Olympic alpine skiing Berkin Usta25 years old, was tragically killed alongside his father in a fire that consumed a closed ski resort in the northwest Turkey region early Thursday morning.
Usta, who represented Turkey at 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Stay at the Kervansaray hotel in Uludag, about three o’clock south of Istanbul, with his family when the fire started around 5:30 am around 5:30 am
Berkin Usta of Türkiye reacts after his race in the giant male Slalom 2 race at the Beijing Olympic Games on February 13, 2022. (Reuters / Wolfgang RATTAY)
The Governor’s office of the Stock Exchange said that 12 staff were present at the time of the fire, and several people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
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Usta and her father, Yahya Usta – President of Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association – were killed in the fire. Yahya Usta’s wife would have survived the fire.
“We have learned with a deep sadness that our National Berkin Usta ski, which represented our country at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and at the 2017 European Olympic Winter Festival, and his father, the former national ski Yahya Usta, died due to a fire fire in Uludağ, Bursa”, said Team Turkey in Post on X.
“We wish the mercy of God to our National Berkin Skier Usta and his father Yahya Usta, and we offer our condolences to his family, his relatives and the sports community.”
Berkin Usta in Türkiye participates in the giant male slalom in the National Alpine Ski Center at the Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2022. (Michael Kappeler / Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
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CIO President Thomas Bach also published a statement following new tragic.
“We learned the tragic death of the Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta, and his father, in a terrible fire. Berkin lived his Olympic dream in competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games in alpine ski. Our thoughts are with their family and friends.”
Local officials believe that the fire started at the hotel cafeteria. The family stayed on the fifth floor of the hotel, although its doors were closed permanently in early January after the cancellation of their accommodation permit. He was not immediately clear why they were at the hotel.
Berkin Usta in Türkiye participates in the male giant slalom at the Beijing Olympic Games on February 13, 2022. (Reuters / Denis Balibouse)
The fire of the 30 -year -old hotel was turned off in two hours, but not before the fire consumed a large part of the upper floors.
Thursday’s dead fire comes a few months after another popular ski resort In the region, caught fire, killing 79 people in January.
