Olympic Gold Medalist Karine Ruby Dies In Climbing Accident
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- May 29 2009
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During the winter of 1998, at only 20 years old, Karine Ruby from Chamonix France, stood on the podium in Nagano, Japan as snowboarding’s first Olympic Giant Slalom Gold winner, one of the many highlights in the career of this six-time world champion. She followed with a silver medal in parallel GS at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. After retiring from racing Karine kept freeriding the deep powder of Chamonix and combining it with mountaineering to reach the deep backcountry.
Sadly, Karine fell to her death on a crevasse on Friday while climbing in France’s Mont Blanc Range. She was a trailblazer in women’s snowboarding and will always be remembered for her contributions to the sport.
This comes from the archives of TransWorld, a description of Karine Ruby’s winning 1998 gold medal run:
“Karine is a competitor, one of the fiercest in the world. She enters the second-to-last gate—she flies through the air, only a sliver of her nose in contact with the snow. Plunging forward down the fallline, her edge engages, and Karine Ruby powers through to the gold.”
R.I.P.
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May 30th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
RIP
May 30th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
RIP Karine.
June 1st, 2009 at 10:23 am
More from http://www.chamonet.com:
Since the news broke on Friday of French Olympic snowboarding champion Karine Ruby’s death, more details have emerged about the incident.
It has been confirmed that Ruby was indeed roped up with two clients; a 38 year old man and a 27 year old man from Paris. In circumstances as yet unknown, the group fell into a 20m deep crevasse whilst descending on the glacier du Geant, next to the Tour de Ronde.
Karine and the 38 year old man died instantly, whilst the second man was helicoptered off the mountain with serious injuries. It has since emerged the man died in Geneva hospital Friday evening.
Karine’s funeral will take place in the open air outside the church in Chamonix centre at 15:00 on Monday. The Maison de la Montagne will be open from 17:00 today, Sunday, for those who wish to leave memorials.
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