Steven Holcomb, the star of U.S. bobsledding with multiple Olympic and world championship medals over the last two decades, was found dead in his room at a New York training center on Saturday. The U.S. Olympic Committee offered no further details about the 37-year-old athlete’s death in Lake Placid, N.Y."The entire Olympic family is shocked and saddened by the incredibly tragic loss today of Steven Holcomb,” said Scott Blackmun, the USOC’s chief executive. It was the first Olympic championship for a U.S. team in that event since 1948. Four years later, the Utah native took bronze in the two-man and four-man events at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. His resume also included five world titles and six overall World Cup championships.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 06, 2017 21:22 UTC