Skeleton slider, Olympic veteran Katie Uhlaender opens up after losing her best friend, Steve Holcomb
(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender speaks Monday during the Team USA Media Summit at the Grand Summit Hotel in Canyons Village.
Park City • Tears tumbled down each cheek, each droplet falling onto the lap of Katie Uhlaender. At the very mention of her best friend’s name, the wave of memories and advice and eventually heartbreak slams into her. He’s gone, and the grieving process continues for those surrounding the U.S. Bobsled & Skeleton Federation and all of Team USA.
At this week’s Olympic Media Summit, friends and athletes took turns discussing the loss of Park City’s Steven Holcomb and their favorite stories of the most-decorated bobsled driver in American history. Holcomb died in May at 37, leaving the Olympic community floored at his loss.
No one was as transparent as Uhlaender. They were the best of friends. They were connected over the last 15 years. Kindred spirits, each other’s escape when one needed it. When they were in the same room with teammates, they’d text jokes or insight to each another.
“Whenever you saw Steve,” said U.S. bobsled athlete Carlo Valdes, “you better believe that Katie is somewhere nearby.”
Uhlaender sat tall in her chair in the corner of the ballroom in Park City, letting some tears fall, wiping away others, reflecting about her loss. The three-time Olympian and former world champion skeleton athlete recalled the moment when she was bedridden in a Colorado Springs, Colo., hospital last World Cup season, battling an auto-immune disease that ravaged her liver and left not only her career in question, but also her life.
As her thoughts spiraled and her fever spiked in the midst of the crisis, Holcomb told Uhlaender that she couldn’t allow a bit of bad luck keep her down. “You need to be you,” he told her. While more tears form, she takes a long, deep breath. Holcomb, once again, had encouraged her when she was at her lowest point. Of course, it worked.
“What else would he have said to me?” she said. “So I have peace knowing that my best friend was an Olympic champion and believed I could be. And that just boosts my confidence and motivates me more.”
She revealed in her media session Monday that she was the first person to find Holcomb in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid on May 6. Uhlaender said she had to force her way into his room. She knew something was wrong. Holcomb hadn’t been in touch for two days, a rarity for those two.
Five months since his death, Uhlaender is implementing Holcomb’s advice. And by doing so, she’s decided that’s how she will honor him and her late father, Ted, a former Major League Baseball outfielder. She is dedicating the rest of her career to sticking to those words.
“That’s how I can continue their legacy by being me, by doing me to my best and continuing to live as they would want me to,” she said. “It’s not for them. I’m doing me to honor them.”
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Photographs of Steve Holcomb surround the audience as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
Uhlaender was one of the few asked to speak on Holcomb’s behalf at his memorial in June. Uhlaender tried to battle the tears, but relented on that warm, windy day at Holcomb’s home track at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City.
“In a way,” she said, “he isn’t gone. We’re just behind him like most of his competitors on the ice.”
Justin Olsen is one of the American bobsled drivers tasked with following Holcomb’s epic career. Holcomb, a three-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist, snapped a 62-year-long gold medal drought for the U.S. in the four-man bobsled event in 2010. He won 60 World Cup medals and was a six-time World Cup champ.
The mourning process continues, yet another chapter — perhaps the most important — comes in the coming weeks.
“The one thing that none of the sliders have done is we haven’t gone down the track yet,” Olsen said. “We haven’t actually started sliding with the absence of Steve.”
The team has explored the idea of being able to compete with decals this World Cup season dedicated to Holcomb, Valdes said. They ordered team bracelets commemorating Holcomb that say “Holcy,” his nickname. Valdes won’t wear one on his wrist this year, instead he’ll find an appropriate spot for it in the sled.
“I’ll put that somewhere where I can visibly see it on each run,” he said.
(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender speaks during the Team USA Media Summit at the Grand Summit Hotel in Canyons Village Monday, September 25, 2017.
One of the first times Uhlaender and Holcomb hung out, she said, it was way back when she was brand new at the Olympic Training Center. After twisting his arm, she finally persuaded him to do something. So they grabbed Uhlaender’s small plastic practice push sled and rode it around the hallways of the center before eventually taking it into the parking lot.
Holcomb, she remembered, was in heaven, pushing faster and faster. Until he came across this pothole in the parking lot. “Everything exploded,” Uhlaender said. Holcomb tumbled off, and the two laughed hysterically.
“We named the pothole Holcomb’s Hole,” she said. “I think they filled it in now. It was there for a long time.”
It was that day, Uhlaender said with the tears now dry, the two gelled forever.
“From that day on,” she said.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
Night Train 2, piloted by Steven Holcomb and pushed by Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, celebrate at the finish of the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. The team won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
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United States' Steven Holcomb celebrates after driving to a win with brakeman Steven Langton in the two-man bobsled World Cup event on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
American driver Steven Holcomb celebrates his team's win at the men's Bobsled World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., Sunday, March 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
United States' Steven Holcomb celebrates his run after the World Cup four-man bobsled race Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. Holcomb and his team finished in first place. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
United States driver Steven Holcomb looks on after competing in a four-man bobsled World Cup race Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
In this picture taken Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, bob racer Steven Holcomb of the United States poses for a photograph after the two-men bob race at the Bob World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
United States' pilot Steven Holcomb celebrates his team's win in the four-man bobsled World Cup event on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Driver Steven Holcomb, of the United States, talks with reporters in the finish area after winning the mens two-man bobsled World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Driver Steven Holcomb with Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes and brakeman Samuel McGuffie compete in the four-man bobsled World Cup race on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
United States Olympic Winter Games bobsled competitor Steven Holcomb poses for a portrait at the 2013 Team USA Media Summit on Monday, September 30, 2013 in Park City, UT. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)
In this picture taken Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, bob racer Steven Holcomb of the United States poses for a photograph after the two-men bob race at the Bob World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Driver Steven Holcomb, of the United States, talks with reporters in the finish area after winning the mens two-man bobsled World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Team USA 1 pilot Steven Holcomb holds the winner trophy during the World Cup winner ceremony of the 4-men Bob World Cup competition in Innsbruck Igls, Austria, on Sunday Jan. 24, 2010. The Team USA 1 won the World Cup overall. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
USA's pilot Steven Holcomb, right, and brakeman Steven Langton react after winning the men's two-man bobsled world championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2016, file photo, driver Steven Holcomb with Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes and brakeman Samuel McGuffie, compete in the four-man bobsled World Cup race in Lake Placid, N.Y. Holcomb, the longtime U.S. bobsledding star who drove to three Olympic medals after beating a disease that nearly robbed him of his eyesight, was found dead in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Saturday, May 6, 2017. He was 37. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
American driver Steven Holcomb, right, and brakeman Curtis Tomasevicz celebrate their third place finish in the two-man Bobsled World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
American driver Steven Holcomb and teammate Curtis Tomasevicz in the first run in the men's two-man Bobsled World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
American driver Steven Holcomb, right, and teammate Steve Mesler celebrate their team's win in the men's Bobsled World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., Sunday, March 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
United States' Steven Holcomb pilots with brakeman Jesse Beckom during a training run for the two-man bobsled World Cup competition on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Competition starts on Friday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Steven Holcomb pilots with brakeman Jesse Beckom during a training run for the two-man bobsled World Cup competition on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Competition starts on Friday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Driver Steven Holcomb, front, and brakeman Carlo Valdes, of the United States, react in the finish area after second run of the mens two-man bobsled World Cup race with a combined score of 1:29:47 on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
USA Bobsled driver Steven Holcomb checks his pulse as brakeman Curtis Tomasevicz looks on after the team placed third ini the Men's Two-Man Bobsled World Cup race, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007 in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Todd Bissonette)
RZHANAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 6:
Bobsled athlete Steven Holcomb talks to members of the media after a practice run at the Sanki Sliding Center before the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 6, 2014.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
5 September, 2013; World Champion Bobsled Driver Steven Holcomb poses at the Olympic Sports Complex Bobsled track near Lake Placid, N.Y. (Photo/Todd Bissonette)
5 September, 2013; World Champion Bobsled Driver Steven Holcomb poses at the Olympic Sports Complex Bobsled track near Lake Placid, N.Y. (Photo/Todd Bissonette)
5 September, 2013; World Champion Bobsled Driver Steven Holcomb poses at the Olympic Sports Complex Bobsled track near Lake Placid, N.Y. (Photo/Todd Bissonette)
5 September, 2013; World Champion Bobsled Driver Steven Holcomb poses at the Olympic Sports Complex Bobsled track near Lake Placid, N.Y. (Photo/Todd Bissonette)
United States driver Steven Holcomb, foreground, with Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, and Samuel McGuffie, finishes a four-man bobsled World Cup race Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Team USA 1 with pilot Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz in the finish area after placing second in the Bob World Cup competition in Koenigssee, southern Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)
Driver Steven Holcomb with Carlo Valdes, James Reed and brakeman Samuel McGuffie, of the United States, compete in the four-man bobsled finishing second in World Cup race on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Bob USA 1 starts with pilot Steven Holcomb, in front, Steve Mesler, Brock Kreitzenburg and Paul Jovanovic, behind from left, to the first of four runs of the Four Men Bob World Championship in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's Steven Holcomb, Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, and Steve Langton, celebrate during the medal ceremony at the finish of the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's pilot Steven Holcomb celebrates after the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's Steven Holcomb, Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, and Steve Langton, celebrate during the medal ceremony at the finish of the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's pilot Steven Holcomb celebrates with USA bobsled Head Coach Brian Shimer after the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's Steven Holcomb, Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, and Steve Langton, celebrate after the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's Steven Holcomb, Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, and Steve Langton, celebrate during the medal ceremony at the finish of the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
USA's Steven Holcomb, Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, and Steve Langton, celebrate after the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. They won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 23:
Night Train 2, piloted by Steven Holcomb and pushed by Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, celebrate at the finish of the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014. The team won the bronze medal with a cumulative time of 3:40.99.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 22:
Night Train 2, piloted by Steven Holcomb and pushed by Chris Fogt, Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, compete in the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Saturday February 22, 2014. They currently in fourth place with a time of 1:50.36.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
First-place winners, center, Steven Holcomb and Carlo Valdes, of the United States; second-place winners, left, Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden, of Canada; and third-place finishers, right, Chris Spring and Lascelles Brown, also of Canada, celebrate in the finish area after the men's two-man bobsled World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 22:
The team from Russia, Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Alexey Voevoda compete in the four-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Saturday February 22, 2014. They are currently in first place with a time of 1:50.19.
(Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Steven Holcomb poses for a portrait during the Team USA Media Summit at the Canyons Grand Summit Hotel Monday September 30, 2013.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 17:
Pilot Steven Holcomb, left, and brakeman Steven Langton, celebrate after competing in the men's two-man bobsled at Sanki Sliding Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Monday February 17, 2014. USA-1 with Steven Holcomb, of Park City, Utah, and Steve Langton, of Melrose, Mass., won the bronze medal with a time of 3:46.27.
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Steven Holcomb, front, and Carlo Valdesfahren of the US, compete during the 2-man bob race at the Bob World Cup in Altenberg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. (Arno Burgi/dpa via AP)
USA-2, piloted by Steven Holcomb, makes its first run in Women's Bobsled at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Cesana Pariol, Italy, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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USA's Steven Holcomb after competing in the Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City Friday January 15, 2016.
US Steven Holcomb, front, and his team, compete in the four-man bobsled competition during the first run at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, Saturday, March 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Steven Holcomb of the USA and his team compete during the four-man bobsled competition at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, March 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
The team from the United States USA-1, piloted by Steven Holcomb and brakeman Steven Langton, take a curve during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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USA's Steven Holcomb, Frank Del Duca, Carlo Valdes and Samuel McGuffie compete during the Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City Friday January 15, 2016.
The United States' USA-1, piloted by Steven Holcomb, practices during a training run for the men's four-man bobsled at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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USA's Steven Holcomb, Frank Del Duca, Carlo Valdes and Samuel McGuffie compete during the Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City Friday January 15, 2016.
The pilot from the United States USA-1, Steven Holcomb celebrates his bronze medal win in the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The United States' USA-1, piloted by Steven Holcomb, right, and his brakeman Curtis Tomasevicz, practice during a men's two-man bobsled training run at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
American bobsledder Steven Holcomb, pokes his head out of his sled after a training run for the men's four-man bobsled at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. America's best hope for bobsled gold simply does not look like an Olympian. Barrel-chested and pot-bellied, stretching his racing suit to the absolute limit with 240 pounds packed on his frame, Steven Holcomb has a story all his own. He thought he was going blind two years ago, carries his cell phone even while at the controls of his bobsled and tries to make those around him laugh by breaking into a dance all his own just about everywhere he goes. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Unites States' driver Steven Holcomb, front, and his pushers Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes and Samuel Michener start their first run of the four-man bob race at the bob World Cup in Koenigssee, southern Germany, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
The United States' USA-1, with Steven Holcomb, front, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz, celebrate their gold medal finish during the men's four-man bobsled final competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
US Olympic bobsled athlete Steve Holcomb is shown in this Oct. 9, 2005 photo in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Steve Holcomb displays his Superman shirt as he poses for a photograph in front of his sled after the United States four-man bobsled team trials on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Holcomb and his crew came in first place. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
United States bobsled pilot Steve Holcomb poses for photographers during a media tour of the fitness center in the Coastal Cluster athlete's village at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, pilot Steve Holcomb reacts after finishing his run during the United States two-man bobsled team trials in Park City, Utah. The Olympic gold medalist and Park City resident who drove the “Night Train” bobsled was found dead May 6, 2017, in his hotel room in Lake Placid, N.Y. Holcomb was 37. .(AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, United States bobsled pilot Steve Holcomb poses for photographers during a media tour of the fitness center in the Coastal Cluster athlete's village at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Avoiding what would have almost certainly been a widely boycotted world championships, international officials pulled this season's biggest bobsled and skeleton competition out of Russia on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 after a number of sliders said they would not compete in a nation so enveloped in a doping scandal. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Olympic bobsled medalists Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Messler and Chris Fogt share a laugh as they tell stories of their long time friend and teammate Steve Holcomb as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017. Tomasevicz and Messler won Olympic Gold with Holcomb in 2010 and Fogt won a bronze medal with Holcomb in 2014.
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Children play in a bobsled as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor Steve Holcomb the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
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Photographs of Steve Holcomb surround the audience as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
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The program for A Celebration of Life for Steve Holcomb as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
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Tristan Gale Geisler, 2002 Olympic Skeleton Gold Medalist, pays tribute to her long-time friend Steve Holcomb as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
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Stephanie Petersen pays tribute to her brother Steve Holcomb as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City Saturday June 10, 2017.
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Tristan Gale Geisler, 2002 Olympic Skeleton Gold Medalist, wipes tears from her eyes after speaking about her long-time friend Steve Holcomb as Park City and the Holcomb family and friends hold a memorial to honor the late 37-year-old Park City gold medalist bobsledder who passed away suddenly in Lake Placid last month. The remembrance was held in the summer pavilion at Utah Olympic Park Park City. Saturday, June 10, 2017.