Swiss snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, bronze medallist at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, died on Saturday when he was swept away by an avalanche in Valais. This was confirmed by Swiss-Ski in a statement on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The accident took place in the Lötschental, on the eastern slope of the Hockuchriz, at an altitude of about 2,400 metres, a police note specifies, adding that there was also a skier at the scene who managed to save himself. Kestenholz... Читать дальше...