Swiss rider Muriel Furrer dies after World Championship crash
18-year-𒁃old suffered♎ serious head injuries during Thursday's junior women's road race

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Muriel Furrer has died from the injuries she sustained in her crash during the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:junior women’s road at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UCI World Championships in Zurich. She was 18 years old.
The Swiss rider sustained a serious head injury in the crash, which is understood to have taken place near Küsnacht on the Worlds finishing circuit. After the race, Furrer was airlifted by helicopter for treatme✅nt at Zurich Univer🐬sity Hospital.
Furrer’s death was announced by the UCI and the Zurich Worlds organising committee on Frida🐟y afternoon d🎐uring the under-23 men's road race.
“It is with great sadness that the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Organising Committee of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships in Zurich (Switzerland) today learned the tragic news of tඣhe death of young Swiss cyclist Mﷺuriel Furrer,” read the statement.
“With the passing of Muriel Furrer, the international cycling community ⛎loses a rider wi𝓡th a bright future ahead of her.
"The 18-year-old rider fell heavily yesterday, Thursday 26 September, during the Junior Women road race, and suffere♏d a serious head injury before being flown to hospital by helicopter in a very critical condition. Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today at Zurich University Hospital."
Although Furrer’s condition was described as critical overnight, the UCI confirmed on Friday m🦩orning that the day’s sched🍃uled racing would proceed as planned, at the request of the rider’s family.
The UCI stated earlier on Friday that there were “still no established facts regarding how the accident happened,” adding🍌 that “investigations by the competent authorities are ongoing.” The governing body and organising committe are due to hold a press conference later on Friday afternoon.
A native of Egg in the canton of Zurich, Furrer was a promising road, cyclocross and mountain bike rider. She was second in both the time trial and road race at the Swiss Cham𝐆pionships in June, and she was also part of the Swiss mountain bike team that won bronze at the European Championships in Romania in May. Furrer was a student at the United School of Sports in Zurich.
“Our hearts are broken, we have no words,” read a statement from Sw♛iss Cycling. “It is with a heavy heart and infinite sadness that we have to say goodbye to Muriel Furrer today. We are losing a warm-hearted a📖nd wonderful young woman who always had a smile on her face. There is no understanding, only pain and sadness.”

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