Buenos Aires, March 10: Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities said.
The helicopters apparently collided Monday midair near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, La Rioja secretary of security Cesar Angulo told ‘TN television’.
Among the dead were French Olympic gold medal swimmer Camille Muffat, Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine and sailor Florence Arthaud, according to a statement from La Rioja’s government.
Muffat, 25, won gold in the 400-metre freestyle and silver in the 200m freestyle in the 2012 London Games.
Vastine, 28, won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 2008 games in Beijing while Arthaud is considered one of the best sailors in the world. AP