D'Arcy Main, you sat in on a rather notable press conference this past Saturday night.

What was it like?

So Saturday night after that incredible 800-meter race where Katie Lidecki won gold.

I went to the press conference afterwards to hear from her

and the other two medalists.

The way it works in an Olympic press conference

for individual events anyway is for the most part they bring out all three medalists at one. press conference

for individual events anyway is for the most part they bring out all three

medallists at once and they do a joint press conference together so they

usually all come out together but in this case Katie walks out to take her

seat and then only to realize the other two weren't right

behind her. So there was this split second where you really could see on her

face if she was debating, should I turn around and wait for them should I sit down.

She did sit down and so now we're all probably just waiting for it to start and we're waiting for the other two to come out.

It probably was only 30, 40 seconds, but it was so clear how uncomfortable she was in this room as probably 50 or so

reporters just stared at her and she gave us this awkward smile she

bidgeted with her water bottle she she looked down, and it was just this fascinating dichotomy of a

superstar athlete who just broken multiple Olympic records, and then someone who's just kind of

of a normal person who doesn't necessarily love or

seek out the spotlight.

And then once the press conference actually started, she was asked about these records that

she had broken and and she said the same thing really she said all week

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