Rai Benjamin altered his stride pattern in an effort to chase down a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the world championships.
“Cool to spearhead this new-found niche, the 400 hurdles, because we’ve run so fast and we’re continuing to take the events to new heights,” said Benjamin, who won his first-round heat Sunday to advance to the semifinals. “We have to keep it going, keep running fast, keep competing well, and keep giving people the hope for the excitement to come in the future.”
“I come to these championships to win,” Benjamin said. “That’s my sole focus and that’s what I would love to happen. But this is track and field and nothing is really promised.”He was dealing with a lingering hamstring injury at the worlds last summer. Despite not being at peak fitness, he decided to give it a go anyway. He was right there in the mix — for 280 or so meters. Then, he faded to finish seventh and well back of dos Santos.
“It’s been driving me in all of my training and competitions,” said Warholm, who broke the longstanding 400-meter hurdles world record twice in 2021, including the mark where it is today, 45.94 seconds, when he won gold in Tokyo. “It’s a position you don’t want to be in again.” A few days later, he was back in the hurdles, where he finished in 47.66 seconds. His time made him the fourth-fastest 400 hurdler this season, behind Warholm, Benjamin, Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands and CJ Allen of the U.S.“I am healthy now,” dos Santos said. “I do not need to complain about it.”
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