The world admires Jamaica's success in Track and Field BUT
this story tells you that it's the athletes not the administrators who deliver for us over and over
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027385999/a-gold-medalist-returned-to-thank-the-volunteer-who-helped-him-make-his-race-on-
If not for the kindness of a stranger, Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment may not be a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist today.
The 31-year-old athlete took the wrong bus on the day of his semifinal race. Distracted while listening to music, he didn't realize what was happening until it was too late.
Olympic Hurdler From Jamaica Almost Didn't Make It To His Event
"By the time I looked up, I realized, 'No, this bus is going the wrong way.' I'm not familiar with these surroundings," he said in a video posted on his Instagram.
Lost in Tokyo and quickly running out of time to grab another bus to the right venue, the hurdler explained in the video how he met a stranger who paid his taxi fare to get him to his race.