A teenage French skiing phenom was killed in a crash while training for a competition this weekend, according to reports.
Margot Simond, 18, — who was the French U18 slalom champion — was prepping for a Red Bull Alpine event in the French Alps on Thursday when she fell, according to the BBC.
It wasn’t clear what caused the fatal crash, but a doctor responded and was unable to resuscitate her on the scene, the outlet reported.
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Her death shocked the international ski community, including US Olympians Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, who shared their condolences on a post from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
French skier Margot Simond, 18, was killed in a training accident in Val d’Isere, France on Thursday. @@FedFranceSki/X
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