You could tell that the NBC interviewer wanted none of that talk, but he couldn't stop them from saying what they wanted.
Posted on 08/18/2016 5:12:38 AM PDT by simpson96
RIO DE JANEIRO — They couldn’t know the result immediately, not in a race decided by a fraction of a drum beat, so the three Americans stood near each other, waiting. There was some measure of celebration and certainty only for Brianna Rollins. Yet even she stared up at the giant scoreboard above one end of Olympic Stadium, wondering.
“I knew that I got the gold,” Rollins said. “But I just wanted to make sure that my other teammates medaled as well.”
It took Rollins just 12.48 seconds to cross the finish line in the women’s 100-meter hurdles Wednesday night. The next few moments had to feel 10 times as long. But when the numbers and names flashed up — Nia Ali, 12.59 for silver, Kristi Castlin 12.61 for bronze — the three women jumped spontaneously and squealed, because no celebration for a sweep could be planned. No three American teammates, in any women’s event in the history of Olympic track and field, had taken all three medals. Rollins, Ali and Castlin, understandably, fell into a deep and deserved hug.
“We’ve talked about it, but it’s not something that we focused on,” Rollins said. “We just wanted to focus on being our best, and being our best would get us on the podium.”
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You could tell that the NBC interviewer wanted none of that talk, but he couldn't stop them from saying what they wanted.
What a cute picture!
Definitely one of the highlights of this years Olympic. Was so proud and happy for three well grounded Christian athelstes
man! If the press would emphasize this stuff instead of the miscreants in Milwaulkee, we’d be a much better country!
“drum beat”
Is that rassis?
It’s a God thing:)
Awesome ladies.
FAST LIVES MATTER!
Great pics. Beautiful girls!
Odd that none of them had their hand over their heart during the playing of the National Anthem.
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