 In 2007 a non-invasive surgical procedure, corneal collagen cross-linking (C3-R) was performed  to stabilize the disease and in 2008 implantable corrective lenses were inserted  and provided a measure of correction during the 2007–2008 season, allowing him to earn three gold, three silver, and one bronze medals.After Holcomb won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Brian Boxer Wachler renamed the procedure C3-R to Holcomb C3-R in Holcomb's honor, marking the first time a medical procedure was named after an Olympic athlete.Holcomb and his two-man and four-man teams achieved 2 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes and then won the first World Championship in four-man bobsled since 1959.