First Ecuadorian to win global medal shot dead

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Updated At : 02:31 PM Oct 25, 2021 IST

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Quito, October 24

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

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

And then in 2019 he became the first Ecuadorian athlete to win a global medal in a track event when he finished third at the World Championships in Doha. — AP

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