Team Brazil’s Ellison Dos Santos reacted in Stad de France twelve times after the Olympic game Paris 2024 after competing in the semi -finals in the men’s 400m hurdles.

He would be very small to remember it, but he has scars to show it. And when it took him time, Alison Dos Santos learned to wear those marks proudly.Today, Brazil may claim a double Olympic medalist, a world champion, and the third fastest men in history to be a 400 -meter barrier. He competes hard and is celebrated and celebrated for Brazilians with that fiery. Athletics has brought him fame and fate, but it also helped him feel ‘comfortable in my own skin’ after fighting a terrible domestic accident through years of insecurity arising out of insecurity arising out of a terrible domestic accident, which happened when he was only a 10 -month -old baby.While staying with her grandmother at the time, Dos Santos suffered severe irritation after accidentally flipping on a hot oil pan. In an easy effort to help him, his grandmother also faced jealousy in the process, both of them needed to be hospitalized. After spending four months, after recovering in a hospital bed, including his first birthday, DOS Santos was left with an indelible reminder of the accident, as a mark on his forehead, skull, face, chest and left hand. This made him self-conscious of his appearance, until athletics came into his life. DOS Santos explained during a call with reporters on Monday, “When I was a child, when I was 8–10 years old, I remember that I was really insecure about myself due to my accident. Because, when you are a child, you don’t understand everything,” DOS Santos explained on Monday during a call with reporters.

Stockholm, Sweden – June 15: Rai Benjamin of Team United States on June 15, 2025, crossed the line to cross the 400 meter hurdles to the men’s Alison DOS Santos to win the men’s 400 meter hurdles ahead of the team Brazil’s Alison DOS Santos during the Bairy -Galan on the 2025 Diamond League at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Maja Hitiz/Getty Image)

“I was so, ‘am I different? Can I fix it? What can I do to solve this problem?” When I started growing up, I became more vulnerable. “And this is not just the game, but the people who are amazing in the game. When I started training there, they hugged me.”The message he received in that environment was clear. “They were like,” you don’t have to be insecure, you don’t have to think or hide or happen or be ashamed of it. “And I think I am able to share with a group of people in the world,” he said.With Norway’s Korston Warhom and the United States Rai Benjamin, DOS Santos has created an attractive three-way rivalry that has brought men’s 400 meter hurdles to new levels. Late in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Trio gave the biggest final in the history of the event, in which Warhom broke his own world record to win gold in 45.94 seconds, followed by Benjamin and DOS Santos.

The day was the standard that all three saw the three fastest bar in the history of the men’s 400 meter hurdles, the three were faster than the old world records (46.78) of Kevin Young, which was taken by Warhom a month before the game of Tokyo 29 years before the game of Tokyo. A year later at the World Championships in Eugene, it was the turn of Dos Santos to shine, as Brazil achieved gold ahead of Benjamin, in this process established a new meat record (46.29, her individual best). Then, at the last year’s Paris Games, the Benjamin would push Warhom as the Olympic champion to Dethron, Norwegian was settled for silver to take bronze once again with DOS Santos. It is a competitive rivalry fine, but also a good nature. 25 -year -old Dos Santos said, “We are very cold about it.” “We do not hate each other. We do not have beef. We can roam out, when we see each other and everything we can have funny moments. “One important thing we have talked about, I think it can be just running fast at the same time, the best thing can be. Because if one of us is running fast and the other two are not able to catch, you will be comfortable in your skin. “But once you have a lot of athletes, not only the three of us, the others who are running 46 high, 47 less, you know that you need to work hard every day.“This is really amazing because you don’t see just one of us winning. When you see many people running fast and you don’t know who is going to win, it’s just more fun.“You get a little more excited because it is surprising to be able to experience every race, stop looking at the entire stadium, because at any time, the world record can be broken again.He said, “I think it is amazing to be able to share this experience with him and I love it. I will not change it,” he said he was excited about returning to Tokyo for next month’s World Championship. He said, “This was the place where I had run my first 46. “Everyone is in the best shape, so we are going to be able to run fast and do something great there.”Only this time, fans will appear to show their praise.