Laura Dahlmeier: German biathlete dies in a climbing accident in Pakistan | Olympics News

Rescuers had hoped to find the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre (20,000-foot) Laila Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains.

German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain in northern Pakistan after a climbing accident at a remote site that rescuers struggled to reach because of bad weather, a local government spokesman has said.

Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold medallist, was ascending Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains on Monday when she was struck by falling…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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