RIP Sarah Burke

[Freedom]

This woman was such an amazing freestyle skier. She was Canadian, and suffered a head injury on a superpipe training run 8 days ago. Only age 29. RIP Sarah.

[pomtzu]

That's such a shame. I heard of her accident, but hadn't heard that she has passed away.

RIP Sarah

[Catty1]

I cried out Oh No when I heard the news this morning. The aorta wasn't repaired in time to keep the blood flow going to her brain. I heard today there was massive brain damage and that she died of cardiac arrest - which she had also suffered right after the accident. Her organs and tissues were donated.

She wasn't doing anything fancy - just a regular run down the slope.

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Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke is seen on her wedding day in 2010 to fellow pro-skier Rory Bushfield.

Updated: Thu Jan. 19 2012 16:54:47

Jered Stuffco, CTVNews.ca

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died on Thursday, nine days after she was severely injured at the bottom of a routine training run in Utah.

[Catty1]

This is a great pic of her!

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FILE - In this March 12, 2008, file photo, Sarah Burke, of Canada, celebrates on the podium after winning the women's halfpipe freestyle title at the World Cup finals in Valmalenco, Italy.

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[Alysser]

That really is a shame. At least she died doing what she loved. RIP. :(

[Karen]

Her death is a loss to the sport. But it also proves people right who insist their kids wear helmets skiing, and all that. If this can happen to one of the world's best, it could also happen to you.