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Thursday 12 March 2015

Update Video: French Olympians, athletes killed in Argentina helicopter collision

 Two French Olympians, an elite French sailor and seven others were killed Monday while shooting a reality TV show in Argentina when two helicopters collided, according to multiple reports.
Olympic medalists, swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine, were contestants on the "Survivor"-like French reality TV show "Dropped," when the crash took place in the La Rioja Province in Argentina, a little more than 700 miles north of the country's capital,  Buenos Aires.
 In addition, a world-class French sailor was killed along with the two pilots and TV crew.
"Apparently, the two helicopters collided as they were filming," province spokesman Horacio Alarcon said, according to the Telegraph. "There are no survivors."
Officials said the cause of the crash was unknown, but weather was not believed to be a factor.
Muffat, 25, set an Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Games. She won gold in the event as well as a silver in the 200-meter freestyle and took bronze in the 4x200-meter relay at the 2012 Olympic Games.
“She had dedicated a lot of her life to swimming to become Olympic champion, and her objective since her retirement was to make a success of her [personal] life,” her friend and agent Sophie Kamoun told the Associated Press. “She had a lot of projects that made her happy, and this show was one of them. I spoke to her on the phone two days ago and she told me she'd spent a fabulous week, one of the best of her life."
Vastine, 28, won the bronze medal in the light-welterweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also competed at the 2012 Games.
May their soul rest in peace!!





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