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Swiss rider Muriel Furrer, 18, dies after fall at world cycling championships
- Furrer suffered fatal head injury during junior road race
- UCI confirms ‘tragic news’ in a statement on Friday
The Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died after sustaining a head injury at the world road race championships in Zurich on Thursday.
“It is with great sadness that the Union Cycliste Internationale [UCI] and the organising committee of the 2024 UCI road world championships in Zurich, Switzerland, today learned the tragic news of the death of young Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer,” a statement read.
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