'Complicated' to set world record but miss gold - speed climber Watson
US speed climber Sam Watson took Olympic bronze in a world record time of 4.74 seconds.
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00:00I definitely wouldn't say that at that point I was still pretty disappointed.
00:04I think the emotions need to process for a bit longer.
00:07I'm again just really happy to be here and to do that really does matter a lot.
00:11And to set a new world record is obviously a very, very cool feat.
00:15So I am happy with that.
00:17You do come here with the goal of winning gold.
00:19And I think it is a feat in itself to compose yourself for
00:24that bronze medal match and it happens in every single competition.
00:28And now it just becomes, I just lost the most important race of my life.
00:31Now I have the next most important race of my life, back to back in five minutes.
00:35So the emotions there get a little complicated for sure.
00:39But after that I really did soak it in, I smiled for the picture.
00:43I got the organizers, major shout out to them.
00:46I asked them to do a photo Usain Bolt style with the world record.
00:49So very, very big shout out to them for letting my crazy ideas happen.
00:54And to be an Olympic medalist and
00:56to hold it in my hand of the piece of the original Eiffel Tower.
00:59No one will ever take that away from me.
01:00No one will ever take away of any of the four world records I've broken.
01:04It will be with me for life.
01:06So I do find it a tremendous accomplishment.