Teenage Alpine snowboarding champion Matilde Lorenzi has died after a crash throughout a coaching session in Italy.
Lorenzi, 19, fell whereas snowboarding on a slope in Val Senales, northern Italy, the nation’s defence ministry mentioned.
Lorenzi was an Italian junior champion final season and her older sister Lucrezia can be a aggressive skier, in response to the official Olympics web site.
Tributes poured in following her demise, together with a bunch of messages from Olympic ski stars.
Former US Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn described Lorenzi’s demise as “a tragic loss” and mentioned she was “sending [her] thoughts to her family”.
US Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin added: “So much love to her family, friends, and team-mates.”
The Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) mentioned it prolonged its “deepest condolences following the tragic loss of Matilde Lorenzi”.
“FIS is in mourning, standing by her family, friends, and everyone who cherished Matilde, honouring her memory today and always,” it added.
Lorenzi, who was connected to the Italian military, competed on the junior world championships final season, ending sixth within the downhill contest and eighth within the super-G occasion.
She additionally raced on the second-tier European Cup circuit.
The crash comes months after World Cup skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian, tragically died after falling greater than 2,000 ft off a mountain in Italy.
