USA track and field stars size up Paris Olympics with 100 days to go | ABS-CBN News
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I knew it would take a super strong performance to make the team
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because it's such a deep field with Kira and other athletes like her in it.
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So I knew that it was going to take my best on the day to get to Paris
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and I was really just focused on competing and getting everything out of myself out there
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and then the result just came with it.
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You won, but you also broke the Olympic trials record.
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You're the only person on the stage who can actually say you're going to the Olympics.
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You still have to go through their trials.
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I guess I felt like it was a dream for as long as I can remember,
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but it didn't feel like something that was more of a goal until probably a couple years ago.
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Kira, same with you.
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What are you thinking about when you're...
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you know, on those longer runs
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and how has your training operation been as well?
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And so now, I have now had the world stage.
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I've jumped in Budapest.
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I've jumped in Scotland.
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I have world titles.
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And so now, I'm going with this meet as like,
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oh, this is the Olympics!
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Like, we're here.
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We're here to shine.
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And when I get there, I'm just going to have fun
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and just take it jump by jump.
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Maybe by the sea.
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I've realized that you can't play the safe game.
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You have to put something out there so far that no one can touch
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or put something out there so fast that no one can touch.
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And I mean, it's...
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it's whatever that entails.
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It's training harder.
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It's changing your diet.
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It's going to bed early by 30 minutes.
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It's a whole lifestyle change that I've done.
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And I've honestly just been able to just be myself.
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And that's what's changed a lot.
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I've had to, you know, hide behind a curtain a few times
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because my personality is too much
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or I'm just a lot.
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And whether you like it or not,
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I'm going to still be myself.
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And sorry about it.
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How are you able to focus, endure,
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and the tenacity to get the job done
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even if you are exhausted
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or your legs are feeling rubbery?
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You know, I thought like,
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I'm going to get a nickname.
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I thought that was so well thought out.
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Yes, and I can share that with you.
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It's about time just because you have athletes
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that are working their butt off,
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blood, sweat, and tear every single day,
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every single year.
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And, you know, some compensation is needed for them.
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I mean, there's some cases where you might have
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somebody that's at that level,
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but they're not sponsored.
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So that would help them in the long run
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for, you know, the next couple of months
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or the next couple of years.
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So I'm just happy to see
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the improvement on that point.
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How do you avoid comparing yourself to others,
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whether it's your competition or your teammates?
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Yeah, it was amazing.
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I've been throwing shot put for so long
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that the actual being in the ring
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and throwing the shot put feels so normal
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because I've done it so many times.
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So to do it in this one specific context
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and like all of a sudden that's a world record
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was super exciting.
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Added to the surreal feeling
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where it's like this thing I do all the time
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and this one was really special
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because I was able to do it in Paris
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at my first ever international.
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And it was amazing.
