Not this time. No second place. Not to anyone. Rai Benjamin, the Mount Vernon High School star who celebrated his 27th birthday at the Paris Olympics, pulled away from three-time world champion and Tokyo Olympic champion Karsten Warholm with a couple of hurdles to go to claim his first individual Olympic gold medal. 🔗: Read more of the story at our link in bio. 📸: James Lang-USA Today Sports ✍: Nancy Haggerty nancyhaggertysportsreporter #lohudSports #Olympics #Olympics2024 #ParisOlympics #ParisOlympics2024 #Westchester #WestchesterNY #MountVernon #MountVernonNY #RaiBenjamin kingben