Triathlete and Olympic Silver Medalist Seth Rider talks Paris, Chicago Triathlon

Published: Aug 23, 2024 Duration: 00:03:06 Category: News & Politics

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>> THE CHICAGO TRIATHLON IS THIS WEEK AND TODAY THE KIDS GET THEIR TIME TO SHINE. JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM FOSTER BEACHES, PARIS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST SETS RIGHT HERE THIS MORNING SAID GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHY? CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS AND GETTING A MEDAL? >> YEAH, IT WAS JUST AMAZING. YOU KNOW, MY JOURNEY STARTED HERE AT KIDS, DROP ON US JUST LIKE THIS. AND THEN EVER SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, I WAS DREAMING GOING TO OLYMPICS. END HOPEFULLY FIGHTING FOR A MEDAL SAY I MAKE IT ALL COME TRUE I GET THE JOB DONE. HARRIS, ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH MY TEAM, USA MEMBERS WAS AMAZING. YOU SAID THERE IS SAID THAT YOU STARTED DOING THESE WHEN YOU WERE 6 YEARS OLD. WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING WHERE YOU ARE NOW? ONCE YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS COME PEOPLE. >> VERY NOSTALGIC. I MEAN, I EXACTLY LIKE HIS KIDS JUST A. >> YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO THE NOT REALLY SURE IF I LIKE THAT ARE NOT SUPER HARD, BUT AND THE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT. JUST LIKE I RACES LIKE THIS I NEVER LOOKED BACK FROM THERE. SO, YES, JUST AN AMAZING FEELING TO BE BACK HERE AND GABLE TO INSPIRE KIDS. JUST LIKE ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG HOW'S THE WEATHER TODAY FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS RIDE A BIKE RUN AND SWIM. HOW'S THE WEATHER TODAY? I THINK IT'S PRETTY PERFECT. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TEMPERATURE NOT TOO HOT. THE WATER NOT TOO CHOPPY. >> I CAN GET PRETTY WINDY HERE. SO IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S PERFECT WRATH ON CONDITIONS. >> SO HAVE YOU NOTHING THAT THOSE DANNY, THE KIDS THERE COMPETE? OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY HANDED OUT QUITE A FEW 0. ONE OF THE SAID YOU ALMOST BE INSPIRING FOR THEM AS WELL SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO BEING IN BANKS AND WANT TO HAVE THEY BEEN KIND OF INSPIRED BY YOU? YEAH, I THINK SO. I'M NOT SURE MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU PUT THE MEN ON. I THAT PRETTY IMPRESSED. I I GAVE A FEW PEOPLE THE OPTION WHICH METAL THEY WANTED BETWEEN ONE AND A FEW OF THEM TRIED TO TAKE MINE. BUT I SAID, YOU GOT TO WAIT A FEW YEARS. MAYBE. >> SETH, I NOTICE YOU HAVE A LANYARD THERE, BUT WE DO NOT SEE WHAT'S BELOW THE COULD USE SOME THAT UP FOR US. MY AMAZING. YEAH. AND THEN AS A PART OF THE EIFFEL TOWER AND IT DOESN'T >> YEAH. THE DARKER SILVER FIRE IN THE THAT'S AMAZING. I WAS WATCHING ONE OF ONE OF YOUR FELLOW OLYMPIC MEDALISTS. I HAD THEIR LAND HERE AND IT BROKE OFF AND SHE HAS A DENT IN HER MEDAL. NOW THAT MUST BE. THAT WAS NOT >> I'M LIKE PARANOID WHEN I'M WITH AN ONLINE TRYING TO DRAW WHEN I WAS I WAS FLYING WITH AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP IT IN MY CARRY-ON. IN CASE THEY LOSE MY BAG AND SOMETHING KNOW ALL RIGHT. SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THE CHICAGO TRAPS ON GOING ON TODAY AND TOMORROW YOU CAN WATCH THE KIDS RIAS FOSTER BEACH TODAY AND THEN TOMORROW U

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