I’d like to do some modelling. But I will go on with pentathlon until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
I love sports – I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.
The World Championship gold was a surprise and took a lot of pressure off in terms of qualifying for Rio, but I still need more points, and winning in Manchester would be massive for me.
Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.
I want more gold medals. I only got two in Rio so it would be nice to make it four.
I was in a bar in Rio and a cow walked in, I looked into its eyes, and I saw such tranquillidad, serenity. Then I started seeing cows everywhere. I realise why the Indians worship them.
After Rio, I joined the gymnastics team at the University of Utah. It was a hard transition, because I’ve always competed in elite gymnastics, where we throw big skills. In college, you don’t get any points for difficulty, but once I got the hang of it, it was a piece of cake.
I don’t want to compare my city to Zurich; thank God we’re not that boring. Rio is advancing fast, but we’re at a different phase in our civilization.
I went to London and was excited to make the team, but to be honest, I was a bit dissatisfied with my performance there, and I’d really like to make up for that in Rio and get the best out of myself on the Olympic stage.
The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.
I hated Rio and I hated everything about it.
I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it’s something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion.
If I hadn’t won at the Worlds and claimed so many ranking points, I would have been struggling for Rio. I’m in a good place now, though, and having the chance to fight for gold in Rio after everything I’ve been through would be a dream.
Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.
When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That’s what I aim to do in Rio – my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can’t get too complacent. I can’t relax; I can’t be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
I will go to Rio to support Brazil even if I’m not in the squad.
I had no role models from my own community – there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that – that was before me. There was really nobody out there.
The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.
I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.
We had to learn that in London and in Rio that we just weren’t enough at that point. Did we believe it in that moment? Absolutely. We had to go one extra step to figure it out.
When Seoul hosted the Games in 1988, it became a symbol of the Asian Tigers’ ascent onto the world stage. In 1992, the Barcelona Olympics represented the unification of Europe. And when Rio plays host in 2016, it will reinforce the growing importance of Brazil and Latin America as a whole.
I have the best job in the world. I wake up every morning energized at the thought of running Rio de Janeiro, the most exciting city on the planet.
I’m really, really excited heading towards Rio.
I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.
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