US Olympic Medalist Kelly Catlin Dies at Age 23
Olympian Kelly Catlin, who helped the United States win the women’s pursuit team silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games, has died, USA Cycling said on March 10. The three-time world champion was 23.
“The U.S. cycling community suffered a devastating loss with the passing of Kelly Catlin,” USA Cycling President and Chief Executive Rob DeMartini said in a statement. “Kelly was more than an athlete to us, and she will always be part of the USA Cycling family.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Catlin family. This is an incredibly difficult time and we want to respect their privacy,” the statement added. “The entire cycling community is mourning this immense loss.”
VeloNews reported that Catlin’s father, Mark, said in a letter to the publication that she died on Friday night at her home in California. Her father told the publication that she died by suicide.
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So young!
she was only 23 years old 
didn't know that
RIP KellyI am so awfully sorry
After reviewing an article in the Denver Post on this tragedy as well as her Wikipedia bio, this causes me to reflect on what our society does to far too many of our youth with our demands for extreme entertainment and the push for greater and greater achievement with no end.
She was also recovering from a recent concussion and was under substantial pressure to do more. So, I ponder and ask myself this:
What right do we have to pressure others to perform to our satisfaction?
This young woman was an accomplished academic with degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Chinese, and was enrolled for studies towards a graduate degree in Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University. She was a member of the U.S. women’s pursuit team that won a silver medal during the 2016 Olympic Games.
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I myself have suffered to a lesser degree with this problem, as society fails to evaluate and accept our personality type or mental characteristics, our deep personal desires and ambitions but most importantly, our mental, physical and emotional limitations and what each of us really needs to be happy and content.
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Not to mention Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, and all the countless others we've lost. Suicide is a shithead.
R-I-P Kelly
May she be at peace.