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Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father, Yahya Usta, died after the hotel fire on Friday 28th March. They were 24 and 57.
“With deep grief, I learned that our national athlete Berkin Usta and his father Yahya Usta lost their lives in the fire that broke out in the hotel,” Osman Askin looksTurkish Minister of Sport, he said in his statement Associated Press.
Berkin and his father, who was the president of the Turkish Association for skiers and snowboards, stayed at the Kervansaray Hotel in Uludag, Bursa Province. According to AP, other hotel guests and employees were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Berkin represented his native Turkey at the Olympic Games 2022 in events of slalom and giant slalom.
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“With deep grief, we learned that our national skier Berkin Usta, who represented our country at the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022 and Erzurum 2017, the European Olympic Festival for Youth and his father, former National Skier Yahya Usta, died because X Later on Friday.
The statement added: “We wish God’s mercy to our national skier Berkin and his father Yahya Usta and offer our condolences to his family, close and sports community.”
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, also issued a statement by the sadness of the death of the pair of the father of the son.
“We learned about the tragic death of the Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father in a terrible fire,” Bach said. “Berkin lived his Olympic dream by competing at the Olympic winter games in Beijing 2022 in alpine skiing. Our thoughts are with their family and friends.”
Berkin was no longer competitive and last owned a team called Skicraft, on his Instagram Bio. Last time he published social media In February, capturing a group picture on the slopes with the hashtag team.
Many social media users remembered Berkin through the commentary section.
“May Allah give his family patience to rest in heaven,” wrote one commentator in Turkish on Friday.
Others added: “How painful is that we do not know the national athlete who, after his death, represented our country at the Olympic Games.
The third fan noted that they were “deeply shocked” when they heard of Berkin’s death.
“I am deeply shocked when I heard that he lost his life in this hotel,” the news read. “How an unexpected and cruel life can be. RIP, Olympian. You can rest in peace.” 🕊”
