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Norwegian Olympic Ski Cross Medalist Audun Groenvold Dies After Being Struck By Lightning

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Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation announced Wednesday. He was 49. Groenvold won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Groenvold was a member of Norway’s Alpine skiing team before he moved into freestyle and ski cross. He had one podium finish as a World Cup Alpine skier, finishing third in a downhill in Sierra Nevada, Spain, in 1999.

He also won a bronze medal in ski cross at the 2005 world championships, and the overall ski cross cup in 2007.

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