FILE PHOTO: Former Olympic athlete Carl Lewis smiles for photographs on the observation deck of the Empire State Building to celebrate 100 days until the 2016 Olympic Games, in New York, U.S., April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
LIMA (Reuters) - American sprint great Carl Lewis offered enthusiastic support for the Pan Am Games on Monday, but the nine-time Olympic champion had none for Donald Trump, branding the U.S. president a "racist" and a "misogynist".
Lewis, who represented the United States at four Olympics and is widely regarded as one of the country's greatest athletes, arrived in the Peruvian capital ahead of the start of the athletics competition on Tuesday.
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