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Former American sprinter and double Olympics gold medalist, Lee Evans has been laid to rest in a tomb at a private cemetery of the Segun Odegbami International College and Sport Academy, in Ogun state, Nigeria. The former world record holder of 400m event was buried on Thursday, in accordance with his wishes before he died. […]

The United States Track and Field confirmed Lee Evans death on Wednesday, May, 19. This platform reported last week that Lee Evans, 74, was on life support in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, after suffering “an unusual kind of stroke,” Evans was an assistant track coach at Odegbami’s International College and Sports Academy and had coached on […]