when they and their fellow gold winners stood for photographs, symbolized “the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.”
Saunders said that they were in a “great headspace” going into Friday’s final after making it through the quarterfinals in Paris.
“There is no point for me not to be in a great headspace,” the American remarked, describing his experiences.
Those individuals who helped me remember who I was in the worst times—when my mom passed away, after a hip replacement, and so on—were the inspiration for me to form this team.
Because it was those individuals that inspired me to keep going, push through the times I felt like giving up, and ultimately reach this point.
