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

Olympic alpine skier Berkin Usta, 25, was tragically killed alongside his begetter successful a occurrence that consumed a closed skis edifice successful the northwest portion of Turkey aboriginal Thursday morning.

Usta, who represented Turkey astatine the 2022 Winter Olympics successful Beijing, was staying astatine the Kervansaray Hotel successful Uludag, astir 3 hours southbound of Istanbul, with his household erstwhile the blaze archetypal started astatine astir 5:30 a.m. 

Berkin Usta of Turkey reacts aft his tally successful the Men's Giant Slalom Run 2 astatine the Beijing Olympics connected Feb. 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

The Bursa governor’s bureau said that 12 unit members were contiguous astatine the clip of the fire, and respective radical were hospitalized with fume inhalation. 

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

"We person learned with heavy sorrow that our nationalist skier Berkin Usta, who represented our state astatine the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the Erzurum 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, and his father, erstwhile nationalist skier Yahya Usta, passed distant owed to a edifice occurrence successful Uludağ, Bursa," Team Turkey said successful station connected X. 

"We privation God's mercy to our nationalist skier Berkin Usta and his begetter Yahya Usta, and connection our condolences to his family, loved ones and the sports community."

Turkey's Berkin Usta competes successful the men's Giant Slalom astatine the National Alpine Ski Center successful the Winter Olympics connected Feb. 13, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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IOC President Thomas Bach besides released a connection pursuing the tragic news. 

"We person learned astir the tragic decease of Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta, and his father, successful a unspeakable fire. Berkin lived his Olympic imagination by competing astatine the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 successful Alpine skiing. Our thoughts are with their household and friends." 

Local officials judge the occurrence began successful the edifice cafeteria. The household was staying connected the 5th level of the hotel, contempt its doors being permanently unopen successful aboriginal January aft its accommodation licence was canceled. It was not instantly wide wherefore they were astatine the hotel. 

Berkin Usta of Turkey competes successful the Men's Giant Slalom astatine the Beijing Olympics connected Feb. 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

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The occurrence astatine the six-story, 30-year-old edifice was enactment retired wrong 2 hours, but not earlier the blaze had consumed overmuch of the precocious floors. 

Thursday’s deadly occurrence comes conscionable months aft another popular skis edifice successful the portion caught fire, sidesplitting 79 radical successful January. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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