Steven Holcomb, a brawny three-time Olympic medalist who overcame a disease that threatened his vision, and then piloted a four-man bobsled team in 2010 to the United States’ first gold medal in the event in 62 years, was found dead on Saturday. He was 37.
Holcomb was found in a dormitory at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he had been training during the off-season, his agent, Brant Feldman, said. Frank Whitelaw, the coroner in Essex County, N.Y., said there were no signs of foul play. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday, he said.
Holcomb had kept a busy schedule over the past month amid his preparations for the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.