# @niall_williams13 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct1Oq_CyDUY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7671427-niall-williams13-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-23T11:46:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ɴɪᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍꜱ ɢᴜᴛʜʀɪᴇ 🇼🇸 🇳🇿 (@niall_williams13) — https://gondola.cc/niall_williams13

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In 2016 I became thenzteam Olympian #1366 at the Rio Olympic Games. 🖤🌿🤍

At the time of the games, I was so upset that we didn’t win gold and came second.

Long story short, as I walked through the village with my Olympic silver medal around my neck, an athlete stopped me from another country, he said “ can I please hold your medal?” I said “sure” then as he was holding it with a big smile on his face he looked up at me and asked “why are you so sad?” I said “well I wanted to win gold but got silver” he looked me straight in the eye and said something that changed my perspective and mindset from that day on, he said “ this is my 4th Olympics and I have won no medals, I have been training and competing for 20+ years and have nothing, what I would do for this medal” 🥹😩❤️

Damn that hit home and now even more so after missing the Tokyo Olympics due to injury, I always am proud to say I am an olympic silver medalist 🥈

A memory I’ll never forget, a moment no one can ever take from me, a privilege only a few ever get to experience 🙏🙌🏽☺️

#OnceAnOlympianAlwaysAnOlympian 🤝🏾
#HappyOlympicsDay 🙌🏽

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1366, onceanolympianalwaysanolympian, happyolympicsday

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