Rai Benjamin – USA – Men’s 400m Hurdles Final at the World Championships Tokyo 2025 “I made my best attempt to clear Hurdle 10 and with me running that fast, and the lactic gets on your back, it’s really hard to get over that last hurdle. I saw a picture of what happened to Ezekiel’s hurdle. It wasn’t intentional, obviously. Seeing the picture made me feel bad; you don’t want to be selfish, but at the same time, I’ve never won a World Championships. In the moment it sucked, but I was just happy