Kerron Clement didn’t just wrap himself in any American flag when he took his victory lap after winning the men’s 400-meter hurdles Thursday morning Aug 18,2016
Kerron Clement leads Annsert Whyte of Jamaica and Thomas Barr of Ireland in the men's 400-meter hurdles final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
It was the Clement family flag, handed to him by his mother, Claudette, who was in the stands at Olympic Stadium.
“Before we left, I told her to bring the flag,” Clement said, “because I knew I was going to win.”
Kerron Clement(30)won the silver medal in the event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and waited eight long years – through surgery, injuries and burnout – to upgrade to the gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Kerron Clement finished first with a time of 47.73 seconds, narrowly beating out Kenya's Boniface Mucheru, who won silver in 47.78 seconds. Yasmani Copello of Turkey won bronze.
Kerron Clement ran a season-best time of 47.73 seconds, giving Team USA its 19th gold medal in the event. He is the first Olympic medalist in the 400-meter hurdles to come back and win a gold.
Kerron Clement, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the United States when he was 13, already had a gold medal in the 4x400-meter relay from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Although he is not listed in the relay pool, he could run on the 4x400-meter team in Rio, as he did in 2008 and at the 2007 and 2009 world championships, winning gold in all three.
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