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The Australian champion died at the age of 32 while he was dedicating himself to one of his passions, underwater fishing.
Wednesday 8 July 2020 2 minutes reading time
A real tragedy for the world of snowboard cross, which has lost a reference point in this discipline in the past few hours.
The Australian champion Alex Pullin, two-time world champion with the table, medal d 'died during an underwater fishing in Queensland's Gold Coast, died, died following an accident (there is talk of a possible prolonged apnea syncope) '' gold at La Molina 2011 and Stoneham 2013 (and bronze in the Sierra Nevada world championship in 2017).
Originally from the state of Victoria, at 32 years of age Pullin leaves a world where he has been the absolute protagonist, winner in the two vintages in which he took home the world title, including the crystal ball of the snowboard cross. The last podium in Cervinia, in December 2017, before taking part in his third consecutive Olympics in PyeongChang, where he achieved the best result in a five-circle event (6th place), after being the standard-bearer of Australia in Sochi 2014 and having made its debut 4 years earlier in Vancouver.
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