German Olympic gold medalist and world champion biathlete Laura Dahlmeier has died following a tragic climbing accident in the Karakoram mountain range of northern Pakistan, her management team and local officials confirmed. Dahlmeier, 31, was ascending Laila Peak on Monday when she was struck by falling rocks.

The accident occurred while the biathlete was on Laila Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier died following a mountaineering accident on Laila Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains;