ocr: CarlLewis Runs Into History CARLI LEWIS was the outstanding athlete of his generation and possibly of the: second half of the 20th century. No athlete has won more than his eight Olympic gold medals in the last 50 years. From 1980 when he won selection for the 1980 US Olympic team - the US boycotted the Games - he was unsurpassed for 12 years. He won gold medals for 100, long, jump and sprint relay in the 1983 world championships, as well as a bronze in the 200, and a year later came his finest hour. Eu USA At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los. Angeles he won the same four: gold 915 relay medals - ...
