Track Star Tara Davis-Woodhall Hopes To Meet LeBron James At Paris Olympics
Tara Davis-Woodhall is on her way to the 2024 Olympics ... and there's one athlete she really wants to meet -- LeBron James -- telling us she must meet the NBA superstar who changed the world of sports!
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00:00Man, it has been a really busy, like, I mean, year, but especially the last two months have
00:06just been insane.
00:07A little bit overwhelming, but we're trying to just be in the moment, enjoy what we're
00:12doing, rely on each other, have fun, and I don't know, I feel like we operate well when
00:17it's crunch time, so, yeah, it's nothing new.
00:20Torres, you get ready to head overseas.
00:25It's a who's who among Olympians, you know, American Olympians.
00:28Is there someone you haven't met yet that you want to see in Olympic Village?
00:32I know you've got some pretty big teammates, the Team USA basketball team, the gymnastics.
00:37Is there someone you haven't met that you have your eyes on that you've got to meet?
00:41Ooh, that's a great question.
00:43Since you just said team for basketball, I'm going to say LeBron James.
00:48Never met him.
00:49I think he'd be really cool.
00:50He's changed the sport in so many ways for athletes, so I think I would like to meet
00:54him.
00:55You've been there.
00:56You can look up to him.
01:01You probably have a better vertical than him, though.
01:05Is that possible?
01:07I don't know.
01:08I think he has like two feet on me, so possibly.
01:12What's the mindset as you get ready to go over to Paris?
01:15Is gold on your mind, I assume, right?
01:18It's aiming for the skies?
01:19Yeah.
01:20I mean, of course, gold is on my mind, but honestly, Tokyo Olympics wasn't the same as
01:26this Olympics is going to be, so I'm just going to try to take every moment and just
01:30enjoy it.
01:31I think Tokyo, I got to experience the Olympics without any type of hype around it, and now
01:37there is hype, so I'm just going to be there and be in the moment for everything that comes
01:41my way.
01:42And how about you, Hunter, as you get set for the trials for the Paralympics?
01:47Yeah, I'm ready to go.
01:49I mean, I've been having some of the best workouts of my life leading up into it.
01:54I feel like Tara and I are the most dialed in we've ever been, and we're enjoying what
01:58we're doing the most we ever have.
01:59So yeah, I leave next week.
02:01I'm really just excited to race, excited to compete.
02:04Tara decided she's going to be there, so I'm really happy that she'll be there to support
02:08and watch me, and yeah, just go out there and do what I've been training for.
02:13Who's the best athlete in the family?
02:14Tara.
02:15Yeah, without a question, Tara is the best athlete in the family.
02:19I guess so.
02:20Yeah.
02:21I'll take that crown.