Word: medaling
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...Want to see it? (She pulls medal out). I keep it in my purse...
...into a club or something…It’s been through quite a bit—it’s been dropped a few times, spilled beer on it—I’m actually not even sure if this is my medal, because before I got it engraved, I was standing there talking to this guy who was in the Dutch men’s eight who also won silver [to the US’s gold]. And we were kind of like comparing our medals, and—it does have the event...
...wear your medal around Athens...
...don’t you wear it? I’d have a big shirt with big arrows saying, ‘Hey look at this!’’’ But then you kind of just get known as the girl that wears the medal around...
...Olympics, very welcoming. One of my favorite memories was when I went into town to do some shopping. I was stopped every two minutes by someone who wanted to ask me about being an athlete and how much they were excited to have the Olympics here and see my medal if I mentioned I had one. It was one of the only times you’ll be so welcome and people will be so friendly all the time. You’re not just an anonymous person walking around—you’re an athlete...