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Karine Ruby of France celebrates after winning the women's snowboard cross final event of the Snowboard World Championships at the Kreischberg mountain near the Austrian resort of Murau, on Sunday, Jan. 19,
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Karine Ruby, Olympic snowboarding champion from France, dies in mountain climbing accident at 31 – New York Daily News
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