PARIS: Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title.
Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and a bronze in world championships, always looked in control and ran an equal season’s best 46.46 seconds.
World record holder Warholm, who has struggled to hit those stratospheric levels this season, battled all the way home for silver in 47.06.
Brazilian Alison dos Santos, who took bronze in Tokyo but made Friday’s final only as a fast loser, got the bronze in 47.26 as the three quickest men ever to run the event filled the podium. Agencies
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