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2017 summer combine series to kick off in Park City on June 3
May 30, 2017
Speed and strength test to take place at 9 a.m. on June 3 at Park City High School.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Jimmy Reed
May 26, 2017
A push athlete coming off his third season on the national team, Jimmy Reed spent most of his childhood in Germany before moving back to the United States for college. A former track and field athlete at the University of Maine, Reed made the switch to bobsled immediately following his graduation. He earned his first World Cup medal this season, which he cites as his favorite bobsled memory.
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Link to donate to Steven Holcomb Memorial Fund
May 11, 2017
In lieu of flowers, the Holcomb family has asked that donations be made to USA Bobsled & Skeleton in memory of Steven, which will then be distributed to keratoconus patients and elite athletes in need of financial support.
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Coroner diagnoses pulmonary congestion in report on bobsled legend Steven Holcomb's untimely death
May 07, 2017
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (May 7, 2017)- A preliminary report released by the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y. today announced the diagnosis of pulmonary congestion as a possible cause in the untimely death of U.S. Olympic bobsled legend Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah). The final cause and manner of Holcomb’s passing remain pending toxicology studies to be performed by an independent laboratory. The report declared that a preliminary screen performed at the center was negative for drugs and there is no suspicion of foul play. Holcomb — a friend, teammate and mentor to athletes and fans around the world — was discovered to have passed away in his sleep at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid yesterday.
“Our deepest sympathies go out to the family, friends and teammates of our dear friend Steven Holcomb,” said USA Bobsled & Skeleton Board of Directors Chairman Pete Piechoski. “Steve was a wonderful man, and a great friend. He was a fearless competitor whose light shone bright and guided us all. You will be sorely missed, Steve. God's peace to you on your next journey.”
As the bobsled and skeleton community reels from the news of Holcomb’s untimely death, USA Bobsled & Skeleton has gathered memories from athletes, coaches and fans throughout the community that embody everything Holcomb was: a competitor, a champion, and most of all, a wonderful human being. The tribute page can be found at http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skeleton-Federation/Features/2017/May/07/Remembering-Steven-Holcomb.
For media inquiries, please contact Amanda Bird, USABS Marketing & Communications Director, at amanda.bird@usabs.com, or at (518) 354-2250.
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Remembering Steven Holcomb
May 07, 2017
As the tributes continue to pour in from around the world, USABS staff will continue to add to this ever-growing tribute page.
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Steven Holcomb, legendary bobsled driver, dies at 37
May 06, 2017
Holcomb was known as one of the most decorated bobsled pilots in the world, earning 60 World Cup medals in his career, not including 10 World Championship and three Olympic medals, and five World Championship titles. He made history by breaking a 62-year medal drought at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada after piloting the United States to a gold medal in the four-man event with Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz. Four years later at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Holcomb did it again, only this time as the first American two-man sled to earn a medal in 62 years, a bronze, with brakeman Steve Langton.
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Olympic family mourns the loss of Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb
May 06, 2017
Holcomb competed for Team USA in three Olympic Winter Games, making history at Vancouver 2010 when he piloted the “Night Train” U.S. four-man bobsled team to the gold medal. It marked the first U.S. gold medal in the event since 1948. At Sochi 2014, he went on to win bronze medals in both two-man and four-man bobsled.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Kendall Wesenberg
May 05, 2017
A former soccer player — in addition to just about every other sport — Wesenberg also is a self-proclaimed candy addict, travels as much as possible and has a talent for remembering song lyrics. USABS sat down with her as she gets settled in Colorado Springs and begins offseason preparation.
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Carlo Valdes featured on alma mater's video series
May 01, 2017
Valdes profiled in Mariners Christian School's "30 Stories for 30 Years" video series.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Nathan Crumpton
April 28, 2017
Crumpton’s interests outside of sliding vary from photography to Star Wars to snowboarding, and he also models to help fund his skeleton career. USABS sat down with him as he prepares to make a bid for the 2018 Olympic Team.