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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Athletics – Men’s 400m Hurdles – Medal Ceremony – Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 3, 2021. Silver medallist Rai Benjamin of the United States celebrates on the podium as he wears a face mask REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Athletics – Men’s 400m Hurdles – Medal Ceremony – Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 3, 2021. Silver medallist Rai Benjamin of the United States celebrates on the podium as he wears a face mask REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
This year’s 400-meter hurdles competition at the Olympics saw an incredible race. The athletes set the house on fire with their outstanding performances. The victory went to Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin from the USA finished second, both athletes completed the race inside the previous world record. Warholm was the current world record holder but Benjamin finished the race behind him with a record time as well. Now, the athlete will appear in the Nike Prefontaine Classic in a bid to win the gold. Intriguingly, he spoke about meeting a strange passenger en route to the venue.
Rai Benjamin meets a unique co-passenger
In a unique Tweet, Benjamin spoke about a stranger who was sketching and acted oddly.
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This guy I sat next to on my flight had this sketch book and was drawing the weirdest symbols in it… he also had this cold eerie look in his eyes… I think he has a few bodies on him 🙃😂😂🤔… I didn’t make eye contact after he started drawing.
— Rai Benjamin (@_Kingben_) August 20, 2021
What prompted him to tweet that is still unknown. Apparently, his Uber driver delayed his journey to the airport which caused him to miss the flight.
My Uber driver took the longest route you could possibly imagine to get to LAX… he added 30 extra min to route and now I’ve missed my flight… I should give him 1 star…
— Rai Benjamin (@_Kingben_) August 19, 2021
The interpretations can be endless. Maybe it’s a cryptic message for his competitors in the competition in Oregon. Funnily enough, this post got fans buzzing.
A weird, strange, and creative post but let’s just say he is keeping his mind of the event.
Benjamin looks to go big
The fantastic athlete from the USA claimed silver, giving competition to Warholm till the end. The Norwegian led the race and broke his existing world record by setting a time of 45.94 seconds. Likewise, Benjamin charged through the track and claimed silver by setting a time of 46.17 seconds.
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The men’s 400-meter world record existed for a long time before it got smashed in the past few months.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Athletics – Men’s 400m Hurdles – Final – Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 3, 2021. Karsten Warholm of Norway crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of silver medallist, Rai Benjamin of the United States REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
In addition to these two athletes, five more national records were being set by different athletes in Tokyo. Brazilian Alison dos Santos came in the third position and took home the bronze in 46.72 seconds. It became a new South American record and the fourth-ranked fastest time in the competition’s history.
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Heading to Oregon, Benjamin will look to break the hoodoo and finally win the gold medal for this competition. It will once again be a tough battle as different athletes are looking to take home the grand prize.
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