First Ecuadorian to win global medal shot dead

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