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Olympic skier Berkin Usta, father killed in fireplace at Turkish ski resort
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Olympic skier Berkin Usta, father killed in fireplace at Turkish ski resort

Last updated: March 28, 2025 8:07 pm
Editorial Board Published March 28, 2025
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24-year-old Olympic skier Berkin Usta died alongside his father, Yahya Usta, in a Thursday morning fireplace at a Turkish ski resort, simply hours outdoors Istanbul.

Turkey’s sports activities minister Osman Askin Bak confirmed their tragic deaths in a press release on social media.

”I realized with deep sorrow that our nationwide athlete Berkin Usta and his father, Yahya Usta, misplaced their lives within the fireplace that broke out within the resort,” he mentioned.

The elder Usta, who was 57, was the president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Academics Affiliation. The daddy and son had been staying on the fifth ground of the Kervansaray Resort at Uludağ mountain within the Bursa province.

Fikriye Usta, who was additionally staying on the ski resort together with her husband and son, reportedly survived the blaze and was taken to hospital, in line with the state-run Anadolu Company.

Further resort visitors and employees members had been hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

An preliminary investigation into the fireplace found “many deficiencies” on the property, which did “not comply with the fire regulations,” mentioned Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey. The supervisor of the resort has since been detained by authorities, Anadolu reported.

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Berkin Usta competes within the Males’s Big Slalom on the Beijing Winter Olympic Video games in 2022. (Photograph by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photos)

Throughout the 2022 Winter Olympic Video games in Beijing, Usta represented his native nation within the slalom and large slalom occasions.

“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,” Crew Turkey shared in a tweet.

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