogspot.com

karine ruby karine ruby karine ruby karine ruby karine ruby Karine Ruby (4 January 1978 – 29 May 2009) was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Ruby had achieved significant success as a snowboarder, recognized as the world champion on six occasions and winning more than 65 Snowboarding World Cup events overall to accompany her two Olympic medals...Read Full Story

Karine Ruby, 31Dies In Mountain Accident

By yours on | From apakistannews.com

French Alpine snowboarder Karine Ruby, 31, has died following “a mountain accident,” according to the French Skiing Federation. It happened in the afternoon, she is dead,” a FFS spokeswoman told Reuters without elaborating. . . Ruby, 31, won the giant slalom gold medal in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. She also had six snowboard world champion titles to her name. According to reports on AFP and SI Karine and two other “mountaineers” were roped together when they fell into a very deep...Read Full Story

Karine Ruby trains to be mountain guide

By snowmonkey on | From allmountainholidays.com

The Chamonix based ENSA has just announce the 46 new traininee guides for France. Amongst the list of names on the ENSA website is Karine Ruby. Karine won Olympic gold for snowboarding at Nagano in 1998. The first time this event had been included in the Winter Olympics. She topped it up with silver in Salt Lake four years later. Now retired from competitive snowboarding following injuries in a boarder cross event she won won six world titles during her career. Read the rest of this story...Read Full Story

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