Latest report gathered from the world of sports indicates that Ecuadorian sprint star Alex Quinonez has sadly kicked the bucket after he was shot dead in his local home.
As per the report gathered, Quinonez shot to fame in 2019 after he finished third during the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, to turn into the principal competitor from Ecuador to win a worldwide decoration in a track event.
His sad passing was affirmed on October 24, by the Ecuadorian sports ministry who reported the news through its Twitter channel. The sports ministry grieved the 32-year-old as “a great athlete” disclosing specialists are as yet examining the conditions encompassing his passing.
BBC reports Quinonez was shot alongside someone else outside a retail plaza in the city of Guayaquil the evening of Friday, October 23, 2021. Quinonez has broadly been grieved in the wake of his passing, with Ecuador’s leader Guillermo Lasso driving the country in honoring the competitor.
Quinonez’s shocking passing came just a brief time after that of Kenyan Olympian Agnes Tirop who was discovered dead in her home in Elgeyo Marakwet.
Tirop, a twofold 10,000m bronze medallist at the World Athletics Championships seemed to have been wounded in the neck with a blade.
Ibrahim Rotich, her antagonized spouse and the excellent suspect in Tirop’s supposed homicide has since been captured regarding the episode.
