Laura Dahlmeier dead at 31: Double Olympic champion dies after horror mountaineering accident
The former German biathlete's management announced her heartbreaking death today.
Dahlmeier was climbing in the Pakistani Karakoram Mountains with a rope partner on Monday when falling rocks hit her at roughly 18,700 feet.
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