It is with great sadness to announce that we’ve recently lost an ultramarathon athlete, Evgeny Sotnikov, who lost his battle with mental illness on Monday. No one knew he was suffering. Evgeny recently competed and set a course record at local event. We offer our heart-felt condolences to his family and friends. Let’s take this important time out to also make sure we are getting help if we need it .. keep the conversation about mental illness an important one.

His obituary is below:

https://m.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx…