Mount Vernon native Rai Benjamin moved even closer to the Olympic medal podium, after winning his semifinal heat in the 400-meter hurdles on Wednesday. Benjamin raced in the last semifinal heat of the day and finished with a top time of 47.85 seconds to secure a spot in Friday's 400-meter finals on Friday, Aug. 9 at 3:45 p.m. ET. "This is just something we're not used to seeing," four-time Olympic medal-winner and NBC Olympics analyst Ato Boldon said. "You're not supposed to be able to run 47.8 seconds and take essentially half the race off like Rai just did. Phenomenal." 🔗: Read the rest of the story at our link in bio. 📸: Kirby Lee – USA TODAY Sports ✍: Eugene Rapay byeugenerapay #lohudSports #Olympics #Olympics2024 #ParisOlympics #ParisOlympics2024 #Westchester #WestchesterNY #MountVernon #MountVernonNY #RaiBenjamin kingben