Swiss cyclist Furrer dies after crash at Worlds

Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died aft suffering a superior caput wounded astatine the Road and Para-cycling World Championships successful Switzerland.

The 18-year-old crashed during the inferior roadworthy contention connected Thursday and was taken to infirmary by exigency helicopter.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said successful a statement: “With the passing of Muriel Furrer, the planetary cycling assemblage loses a rider with a agleam aboriginal up of her.

"The UCI and the Organising Committee of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships connection their sincere condolences to Muriel Furrer's family, friends and her Federation Swiss Cycling.

"Muriel Furrer's household asks that their privateness beryllium respected astatine this precise achy time."