American 400-meter hurdles sensation Rai Benjamin would not be denied this time.
Three years after running a preposterous 46.17 seconds, only to lose the gold to Karsten Warholm’s world record of 45.94 seconds in the Tokyo Olympics, Benjamin exacted revenge on his great Norwegian rival to become the Olympic champion in Paris. The wet conditions did not lend itself to the possibility of a new world record, but Benjamin’s 46.46 seconds was still tied for the fifth-fastest in history, and he won in a rout.
Warholm had to settle for the silver medal in 47.06 seconds, while Brazil’s Alison dos Santos repeated his bronze medal from Tokyo with a
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