According to the press service of the government of the Kamchatka Territory, a 61-year-old athlete who arrived from Tatarstan walked 40 km when he became ill.
Other participants called rescuers who evacuated the man to the Fatyanov sports complex in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where an intensive care vehicle was on duty.
However, by that time the skier had already died.
It is noted that the man arrived at the competition with a medical permit to participate in them.
Earlier it was reported that in Cheboksary, a hockey player died on ice during an amateur match.