How a Samaritan saved this Jamaican athlete who won gold from missing his race

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How a Samaritan saved this Jamaican athlete who won gold from missing his race

Hansle Parchment almost did not make his semifinal in the 110 meters hurdles at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Jamaica's gold medal-winning hurdler said while trying to get to the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital of Tokyo for that race, he accidentally took the wrong bus and ended at an aquatics arena. After asking for...

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