The untimely death of Olympian Deon Lendore in a horrific car crash in Houston, Texas, has robbed this country of one of its brightest track and field stars.

Deon Lendore was described yesterday as “lion-hearted”, “a tremendous athlete,” a “legendary person” and someone who inspired an entire generation of athletes, as a stunned athletics community reacted to his death in a car accident In Texas, USA, close to midnight on Monday.

Deon Lendore has run his race.