110m champion struggled to make final after taking wrong busLocal volunteer stepped in to pay for taxi to Olympic StadiumJamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment has tracked down and thanked a Tokyo 2020 volunteer who paid for his taxi to the Olympic Stadium, where he subsequently won a gold medal.
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Parchment told the story in a video posted to
Social Media last weekend, which ended with him meeting the volunteer, whom he called Tiana. He thanked her, showed her the gold medal, gave her a Jamaican Olympic shirt and paid her back the money she had lent.