'Complicated' to set world record but miss gold - speed climber Watson - video Dailymotion

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.