Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer dies aged 18 after Road World Championships crash

Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died astatine the property of 18 aft a clang astatine the Road World Championships successful Switzerland.

Furrer crashed during the women’s inferior roadworthy contention connected Thursday and was instantly taken to infirmary via an exigency helicopter.

However, the 18-year-old passed distant the pursuing time arsenic a effect of a terrible caput wounded sustained during the fall.

Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, announced Furrer’s passing successful a connection which read: ‘It is with large sadness that the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Organising Committee of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships successful Zurich contiguous learned the tragic quality of the decease of young Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer.

‘With the passing of Muriel Furrer, the planetary cycling assemblage loses a rider with a agleam aboriginal up of her.

‘The 18-year-old rider fell heavy yesterday, Thursday 26 September, during the Women Junior roadworthy race, and suffered a superior caput wounded earlier being flown to infirmary by chopper successful a precise captious condition. Muriel Furrer sadly passed distant contiguous astatine Zurich University Hospital.

‘The UCI and the Organising Committee of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships connection their sincere condolences to Muriel Furrer’s family, friends and her Federation Swiss Cycling. Muriel Furrer’s household asks that their privateness beryllium respected astatine this precise achy time.’

Furrer, a two-time metallic medallist successful the clip proceedings and roadworthy contention astatine this year’s Swiss roadworthy nationals, came 44th successful the women’s inferior clip proceedings held earlier this week.

Thursday’s roadworthy contention took spot successful bedewed conditions aft dense rainfall fell successful Zurich, with an probe into the mishap already underway.

In a station connected societal media, Swiss Cycling said: ‘Our hearts are broken, we person nary words. It is with a dense bosom and infinite sadness that we person to accidental goodbye to Muriel Furrer today.

‘We are losing a warm-hearted and fantastic young pistillate who ever had a grin connected her face. There is nary understanding, lone symptom and sadness.’

Tributes poured successful from astir the cycling satellite pursuing the announcement, including from British cycling who said: ‘Everyone astatine British Cycling is devastated to larn of the passing of Muriel Furrer.

‘Muriel was a devoted young rider with a agleam aboriginal up of her and volition beryllium sorely missed by the cycling world. We nonstop our condolences to her family, friends and team-mates astatine Swiss Cycling.’

The tragic incidental comes conscionable 2 months aft the death of Norwegian rider Andre Drege who suffered fatal injuries following a autumn during the Tour of Austria.

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