The investigation into the death of Muriel Furrer at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zürich has been closed by Swiss authorities, it was announced on Monday.
The Swiss junior rider, 18, suffered a serious head injury after crashing in the women’s junior road race on 26 September 2024, and died after being airlifted to hospital. She lay undiscovered for approximately 82 minutes after the accident took place, according to authorities.
Eighteen months on, the case has been closed, acccording to the public prosector’s office in Zürich. No third-party involvement or “criminally relevant breach of duty” was found.
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She rode for BIXS Performance Race Team, a Swiss mountain bike squad, and also competed in cyclo-cross, in which she also finished second in the Swiss nationals in 2023/4. Furrer was from Egg, just to the south of Zürich.
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