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Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb found dead at 37

USA TODAY Sports

Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead in his room at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Saturday. He was 37.

No details were available about Holcomb's death, the USOC said.

Holcomb won an Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, piloting the "Night Train" to victory in the four-man bobsled competition. It was the first U.S. gold medal in the event since 1948.

Four years laters in Sochi, he went on to win bronze medals in both two-man and four-man bobsled.