Olympics-Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta dies in hotel fire

FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Giant Slalom Run 2 - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 13, 2022. Berkin Usta of Turkey reacts after his run. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

(Reuters) - Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta died on Thursday in a fire at a ski resort hotel in the country's northwest, the Turkey Ski Federation said.

Berkin, 24, who competed at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in slalom and giant slalom, died alongside his father, Yahya Usta, in an early-morning blaze at a hotel that was closed for guests.