Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez fatally shot in Ecuador

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Ecuadorian sprinter Alex Quiñónez was shot and killed in the port city of Guayaquil, police said Saturday.

Quiñónez, who was 32, became a national hero in 2012 when he reached the 200 meter final at the London Games, finishing seventh in a race won by Usain Bolt.

Quiñónez’s death was also confirmed by the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee Olympic Committee in a statement on Saturday. It said the circumstances of his death “have not yet been clarified.” Andrea Sotomayor, the secretary general of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee, expressed her sorrow and outrage on Twitter, decrying “so much evil.”

 

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