{"id":308099,"date":"2023-06-14T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=308099"},"modified":"2023-06-15T01:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T01:59:44","slug":"deeply-saddened-us-olympian-dies-aged-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=308099","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Deeply saddened&#039;: US Olympian dies aged 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/olympics\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Olympic\">Olympic<\/a> ski jumper Patrick Gasienica, who competed for the United States last year in the Beijing Games, has died. He was 24.<\/p>\n<p>Gasienica died after being involved in a motorcycle accident in the village of Bull Valley, located in Chicago\u2019s far northwestern suburbs, according to the Bull Valley Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick was an incredible competitor, teammate and friend,\u201d USA Nordic posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2023-nick-kyrgios-reveals-psych-ward-admission-wimbledon-2019\/cd02cbcc-56e3-4d56-9a23-102d43f76c91\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kyrgios admitted to psych \ufeffward during tournament\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrgios admitted to psych \ufeffward during tournament<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-zane-tetevano-suffers-stroke-set-for-heart-surgery-the-mole\/3f122cbc-8b78-4e91-817b-f26014ce9c27\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NRL star&#x27;s terrifying health ordeal after collapse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NRL star&#x27;s terrifying health ordeal after collapse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-news-2023-roosters-players-cleanout-leaving-matt-lodge-billy-smith-connor-watson-drew-hutchison\/6f8abec9-d0b3-4598-b3fd-ee44e206294a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>The $1.8m insult that led to Luke Brooks rejection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usanordic\/status\/1668759332882874369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/usanordic\/status\/1668759332882874369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usskiteam\/status\/1668713230129319937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/usskiteam\/status\/1668713230129319937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><img data-id=\"ee902c5d-32a2-4d37-8657-7f6a19fb1969\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ee902c5d-32a2-4d37-8657-7f6a19fb1969\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3382\" data-height=\"2255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gasienica finished 49th and 53rd in individual events at the Beijing Olympics, and was 10th in a team competition with Casey Larson, Kevin Bickner and Decker Dean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really have a lot of jumpers, but it\u2019s getting better,\u201d Gasienica said last year in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially since the pandemic, a lot of different kids are joining the different clubs around America. Hopefully in a couple of years \u2014 five, 10, maybe \u2014 we\u2019ll have a really, really great team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica, who competed for the United States last year in the Beijing Games, has died. He was 24. 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