Reports of an " Olympic curse " ( ) were noted in French media in 2015 following the murder of Belarusian sprinter Yuliya Balykina and the deaths of French athletes Alexis Vastine and Camille Muffat in a helicopter crash during the reality show '' Dropped '' . By April 2016 , 18 of the 10,568 competitors had died but , based on mortality data for people of the competitors ' average age of 26 , this was actually lower than the expected death rate , which would have been seven competitors per year and a total by April 2016 of 28
helicopter crash
2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision
Sports-related curses