'Our champion’: Bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s life celebrated
Posted May 14, 2017
The sympathy cards came from places like Germany and Italy, where Steven Holcomb was their bobsled enemy. Mourners flew in from all across the country. Generations of Olympians packed a ballroom, sharing in grief. They wept. They hugged. They laughed. “Steven Holcomb was like no one else,” Olympic teammate Steven Langton said.
(Associated Press)
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