For reasons as yet unexplained, the 18-year-old crashed on a descent above Küsnacht on Thursday (September 26) and suffered serious head injuries. She was taken to hospital by helicopter in a critical condition, where she succumbed to her injuries today (Friday).

Furrer was considered a promising young talent in Swiss cycling. At the Swiss Championships in June, she took second place in both the road race and the time trial. However, she also showed her great skills in mountain biking, where she was part of the BiXS squad.

In May, she was part of the Swiss team that won the bronze medal in the team competition at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Romania. She lived in Egg, not far from the race track of the World Championships in Zurich, where the junior women's road race started on Thursday - on her home track, so to speak. She attended the United School of Sports in Zurich and completed a commercial apprenticeship there.

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