Carl Lewis against his main rival of the last few years, Mike Powell, the silver medalist in the event from the 1988 Olympics and the top-ranked long jumper of 1990. Lewis had at that point not lost a long jump competition in a decade, winning the 65 consecutive meets in which he competed. Powell had been unable to defeat Lewis, despite sometimes putting in jumps near world-record territory, only to see them ruled fouls or, as with other competitors such as Larry Myricks, putting in leaps that Lewis himself had only rarely surpassed, only to see Lewis surpass them on his next
Steve Lewis (sprinter) the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won a silver medal in the 400 m and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, which broke the world record (2:55.74) that Lewis had previously helped tie in the 1988 Olympic Games. The rest of Lewis' career was affected by injury and an ongoing viral illness, and he never again competed at a major international championships. Lewis was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. Steve Lewis (sprinter) Steven Earl Lewis (born May 16, 1969) is a former American track and field athlete, winner of three gold