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Tragic Deaths in Sports

Sarah Burke | Jan. 19, 2012
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Sarah Burke - Jan. 19, 2012
Top superpipe skier Sarah Burke died nine days after crashing during a training run in Park City, Utah. The four-time Winter X Games champion was considered one of the pioneers for her sport, and she worked to get her event into the Winter Olympics program. Oddly, the halfpipe on which she crashed was the same halfpipe Kevin Pearce crashed on just over two years ago.
Photographed by: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images, Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
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