Miles Chamley-Watson

And then my first ever Junior Olympics, I'll never forget it.

I got five red cards for no reason.

And I knew it was because of the color of my skin.

Because the next day I won the under 17.

I knew it.

And now I've seen the referee still to this day.

And I still have this, I was like a little kid.

And it's just, you don't know why things are happening to you.

But then as I got older, I started to realize it was just because of the color of my skin.

Because knowing that sport had broken that mold.

And there's been countless times of referees and coaches that are just racial gestures that I've never really talked about.

Because my mom always just said, just win.

And then what can they say?

I've had many, many occasions from probably 14 years

till 17 18 then i was like i'm the best now and it's unfortunate because now there's still racism in the sport right it happened with this kid in amsterdam and i messaged him right away like you know i have your back and i'll talk about it and post about it because it's you need someone's gonna have your back because it's a very lonely feeling when you're the only one that has felt this way once i started to realize that i made it like a positive chip on my shoulder and i was like okay and i never look at life as anything negative whether it's

you know, being racially profiled or losing, I always have a positive outlook on everything because it's never lost.

It's always a lesson.

And I think that was something that I was like, okay, this is going to be change in the sport and I will leave fencing in good hands because I know I've changed the sport for the best.

The good thing about fencing is I can take my aggression out on my opponent.

So it's a positive thing for the sport.