Olympic champion Hansle Parchment has tracked down a volunteer who rescued his gold medal hopes by giving him money for a taxi after a transportation mix-up meant he was dropped off at the wrong venue for his 110 meters hurdles semi-final. Jamaican sprinter Parchment, who initially went to an aquatic center instead of the Olympic Stadium for his race, has now gone viral after he found the volunteer, paid her back, and showed her the gold medal he won. In a video posted on social media, Parchment said that his medal chances were all but over when he realized he had boarded the wrong coach and he did not have enough time to take a bus back to the Olympic village and then another to the stadium. “I saw this volunteer and I had to beg, because of course, she’s not allowed to do much, and she actually gave me …
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