TOKYO, Japan — Na wah, wetin happen for di World Athletics Championships no be small matter. Rai Benjamin, di American track superstar, don collect gold medal for di men’s 400m hurdles, but e get as e take happen wey make everybody face palm!
For di final, Benjamin dey run like wind, and e dey set to cruise to victory with a season-best time of 46.52 seconds. But as him dey near di last hurdle, e jam am small, and wetin follow na wah! Di hurdle wey e knock down dey on top lane of Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel wey dey try clear am too.
As di news land say dem don disqualify Benjamin for di race, everybody just freeze (you fit hear di sound of jaws dropping all over di place!). But wait! Na just 20 minutes later, as di people for World Athletics don check am well, dem come say ‘ah, na everything okay, make we return di crown!’
Di crowd dey mad with joy as dem see di golden crown back on Benjamin head, sharp sharp after im team appeal dem decision. Na so di Track King take shine again. “E feel great, e be like say I don turn di tables from wetin happen for 2021 when I collect silver for di Olympics here,” Benjamin talk as im dey flex for di podium.
E still dey vex say e make mistake for di last hurdle, “I get small greedy at di end, and na why I hit di last hurdle. If I no rush, I for clear am without wahala,” im conclude.
Brazil’s Alison dos Santos wey be di 2022 champion still try follow but e come out second with 46.84. Abderrahman Samba from Qatar no fit miss di podium, coming in third to add dia bronze medal to di one wey e don collect before with 47.09 seconds record.
E dey interesting say na wetin happen for di last seconds of di race wey build this twist. Norway’s Karsten Warholm wey dey hungry for another title finish fifth as e struggle with injury, and no fit pace back to im world record level.
For di end, na double happiness for Benjamin, after di crown return to him, and e don add world title to di Olympic collectibles wey e don gather like as e dey catch them for di moment. “I dey remember when I dey sit down dey reason am before, now I gatz collect this gold medal,” e talk, fresh grin dey shine for him face like say him don chop better jollof rice.
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