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Norway's Kirsten Warholm missed the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. 28-year-old Warholm competes in the 400m hurdles. In 2021, she broke the 29-year-old world record for this event. Then she broke her own record and won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
After this, he also won the gold medal in the World Championship in 2023. But he had to be content with the silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Roy Benjamin, son of former West Indies cricketer Winston Benjamin, won the gold medal in this event. He came to play in the Olympics on behalf of America. This is the first time he has won a medal by defeating Karsten Warholm in the final of the 400m hurdles. In 2019 and 2023, when Warholm won the gold medal at the World Championships, Roy Benjamin could only win silver and bronze. In Tokyo too, Benjamin finished second and won the silver medal.
Warholm was ahead in the semi-finals
In the heat round, Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin were in different groups. Bain was on top. Warholm took less time. The same happened in the semi-final race. But in the final, Benjamin completed the race in 46.46 seconds and won the gold medal. Warholm completed the race in 47.06 seconds. He set a world and Olympic record by winning the race in Tokyo in 45.94 seconds. Alison dos Santos of Brazil won bronze medals in both Tokyo and Paris.
Ryan Benjamin's third Olympic gold
Roy Benjamin's father Winston Benjamin represented the West Indies cricket team between 1986 and 1995. Fast bowler Benjamin played 21 Tests and 85 ODIs. He has 161 wickets to his name. Roy Benjamin was born in New York, USA. Early in his career, he represented Antigua and Barbuda. He won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles as well as the 4×400 relay race at the Paris Olympics. He also won a gold medal in this event at the Tokyo Olympics.