A talented soul was lost today with the death of Sarah Burke. The 29 year old Canadian skier was injured January 10th while training in Park City, Utah when she crashed at the bottom of the infamous superpipe...The same half pipe that snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury while training back in 2009.
This 4 time Winter X Games Champion suffered "a torn vertebral artery, which led to severe bleeding on the brain causing her to go into cardiac arrest on the scene," according to a statement released by her publicist Nicole Wool, on behalf of the family. Wool also states that Burke's organs and tissues were donated per her wishes.
Next week's Winter X Games in Aspen will not be the same without you...
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