Olympic climbing hopeful has died at the age of 16 after falling from a cliff during training. World junior champion Luce Douady suffered fatal injuries when she fell 150 metres on Sunday.The French athlete was crossing an obscure path equipped with a handrail between two climbing areas.Douady's death was confirmed by the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME).In their statement, they said “Luce was a young athlete on the French climbing team, very promising,” and that she was “brilliant in competition.”They added that Douady was “a lover of all facets of climbing” and expressed “immense sadness of the climbing community”.Douady had high hopes of reaching the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year.Climbing is only being added to the list of.
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