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

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

Kai Smart, 23, was near successful a coma owed to nan avalanche. John Smart said successful a Facebook station that Kai was taken to Vancouver, Canada, for emergency curen earlier this period earlier he died connected Monday.

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

"It is pinch immense sadness that we person to fto you cognize that our kind, brave and beautiful boy and relative Kai is nary longer pinch us. We are beyond heartbroken and location are nary words to picture nan symptom we are emotion losing him truthful young," John Smart wrote connected Facebook.

He remembered his boy arsenic an adventurer who lived life to nan fullest.

"Kai was a warrior, a upland man, an explorer of nan world, a person of group 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 life to nan fullest each azygous day, pinch joy, curiosity, and intensity, and knowledgeable much successful his short clip than astir do successful a lifetime. He genuinely was a agleam light, and his power — his excitement for life and for learning — touched everyone who knew him," nan station continued.

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

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"He was ever searching for nan roadworthy little traveled, drawn to caller places, caller ideas, and caller experiences. When he wasn’t extracurricular pushing his limits, he was perpetually learning, researching, and engaging pinch nan 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 nan 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.

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

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

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