Hurdlers Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway proved Saturday – if not established already – they’re two of the best in history, giving a pair of world records a scare at the U.S.
Let’s try not to do anything crazy or do something special and just go out there and run, ” Benjamin said post-final.
“You know, this close, man … I looked at and was like dang, like point-zero-five, point-zero-five, that’s not even like anything in the grand scheme of things,” he said.
“Like I said, my main goal wasn’t to go break a world record, I just wanted to make the team, and 46.8 was just a result of that.
Unlike both Benjamin and Holloway, Thomas was not considered to be a shoo-in Olympic podium contender two weeks ago, entering Trials as the sixth-fastest this season at 200m with three juggernauts atop the list: reigning Olympic and world 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, reigning world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain, and then soon-to-be U.S.
“Allyson Felix was my biggest inspiration … The person who has been in the back of my head.
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