World Athletics Championships, Rai Benjamin: Athlete to watch out for
The HinduRai Benjamin, the world's second fastest 400m hurdler, has only one target on his mind: "Run faster than I did back in August." The 24-year-old, son of former West Indies cricketer Winston Benjamin, will have the global stage to hit his target at the World Athletics Championships set to kick off in Oregon from July 15. In last year’s epic Olympic 400m hurdles final, Benjamin smashed the previous world record by.53 seconds, but got the silver medal because Norway's Karsten Warholm, running in lane 6 to Benjamin's right, broke his own world record by.76s to set a new one at 45.94s. In June this year, when Benjamin went to Doha to compete in the Diamond League, despite Warholm's absence, he lost to Brazil's Alison dos Santos, who has the season's best timing at 46.80.
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