I'm hitting the red carpet at
the 2022. Golden Gods Awards in New York City, where your
favorite Olympians and world, champions are being honored for
a stellar performance in the pool and Budapest this summer
Team, USA picked up a record-breaking total of 45 metals.
And tonight, I'll be touching up for those athletes to see
what they've been up to suspect. How does it feel to be
at the 2022? Golden Goddess tonight in New York City? I am
so excited to get the golden goggles. This is actually my
first ever golden goggles.
Old and we're at rehearsals earlier. I Saw the space that
the award show is going to go down and beautiful. I could not
be more excited to have everyone in the same room. Just
celebrating the sport that we love. You can't beat
that, it was awesome.
It's an incredible event to come to
a celebration of
another season in the books.
I think it's something I never want to take for granted making
it World Championships team and being able to come here and
celebrate that. It's really cool.
It's a lot of fun. It's fun to see all my teammates stressed.
I know we're gonna celebrate a lot of
fun things tonight and raise some money for the US History
Foundation. Everyone looks so nice. Who would you say is
the best rest of my that you see s dress of our
best? As always goes to college owns.
I think every year I mean he's just a he's a fashion icon,
he's got it dialed. Oh I really like Drew Kibler
really. I think the shirt and just the hair. All that came
together really. Well, you could give me one word to kind
of sum up what this year has meant to you, what would it be
and why fulfilling
I feel like It's there it's definitely been a lot of hard
work and it's nice that this year, the hard work, I was kind
of able to like see it pay off.
I would say it's because at least for me like it was
a pretty hard world's just dealing with a lot of illness,
you know, coming into the meat. And I just kind of stuck with
it and had a good attitude. And I think just very thankful
I've had a really hard past few years and being able to go to
World Championships and doing the pool for Team USA. This
summer was something that I'll remember Remember forever,
especially after missing the Olympic team. It's just, it's
been really special for you.
I mean, this year was a grind.
What would you say that? You've learned about yourself this
year?
I guess
just that I've got a lot more in me
to not be afraid to continue to set figure. And
Paris 2024 is coming right around the corner. What would
having the opportunity to represent the u.s. at another
Olympics mean to you?
It wouldn't be in the world.
Obviously every goal is to, everyone's goal is to repeat
and to do it in Paris. I would love to see it
and hopefully do it with Murph again. I think that would be
a great shot of redemption for the both of us, if you're
awesome. Yeah, I think it's it's cool. Now, I've been
around a
bit around on a A lot of teams. And so it's cool just kind of
seeing that younger generation grow up.
I view myself now, obviously, like on the, on the competitive
side, like a lot of goals in the pool, but I'm really
leaning into the mentorship role that I'm placing.
I really love being a captain of the team and just trying to
help them next Generation
be set up for Success at at the Olympics and all the big means
we go to, to be able to call myself a three-time. Olympian
would be absolutely unreal.
So we are On the red carpet, blue carpet before getting
Awards tonight, in honor of that. I've got a little game
called imprint Team. USA is most likely to vary
from Team. USA is most likely to become a meme, become
a meme.
I go Bobby think. Really? Why?
It's because he did while we were out of the games, I think
he just won the name. The way he races,
he was basically, we would call them. Like you think people in
the end, the last 50 and then
I think he's one of those guys that's like under the radar,
like hilarious, and you get to know him
and just kind of happens.
Michael Andrew.
Yes, why.
Who does sets himself up? Sometimes I think he'd be he'd
be a good one. Michael Andrew here in Smith.
Oh yeah, definitely. Rip me. Definitely Reagan
Hunter Armstrong
really why he does magic. I mean I feel like it's what
you're doing magic. You put yourself in some interesting
situations
from Team. USA is most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse.
I'm looking at Lily right now and to be honest that's a top
candidate if, you know, Lily, you know, Competitive and
tough, she is Justin dress
plays video games. And I feel like you just like learns about
all those things. Probably
Lily king-tv bacon.
I feel like she'd just be able to do some crazy stuff like
an apocalypse mode
because I'm Brazilian
I want to say drew Kibler just because he's from Texas.
What about Texas makes? Sit able to survive more than
anyone. I just, I just picture, like, Gunslinger. Cowboy.
USA is most likely to end up on a reality TV show. Which one,
Ha ha ha,
that one's stuff. Michael Andrew.
I would say I throw them on the Bachelor or The Bachelorette.
I think he's single at the moment
but I don't know if that's what I could. Definitely see one of
the UVA girls on The Bachelor,
like I think like Kate Douglas or Alex walls could be on
the bus, I don't know their relationship status. So like
I should just draw a names like that but
I feel like it would Thrive
who from Team USA is most likely to forget to text back
to take back. Caleb,
Caleb dressel, never on his phone,
Ryan held again. And I know that from personal experience.