Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father, Yahya Usta, died after a hotel fire on Friday, March 28. They were 24 and 57, respectively. "I learned with deep sorrow that our national athlete Berkin Usta and his father,

Olympic skier Berkin Usta died alongside his father, Yahya Usta, in a Thursday morning fire at a Turkish ski resort.

“I learned with deep sorrow the news that our national athlete Berkin Usta, who represented Türkiye at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and his father, former national athlete Yahya Usta, passed away in a fire that broke out in Bursa,” he said according to a translation.