Well, I knew it would take a super strong performance
to make the team because it's such a deep feel
to Kira and other athletes like her in it.
So I knew that it was going to take my
best on the day to
get to Paris, and I was really just focused on
competing and getting everything out of myself out there.
And then the result just came with it.
You, you won, but you also broke the Olympic trials
record.
And
you're the only person on the stage who can actually
say you're going to the Olympics already,
still have to go through their trials.
I guess I felt like it was a dream for,
like, as long as I can remember.
But it didn't feel like something that was more like
of a goal until probably like a couple years ago.
Yeah. And Kira,
same with you. Like, what are you thinking about when
you're,
you know, on those longer runs and how has your
training information been as well?
And so now I have now had the world stage.
I've jumped in Budapest, I've jumped in Scotland.
I have world titles. And so now I'm going with
this meet as like,
oh, this is the Olympics.
Like, let's go. Like we're here,
we're here to shine. And
when I get there, I'm just going to have fun
and just take it.
Jump by, jump, gender parody and
anybody can see. I've realized that you can't play the
safe game.
You have to put something out there so far that
no one can touch or put something out there so
fast that no one can touch.
And I mean it's it's whatever that entails.
It's training harder. It's changing your diet.
It's going to bed early by 30 minutes.
It's it's everything. It's a whole lifestyle change that I've
that I've done and
I've honestly, I've just been able to just be myself.
And that's what's changed a lot.
I've had to, you know,
hide behind a curtain a few times because my personality
is too much or
I'm just a lot. But that's
that's who I am, and whether you like it or
not,
I'm going to still be myself and
sorry about it.
How are you able to focus,
endure and the tenacity to get the job done
even if you are exhausted or your legs are feeling
rubbery? I love that. You know,
I thought like him
obligated the name. It's about time.
Just because you have athletes that work in their butt
off,
blood, sweat and tear every single day,
every single year, and you know,
some compensation is needed for them.
I mean there's some cases where you might have somebody
that's
at that level, but they they're not sponsored.
So that would help them in the long run for
you know,
the next couple of months or the next couple of
years.
So I'm just happy to see improvement on that point.
How do you avoid comparing yourself
to others, whether it's your competition or your teammates?
Yeah, it was, it was amazing.
I've been throwing shot put for so long that the
actual being in the ring and throwing the shot put
feels so normal because I've done it so many times.
So to do it in this one specific context and
like all of the sudden that's a world record was
super exciting.
Added to the surreal feeling where it's like this thing
I do all the time.
And this one was really special because I was able
to do it in Paris at my first ever international
competition and it was amazing.
If you've never seen Tara compete,
I I feel like you're one of those athletes who
understands that it's more than just a personal competition,
that it's also performance and there are people there who.