Olympic skier Berkin Usta and father killed in fire at closed Turkish ski resort

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Olympic alpine skier Berkin Usta, 25, was tragically killed alongside his father in a fire that consumed a closed ski resort in the northwest region of Turkey early Thursday morning.

Usta, who represented Turkey at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, was staying at the Kervansaray Hotel in Uludag, around three hours south of Istanbul, with his family when the blaze first started at around 5:30 a.m. 

Berkin Usta of Turkey reacts after his run in the Men's Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

The Bursa governor’s office said that 12 staff members were present at the time of the fire, and several people were hospitalized with smoke inhalation. 

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Usta and his father, Yahya Usta – president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association – were killed in the blaze. Yahya Usta’s wife is believed to have survived the fire. 

"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 said in post on X. 

"We wish God's mercy to our national skier Berkin Usta and his father Yahya Usta, and offer our condolences to his family, loved ones and the sports community."

Turkey's Berkin Usta competes in the men's Giant Slalom at the National Alpine Ski Center in the Winter Olympics on Feb. 13, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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