Olympic Champion to Replace Queen Elizabeth for Unusual National Honor

Olympic Champion to Replace Queen Elizabeth for Unusual National Honor

Fourteen years ago, a teenager from a small fishing village stood atop the Olympic podium as Grenada’s national anthem played for the first time in history. At only 19 years old, Kirani James had just won the men’s 400 meters at the London Olympics, delivering Grenada’s first Olympic medal and first Olympic gold. Back home, celebrations spilled into the streets as an entire nation embraced that moment. Now, more than a decade later, James is set…