The world of athletics is crying. Legendary American athlete Lee Evans, a two-time 1968 Olympic champion from Mexico and a world record holder, died Wednesday at the age of 74. A member of the American Athletic Hall of Fame suffered a stroke last week in Nigeria, where he worked as a coach, and according to the media, he has been unconscious in hospital since Sunday.
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At the age of 74, the legendary American athlete Lee Evans, a two-time Olympic winner from Mexico in 1968 and a world record holder, died. In the archive image from the 1968 Olympics.
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Evans triumphed at the Games in Mexico on Thursday and was the first person to break the 44-second mark on this track. At the head of the historical charts, the time of 43.86 seconds was maintained for twenty years before it was surpassed by another American Harry “Butch” Reynolds. At the same Olympics, Evans also took part in the relay triumph in the world record, which lasted for over two decades.
He also became the American champion five times in the 400-meter run. In addition to the domestic Athletic Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 1983, Evans was a member of the National Olympic Hall of Fame. After the end of his career, he trained sprinters in a total of twenty countries around the world.
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