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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.

To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.

You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body.

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.