Two-time Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.

Dahlmeier was on a trip in the region's Karakoram mountains when she was trapped in a rockfall on Monday, July 28, according to her management company.

Dahlmeier's climbing partner, Marina Eva , alerted rescue services, who dispatched a helicopter to the area where Dahlmeier was trapped.

However, due to the remoteness of the area, the helicopter rescue was called off.

"It was determined that a helicopter rescue is not possible," a senior official in Pakistan said. "The conditions at the altitude where she was injured are extremely challenging, and a team of foreign climbers will launch a ground rescue mission today."

The ground mission was launched on Wednesday, July 30, featuring

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