Swiss snowboarding champion Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday after a slab of snow broke away during a film shoot in Switzerland and swept her down a narrow, rocky slope. Police say ...

A 21-year-old world champion snowboarder was killed by an avalanche in Switzerland on Tuesday, officials said. Estelle Balet died during a film shoot near the southwest border with Italy and France, ...

FILE - In This March 9, 2015 file photo Freestyle Snowboarder Estelle Balet poses in front of the vallee du Rhone in Vercorin in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The 21-years-old skier has been ...

GENEVA (AP) — World champion extreme snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday while making a film in her native Switzerland. Police said the 21-year-old Swiss athlete was struck ...

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Estelle Balet, who won the Freeride World Tour in 2015, died in the 1km-long avalanche above the village of Orsires, near Switzerland’s southern border with France and Italy, on Tuesday despite ...