A Swiss teenage bicycle owner with “a bright future ahead of her” has died a day after struggling a severe head damage on the world championships.
Muriel Furrer crashed whereas competing on rain-slicked roads within the junior girls’s highway race in her dwelling nation.
The 18-year-old rider fell closely on Thursday in a forest space south of town of Zurich and was airlifted to hospital by helicopter, reportedly in a crucial situation.
Race organisers introduced on Friday she had died.
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The bicycle owner died at Zurich College Hospital. Pic: Reuters
They mentioned in a press release: “Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today at Zurich University Hospital.”
The UCI governing physique for world biking paid tribute to her in a press release on its web site, entitled “The cycling world mourns the loss of Muriel Furrer”.
“With the passing of Muriel Furrer, the international cycling community loses a rider with a bright future ahead of her. We offer sincere condolences to Muriel Furrer’s family, friends and her Federation Swiss Cycling.”
Swiss Biking mentioned in a publish on X: “Our hearts are broken, we have no words. It is with a heavy heart and infinite sadness that we have to say goodbye to Muriel Furrer today.
“We’re shedding a warm-hearted and great younger girl who at all times had a smile on her face. There isn’t any understanding, solely ache and unhappiness.”
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Police and the general public prosecutor’s workplace have been investigating the incident, Mr Senn mentioned.
Furrer had completed in forty fourth place within the junior girls’s time trial earlier within the week.
The rider’s household has requested for the championships – which final for 9 days – to proceed, mentioned UCI sports activities director Peter van den Abeele.
The ladies’s and males’s elite races, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday respectively, will use the identical stretch of highway the place the deadly crash occurred.
A UCI gala occasion scheduled for Saturday night has been cancelled, together with public occasions to mark races deliberate for Friday.
Second Swiss bicycle owner demise
Furrer is the second Swiss bicycle owner to die in simply over a yr after crashing on dwelling roads.
On the Tour de Suisse in June 2023, Gino Mader went off the highway and down a ravine throughout a descent. The 26-year-old died from his accidents the subsequent day.
“Obviously it is another tragic death,” Mr Senn mentioned. “There are a lot of similarities, similar feelings. Today is about Muriel.”
