A young life cut short

The 31-year-old conquered the giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the parallel slalom in the Salt Lake City 2002 winter games. But French snowboarder Karine Ruby was bested by Mont Blanc, in the French Alps, where she died in a climbing accident. The six-time world champion had been training to become a mountain-climbing guide. The French prime minister hailed her "talent and her joie de vivre." News of the Olympic athlete's death sparked searches on "karine ruby," "karine ruby biography," and "snowboarder karine ruby."