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Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trinidad and Tobago Olympian Deon Lendore has died aged 29 in a car accident in Texas, USA. The 400-meter sprinter competed in three Olympics – including the 2020 Tokyo games – and won the bronze medal in the 4x400 meter at the 2012 games in London.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crawford won a 100 m silver at the 1975 Pan American Games and, as an Eastern Michigan University student, won the 1975 NCAA 100 m title. At the Olympics, Crawford narrowly won the 100 metre final in a time of 10.06, just 0.02 in front of Don Quarrie of Jamaica, winning Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic gold medal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three-time track and field Olympian Deon Lendore died in a car crash at the age of 29 on Monday. Texas A&M announced Lendore, who was a volunteer assistant coach for his alma mater’s track and field team, crashed as he was driving home from practice.

Detailed explanation-5: -Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic committee said sprinter Deon Lendore has died in the United States at the age of 29. U.S. 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.