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Laura Dahlmeier, a two-time Olympic gold medal, suffered serious injury after she fell while she was at a high height of the remote Karakorum Mountains in northern Pakistan, according to several reports.
Dahlmeier is assumed to be missed. The German media offering ZDF reported that data from Tuesday’s Helicopter Flyover concluded that the 31-year-old was at least “seriously injured.”
Search and rescue herds have not yet had contact with the German-born skiing from Tuesday morning.
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January 15, 2020, Bavaria, Ruhpolding: Biathlon: World Cup, Sprint 7.5 km, Women in Chiemgau Arena. Laura Dahlmeier, former Biathlete, in a TV interview. (Matthias Balk/DPA/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
A Pakistani Government spokesman said she “was removed by the locals from the landscape” per year. Reuters. Dahlmeier’s reps confirmed that she was at an estimated height of 18,700 feet at the time of the mountaineering.
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“Laura Dahlmeier climbed with her mountaineering partner on July 28 when she was caught in a rockfall. The accident took place around noon at an altitude of about 5,700 meters [18,700 feet]“Dahlmeier’s leadership told ZDF in a statement.
“Her partner immediately called alarm services and a rescue operation began immediately. Due to the area’s distinction, a helicopter was only able to reach the site of the accident in the morning of July 29.”
Laura Dahlmeier from Germany in action competes under the Biathlon World Team Challenge at Veltin’s Arena on December 28, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (TF-Images/Getty Images)
Dahlmeier stepped away from professional competition in 2019. She cited the diminishing of her overall passion for playing sports in her retirement.
“After an incredibly tough season with lots of heights and low, I no longer feel the 100 percent passion needed for professional sports. This is why after a few long thought I decided to end my active ship career,” Dahlmeier said in 2019.
Laura Dahlmeier from Germany shoots ahead of the women’s 15 km individual skiing in the Alpensia Biathlon Center on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-Gun, South Korea. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
She earned gold medals at winter -ol 2018 in Pyeongchang, where she made history as the first female skiing to win a sprint and persecution twice on the same games.
Dahlmeier is also an Olympic bronze medal. She finished in third place in the 15 km individual event in the 2018 matches.
