French Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski, 40, dead after avalanche in Swiss Alps

French Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski, 40, dead after avalanche in Swiss Alps

Julie Pomagalski, a French snowboarder who competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics, died Tuesday after getting caught up in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, the French Ski Federation said. She was 40.