Not only was he the first medallist but also a gold medal winner, as he scorched to victory at the Stade de France on Sunday.
It’s approximately 14,500 kilometres to go from Cape Town to London by foot, and one bold man is running this astounding distance all to bring awareness to racial justice.
The search for 36-year-old Ken Stephen continues today. The trail runner has been missing since Monday, when he left home and headed to Platteklip Gorge at around 2:30PM.
The list of weird world records is seemingly endless, and one of them now belongs to Cape Town resident Kamil Suleiman.
The Rio Olympics has seen its fair share of crazy, and this desperate move taken by a sprinter to earn gold is right up there with the best.
I feel this is a good time that someone suggest the US and the UK beef up their security just a tad.