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Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer dies at 18 after suffering head injury in crash during Road World Championships

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Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer ***** at 18 after suffering head injury in ****** during Road World Championships

Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer, 18, ***** after a ****** Thursday, and was honored with a minute of silence at the Cycling and Para-cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Teen Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer ***** on Friday after sustaining a head injury in a ****** during the Cycling and Para-cycling Road World Championships in Zurich on Thursday.

Furrer, 18, crashed while riding on rain-slicked roads through a forest area in the junior women’s event. After the fall in which she suffered a head injury, Furrer was airlifted by helicopter in critical condition to Zurich University Hospital, according to the Union Cycliste Internationale.

“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 the ****** of young Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer,”

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During a news conference Friday, race officials said the ****** was still being investigated by police and the public prosecutor’s office and no information could be confirmed on exactly where on the course it occurred.

“We have slightly amended the staff on-site, especially because in the afternoon when it started raining again, not knowing if that had any impact on the accident,” said Olivier Senn, director of the Swiss organizing committee.

Today was a sad day for the cycling world. As condolences we placed a ghost bike on the finish line that she wanted to reach and stopped for a few minutes of silence.RIP Muriel Furrer

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Senn added that additional safety checks were performed on the section of the course in question before Friday’s under-23 men’s road race.

In addition to road racing, Furrer competed in cross-country and mountain cycling at an international level. Her ****** is the second for Swiss cycling in just over a year, following

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during the 2023 Tour de Suisse.

Furrer’s family asked that the world race championships continue on schedule through Sunday, according to UCI sports director Peter Van Den Abeele. However, a gala event for the UCI scheduled for Saturday has been canceled, along with public events on Friday intended to celebrate the race.




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