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Michael Press
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> WILMINGTON, N.Y.Mar 12, 2006(AP)Swedish snowboarder
> Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a
> snowboardcross run down Whiteface Mountain in the
> Adirondacks.
>
> The 26-year-old Turin Olympics competitor lost control
> on one of his jumps during training for an
> International Ski Federation World Cup competition,
> according to U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association
> spokesman Tom Kelly.
>
> A state police report said Johansson tried to correct
> himself but landed hard. An autopsy found the cause of
> death to be multiple internal injuries.
>
> Officials said Johansson landed within the course
> boundaries and was wearing a helmet. Olympic Regional
> Development Authority spokesman Sandy Caligiore said he
> did not hit a tree, a pole or any other obstacle. The
> course where Johansson crashed, the Boreen Trail, has
> special snowboardcross features constructed for
> competition.
<http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=3257&date=20060313>
> Swedish snowboard star dies in training
>
> Published: 13th March 2006 08:53 CET
>
> Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died while
> training in Lake Placid in the USA on Sunday. During
> the last training run of the day he fell badly and
> doctors were unable to save his life.
>
> Johansson was the most successful of Sweden's
> snowboarders in the recent Winter Olympics in Turin,
> coming in twelfth place. He was in Lake Placid as part
> of the Swedish World Cup team.
>
> "In the last training run the landing from a jump went
> badly," said snowboard association director Ulf
> Nilsson.
>
> "The jump itself went quite well but something made him
> lean forward, and he fell on the slope with the whole
> of his body weight forward," Nilsson told Svenska
> Dagbladet.
>
> The Swedish team captain Anders Wiggerud, along with
> trainer Lars Bergstedt, were at the scene and
> administered first aid almost immediately. Nearby
> doctors also helped but Johansson never regained
> consciousness.
>
> The exact cause of death had not been established late
> on Sunday evening. However, Nilsson told SvD that it
> was simply an accident and that there were no safety
> problems with the course.
>
> Organisers cancelled the competition. Other members of
> the team were said to be badly shocked and considering
> returning immediately to Sweden.
>
> Jonatan Johansson, who came from Sollentuna but lived
> in Umeˆ€, was 26 years old.
--
Michael Press
> Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a
> snowboardcross run down Whiteface Mountain in the
> Adirondacks.
>
> The 26-year-old Turin Olympics competitor lost control
> on one of his jumps during training for an
> International Ski Federation World Cup competition,
> according to U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association
> spokesman Tom Kelly.
>
> A state police report said Johansson tried to correct
> himself but landed hard. An autopsy found the cause of
> death to be multiple internal injuries.
>
> Officials said Johansson landed within the course
> boundaries and was wearing a helmet. Olympic Regional
> Development Authority spokesman Sandy Caligiore said he
> did not hit a tree, a pole or any other obstacle. The
> course where Johansson crashed, the Boreen Trail, has
> special snowboardcross features constructed for
> competition.
<http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=3257&date=20060313>
> Swedish snowboard star dies in training
>
> Published: 13th March 2006 08:53 CET
>
> Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died while
> training in Lake Placid in the USA on Sunday. During
> the last training run of the day he fell badly and
> doctors were unable to save his life.
>
> Johansson was the most successful of Sweden's
> snowboarders in the recent Winter Olympics in Turin,
> coming in twelfth place. He was in Lake Placid as part
> of the Swedish World Cup team.
>
> "In the last training run the landing from a jump went
> badly," said snowboard association director Ulf
> Nilsson.
>
> "The jump itself went quite well but something made him
> lean forward, and he fell on the slope with the whole
> of his body weight forward," Nilsson told Svenska
> Dagbladet.
>
> The Swedish team captain Anders Wiggerud, along with
> trainer Lars Bergstedt, were at the scene and
> administered first aid almost immediately. Nearby
> doctors also helped but Johansson never regained
> consciousness.
>
> The exact cause of death had not been established late
> on Sunday evening. However, Nilsson told SvD that it
> was simply an accident and that there were no safety
> problems with the course.
>
> Organisers cancelled the competition. Other members of
> the team were said to be badly shocked and considering
> returning immediately to Sweden.
>
> Jonatan Johansson, who came from Sollentuna but lived
> in Umeˆ€, was 26 years old.
--
Michael Press