 Evans akagumisa basa rake rokushambira, nokuda kwezvinangwa zvose, paMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1996 muAtlanta, Georgia. Haana kuhwina menduru ipi neipi, asi akawedzera chimwe chinhu chinokosha kuupenyu hwake. Akapiwa rukudzo rwokutakura murazvo weOlympic pamhemberero yokuzarura, uye akapa murazvo wacho kuna nyanzvi yemutambo wetsiva yokuAmerica Muhammad Ali kuti avheneke gomba racho. Pana July 27, 1996, akanga ari muchivako achibvunzurudzwa nomutori wenhau weGermany apo bhombayakaputika pedyo. Kuputika kwacho kwakadederesa chivako zvishoma uye kwakakatyamadza Evans. 