Posted on 05/06/2017 3:57:22 PM PDT by Yossarian
Steven Holcomb, the longtime U.S. bobsledding star who drove to three Olympic medals after beating a disease that nearly robbed him of his eyesight, was found dead in Lake Placid, New York, on Saturday.
He was 37.
The U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Bobsled and Skeleton announced the death of the 2010 gold medalist, the cause of which remains unclear. However, officials said there were no indications of foul play after a preliminary investigation at the Olympic Training Center where Holcomb was found in his room. An autopsy was tentatively scheduled for Sunday.
The native of Park City, Utah, was a three-time Olympian, and his signature moment came at the 2010 Vancouver Games when he piloted his four-man sled to a win that snapped a 62-year gold-medal drought for the U.S. in bobsled's signature race.
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Holcomb revealed in recent years that there was also a troubled side, including battles with depression and a failed hotel-room suicide attempt in 2007 which he wrote about in his autobiography, "But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold."
"After going through all that and still being here, I realized what my purpose was," Holcomb told the AP in a 2014 interview.
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Oh man. Lord have mercy on his soul. We watched the last Olympics he won. A real inspiring story. He had his vision restored but scratched up his visor because he was used to his vision being blurred while training. My son wrote a story for school on him.
Get a life.
What is wrong with you ?
RIP.
A lot of former athletes have a battle with depression. Very sad news.
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