The worldwide climbing neighborhood is in mourning after the dying of French teenage sensation Luce Douady, who was killed after falling 150 meters (490ft) within the French Alps.
Douady, 16, died whereas making an attempt to cross a troublesome path geared up with a handrail between two climbing areas close to the commune of Crolles on Sunday, the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME) introduced on its web site.
The younger climber, who was with a gaggle of pals, is reported to have slipped and fallen 150 meters (490ft).
“It’s with nice disappointment that the climbing neighborhood discovered this Sunday of the dying of one among their very own,” the FFME wrote because it paid tribute to the “briliant” younger climber.
“Luce was a really promising younger athlete on the French climbing staff. At solely 16, the long run was earlier than her. This horrible information hit her coaching companions, her coaches and her membership, Chambéry Escalade, laborious.
“At the moment, the entire federation is in mourning.”
Douady was the reigning world junior champion and one of many brightest younger prospects in climbing, which can make its debut on the postponed Olympic Video games in Tokyo subsequent yr.
She additionally gained the World Youth Bouldering Championship in 2019 in Italy, and earned a fifth place end in her first senior look on the Bouldering World Cup in Colorado within the US final yr.
Douday’s Instagram web page consists of pictures of herself scaling rockfaces as a younger woman, indicating her love of the game from an early age.
Messages of mourning after her passing additionally included from the Worldwide Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).
“The IFSC’s ideas and prayers are with Luce’s household and pals at this tragic time,” the group wrote, sharing a tribute video to the gifted climber.
Au revoir Luce. pic.twitter.com/gpr9NUwmX9
— IFSC (@IFSClimbing) June 15, 2020
