CHAMONIX, France ” Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31. Ruby was roped to ...

France's Karine Ruby entered the 1998 Olympics in Nagano a decisive favorite in a new sport. Though only 20, she was the undisputed star of snowboarding's giant slalom. She had won seven straight ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Former snowboard Olympic champion Karine Ruby of France has died following a mountain accident, the French Skiing Federation (FFS) said Friday. "It happened in the afternoon, she is ...

/*Karine Ruby*/ was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the mountain, Chamonix police official Laurent Sayssac said. A ...