Top South African mountain biker killed

Burry Stander, a two-time mountain bikeOlympian, was killed in a road accident while training near his home Thursday.

The 25-year-old South African died after colliding with ataxi in the Kwazulu-Natal province on the east coast, the South African SportsConfederation and Olympic Committee said.

Stander finished fifth in last year's London Olympics and hecompeted in Beijing 2008. He was also a former under-19 and under-23 worldchampion and South Africa's biggest star in the sport and one of the world'stop riders.

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