Winter Olympics 2022- Sprinter Deon Lendore Died: Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic committee said sprinter Deon Lendore has died in the United States at the age of 29.
Winter Olympics 2022- Sprinter Deon Lendore Died: US media reports said the three-times Olympian, who anchored his country to the 4x400m bronze medal at the 2012 London Games and also competed at Rio and Tokyo, was involved in a car crash in Texas.
Lendore was working as a volunteer coach at Texas A&M University, reports added.
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee said in a statement that Lendore was an “inspiration and motivation”.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Deon Lendore, who has been a part of the PUMA Family since 2017. We are honored that he had chosen us to be by his side for a large part of his successful track & field career.Our th… pic.twitter.com/A48siyOzjo
— Team TTO (@TTOlympic) January 11, 2022
Winter Olympics 2022: Three-time Olympian from T&T dies aged 29 in US- check details
“Deon has flown the Trinidad and Tobago flag with pride, honour, patriotism and an indomitable will throughout his career while helping and inspiring many,” the statement added.
Winter Olympics 2022: Lendore won silver in the 4x400m relay at the 2015 world championships in Beijing. He claimed individual bronze medals in the indoor world championships in 2016 and 2018.
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