Dutchman Lara Van Ruijven, who won the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, died Friday following complications from an autoimmune disease she suffered in the past month • Team coach: "She'll be missing the entire world of sports"

• Lara Van Ruiven. But heavy in the Netherlands

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But heavy in the Netherlands. Ice skating world champion Lara Van Ruiven, who won the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, died last Friday following complications from an autoimmune disease she suffered last month.

Van Ruyven, who passed away at home in France, who is only 27 years old, won only the prestigious World Championship title last year and in his resume can be found five gold medals from the European Championships (in a 3,000 meter mission), two silver medals and two more bronze and one Olympic medal.

According to reports, Olympic medalist and world champion, she was admitted to hospital on June 25 after losing consciousness during a training camp in France. When she fell asleep and after several surgeries, she died in a hospital in France.

Yaron Attor, coach of the skating team of the Netherlands, could not digest the big loss: "The whole team is in great shock. The news we received today is particularly surreal and difficult. Lara will miss the whole world of sports."