American sprinter Rai Benjamin beat world-record-holder Karsten Warholm of Norway and Brazil's Alison dos Santos in the 400-meter hurdles final to win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday.

MOUNT VERNON ‒ They came to the Doles Recreation Center united but with emotions mixed. Hopeful. Confident. Hyped to the point they seemed almost ready to jump on the track and run themselves. And, ...

American hurdler and sprinter Rai Benjamin and Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles have recently highlighted the pay gap between the ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Karsten Warholm has the world record. Alison dos Santos had the purple hair to match the purple track. Rai Benjamin? The American who had consistently finished behind his ...

When American hurdler Kevin Young raced to the gold medal during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Young posted a time that at first seemed unbeatable. His finishing time of 46.78 seconds was ...

MOUNT VERNON ‒ Rai Benjamin had sat down in a small room in Mount Vernon High School as the center of attention. Photos of him as a star runner adorned the room’s walls and also the T-shirts of the ...

Rai Benjamin tried to bribe his way into a pair of cleats, and the fastest Giants players asked for a chance to race the Olympic gold medalist. Once all jokes died down, Benjamin, who won gold in the ...

Three-time Olympic champion and former USC Trojans star Rai Benjamin ran a dazzling time of 46.54 to break the meet record to win the Stockholm Diamond League meet and also clocked the 10th-fastest ...

Three years after settling for silver in Tokyo, the 27-year-old American took down his rivals in the sequel race in Paris. SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin’s 400-meter hurdles race was going great ...

TOKYO — The history books will say U.S. runner Rai Benjamin won the 400-meter hurdles at the world championships in a season-best 46.52 seconds on Friday, a year after his Paris Olympic gold. They’ll ...