Miles Chamley-Watson

To channel it.

Yeah.

You know, you're crying in the locker room.

I never cried in front of my mom.

You know, luckily you have a mask on, you know, shake your opponent and put the mask back on.

But I think at that age, it's okay to cry and it's okay to let things out because there are coaches and parents who I've seen who have actually shunned their kids for showing emotions.

I've seen parents leave their kids in competitions because their kid lost to me.

And actually the kid is actually my friend now.

And it's just a shame that...

that parents don't realize how much pressure there is on us to just win.

So I think now seeing kids that look more like us, brown, white, whatever, girls, I just want to make them feel comfortable and happy and safe.

And I think if I can be this beacon for them, then that's what I want to do in the sport.

It was honestly a dream come true.

We sold out, we broke records, I think over a million people live watching, which is more than the Olympics.

And I think just seeing kids so happy that their sport is on the map,

was the best feeling I've ever felt in my life.

So seeing all the little kids on the red carpet, to all the fences inside telling me, man, I think you've done it.

That was to me, the greatest day of my life because it was just, we really changed the sport on one day because now there's an audience of people that have never seen it, like yourself, like,

people in tech, people in sports, people that I've looked up to, to the fencing fans to get the love that they deserved was incredible.

Even I'm smiling because I'm generally so happy that it happened.