At Olympics, Holcomb still an inspiration for USA Bobsled


              file- United States Olympic Winter Games bobsledder Carlo Valdes poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Park City, Utah. Five years since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, he is still felt within the program. “I definitely made my peace with him being gone a long time ago,” said Valdes, who used to push for Holcomb. “Now, it’s about how I can help people understand the type of person he was — especially the guys on the team now." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
            
              FILE- Kaillie Humphries, of the United States, celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Humphries adored Steven Holcomb three-time Olympic medalist from the U.S., even though they were never teammates since she was racing for Canada when he was driving for the U.S. Last year on her way to winning at the world championships, she used a set of runners on her sled that Holcomb used to have on his sled. “A big portion of this was for him, too,” Humphries said, tears streaming down her face, after winning the world women’s title last year. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
            
              FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2017, file photo, Steven Holcomb and Samuel McGuffie of the United States speed down the track during the first run of the men's two-man bobsled World Cup race in Igls, near Innsbruck, Austria. These Beijing Games are the second Olympics to take place since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York on May 6, 2017. Yet nearly five years after his death, Holcomb is still felt within the program. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)
            
              FILE- U.S. Steven Holcomb, left, and Carlo Valdes stand on the podium after the last run in the two-man bobsled competition at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Five years since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, he is still felt within the program. “I definitely made my peace with him being gone a long time ago,” said Valdes, who used to push for Holcomb. “Now, it’s about how I can help people understand the type of person he was — especially the guys on the team now." (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
            
              FILE- 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. These Beijing Games are the second Olympics to take place since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York on May 6, 2017. Yet nearly five years after his death, Holcomb is still felt within the program. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
At Olympics, Holcomb still an inspiration for USA Bobsled