Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb found dead at 37

[jpak]

Source: USA Today

Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead in his room at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Saturday. He was 37.

USA Bobsled & Skeleton CEO Darrin Steele said there was no evidence of what caused Holcomb's death and he expected an autopsy to be completed on Sunday.

Holcomb won an Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, piloting the "Night Train" to victory in the four-man bobsled competition. It was the first U.S. gold medal in the event since 1948.

Four years later in Sochi, he went on to win bronze medals in both two-man and four-man bobsled.

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[Demonaut]

1. he suffered from deep drepession at times, RIP Champion!

[Honeycombe8]

2. How horrible. So young. Heart attack, maybe?

Athletes push themselves to the limit, so necessarily disregard what they think are minor discomforts or pains.

[meow2u3]

3. He was too young to die

RIP, Steven Holcomb.