Former Olympic star's son dies after getting caught up in avalanche

The lad of erstwhile Olympic skiing prima John Smart has died aft helium suffered injuries during an avalanche successful Japan.

Kai Smart, 23, was near successful a coma owed to the avalanche. John Smart said successful a Facebook station that Kai was taken to Vancouver, Canada, for exigency attraction earlier this period earlier helium died connected Monday.

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John Smart of Canada skis down the elevation astatine the World Freestyle Skiing Championships successful Altenmarkt, Austria successful 1993. (Chris Cole/Allsport)

"It is with immense sadness that we person to fto you cognize that our kind, brave and beauteous lad and member Kai is nary longer with us. We are beyond heartbroken and determination are nary words to picture the symptom we are feeling losing him truthful young," John Smart wrote connected Facebook.

He remembered his lad arsenic an adventurer who lived beingness to the fullest.

"Kai was a warrior, a upland man, an explorer of the world, a person of radical of each walks of life, an inspiration to truthful many, an grant student, a passionate skier, surfer, ungraded biker, climber, kitesurfer and truthful overmuch much ... He lived beingness to the fullest each azygous day, with joy, curiosity, and intensity, and experienced much successful his abbreviated clip than astir bash successful a lifetime. He genuinely was a agleam light, and his vigor — his excitement for beingness and for learning — touched everyone who knew him," the station continued.

John Smart looks connected aft missing a medal successful the men's moguls astatine the World Freestyle Skiing Championships successful 1993. (Chris Cole/Allsport)

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"He was ever searching for the roadworthy little traveled, drawn to caller places, caller ideas, and caller experiences. When helium wasn’t extracurricular pushing his limits, helium was perpetually learning, researching, and engaging with the world."

Smart wrote that Kai’s organs were donated to 4 people.

The erstwhile Olympian competed for Team Canada successful freestyle skiing. He participated successful the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.

An Olympic rings emblem astatine the University of Southern California connected March 30, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

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He was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame successful 2003.

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