Eimear Hallihan
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And I still came first.
He was kind of like, embarrassing, embarrassing.
And then as well, I think the person who went the most viral before the Games is an American sprinter called Fred Curley.
He was chatting, chatting, chatting, saying, Usain, I'm going to beat your 100 metre sprint record.
And at the Enhanced Games, he did come first.
So he won $250,000 prize money.
So he ran in 9.97 seconds.
He said he ran a clean race, but the reality of this time is that he would have only placed him last at the Paris Olympics two years ago, where he actually ran at 9.81 and he won the bronze for Team USA.
I love this.
This is so lovely.
So he's gone and gotten himself a two-month trial with a professional soccer team in the US.
He is signed for El Paso Locomotive FC.
So it's actually a lovely story because he grew up playing soccer, but at the age of 15, he had to give it up because he was just...
absolutely riddled with injuries.
So 20 years later, he is not only an actor, he got his big break, obviously, in Ted Lasso, but he is now a professional soccer player too.
So he's come out and said, you know, football has always been a huge part of my life and identity.
And no matter where life has taken me, the dream of competing professionally has truly never left me.
This journey back to professional soccer is about believing in yourself, taking risks and continuing to chase your dreams, no matter how unexpected the path may be.
Maybe I'm just crazy man with crazy dreams.
So being here with the locals actually makes perfect sense for me.