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Olympic Skier Berkin Usta Dead at 24 After Hotel Fire in Turkey
Turkish Olympian Berkin Usta died on Friday, March 28, after a fire at a ski resort
Berkin and his dad, who was the president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association, had been staying at the Kervansaray Hotel in Uludag in the Bursa province. “We have learned with deep sorrow that our national skier Berkin Usta, who represented our country at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the Erzurum 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, and his father, former national skier Yahya Usta, passed away due to a hotel fire in Uludağ, Bursa,” Team Turkey wrote via X later on Friday. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images“We have learned about the tragic death of Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father in a terrible fire,” Bach said.
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