German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier participates in Adamello Ski Raid 2025. — Instagram/@ laura_dahlmeier /File
German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has been at the least critically injured in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, German media reviews citing her administration and an official stated on Tuesday.
The accident occurred on Monday when Dahlmeier was hit by a landslide in Hushe Valley within the northern mountain vary in Gilgit-Baltistan province, stated spokesperson Faizullah Faraq.
Germany’s ZDF broadcaster reported that no emergency response had to date reached her.
However Faraq stated Dahlmeier, in response to reviews from the distant valley, was taken away by locals from the landslide website.
One in all her companions, recognized as Kraus Marina Eva, was nonetheless caught on the website, he stated.
Dahlmeier retired from the game in 2019, aged 25, a yr after turning into the primary feminine biathlete to realize a dash and pursuit double on the identical Olympics.
ZDF stated {that a} helicopter overflight on Tuesday had discovered no indicators of life.
The rescue operation is beneath means with the cooperation of the Pakistan Military, Faraq stated, including that unhealthy climate meant a helicopter had been unable to achieve the location.
The nation’s northern mountainous areas have skilled heavy flooding and landslides, killing a number of native vacationers throughout the present monsoon spell of rains.
Flooding and different rain-related accidents have killed 288 individuals in Pakistan for the reason that monsoon season started in late June, says the nation’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority.
