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Rice Lake's Kenny Bednarek takes home silver in 200m track final

From Florida, where he trains, to Tokyo, where he earned a silver medal in the 200 meters, this young man from Northern Wisconsin defies the odds.

By: Katlin Connin

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Rice Lake's Kenny Bednarek took home the silver medal in the 200 meter Olympic track final Thursday afternoon.

Bednarek finished in 19.62 seconds.

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo earned gold with a time of 19.46 seconds. Team USA's Noah Lyles finished third, earning a bronze medal, with 19.70 seconds.

Bednarek also secured the silver medal in the 200m finals during the Tokyo Olympics. He told TMJ4's Lance Allan the competition was strange because of pandemic related restrictions — he completed his races in front of empty stands.

Watch: Kenny Bednarek is putting Rice Lake, Wisconsin on the map:

Rice Lake's Kenny Bednarek aims for gold in the 200 meters at Paris Olympics

Bednarek spent much of the last three years in Florida training and preparing for Paris.

We hope to see him again in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles so we can wish him luck!

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