Rescuers had hoped to find double Olympic gold medallist on 6,096m (20,000-foot) Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains.

Rescue teams on Wednesday continued to search for missing German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier, who was seriously injured in Pakistan after being struck by a rockfall while climbing,

Laura Dahlmeier, a trailblazer in biathlon and one of Germany's most decorated winter athletes, has died at 31 after a rockfall struck her during a climbing expedition on Laila Peak in northern Pakistan's Karakoram range. Her death has caused widespread shock and sorrow in the global sports and mountaineering communities.

The 8,000m peaks in the Karakoram are now deserted, but a Polish alpine-style team is on its way to climb Badal Peak in the K7 massif -- and maybe more.

Rescuers are hoping to find the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains.

German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management and local authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The accident occurred around noon on Monday, at an altitude of approximately 5,700 metres at Laila Peak, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday.

German two-time Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.

German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier died following a mountaineering accident on Laila Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains; she was 31 The tragic news followed a previous social media post, which stated that she'd been involved in a serious ...

A Chinese mountaineer died while descending the world s second highest peak, with Pakistani rescuers waiting on Thursday for

Dahlmeier, 31, was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range when she was struck by falling rocks. Climbers, including two Americans attempting the same ascent, are trying to join the ...