WINNING PERFORMANCE IN PARIS. DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK JOINS US RIGHT NOW WITH STAFF SERGEANT SAGEN MADDALENA TO HEAR ALL ABOUT HER TIME AT THE SUMMER GAMES. WELL, HER TIME WENT VERY WELL AT THE SUMMER GAMES, COMING BACK WITH A SILVER MEDAL AND COMING BACK TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WELL. WELCOME. THANK YOU. IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK. IT’S NICE TO SEE YOU. LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER, WE WERE ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE EIFFEL TOWER. WE WERE KIND OF CATCHING UP ABOUT WHAT AN. AMAZING PERFORMANCE YOU HAD, BUT ALSO HOW YOU ALSO REPRESENT THE U.S. ARMY WHEN YOU DO THESE THINGS ATHLETICALLY. AND THAT IS REALLY WHY YOU DO IT. IT IS. YEAH. TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT PROFESSIONALS AND WE CAN COMPETE WORLDWIDE AND AND REPRESENT MY COUNTRY AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND EVEN SOMETIMES WIN A SILVER MEDAL IN SHOOTING, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. OKAY, SO YOU CAME BACK HOME, YOU GREW UP IN GROVELAND, A VERY SMALL TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND THERE WAS A PARADE THAT YOU WERE A PART OF. AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING PICTURES OF THE WELCOME THAT YOU GOT COMING BACK HOME. AND IT IS CONSIDERABLE. IT WAS OVERWHELMING, BUT IT WAS GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AND AND INTERACT WITH THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS THERE AND JUST SHOW THEM THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, A SMALL, SMALL TOWN DOESN’T MEAN SMALL OPPORTUNITIES. YOU CAN YOU CAN BROADEN OUT AND YOU CAN GO, WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS PICTURE, BUT I’M HERE FOR IT. THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT INTO THE SPORT ANSWERING A4H AD AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THESE KIDS THAT INCREDIBLE THINGS CAN COME FROM THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT’S PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT YOU’VE HAD FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOL KIDS. YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT HERE LOCALLY, TOO. ABSOLUTELY. AND FOR THEM, IT’S HAVE A DREAM. YOU KNOW, THINK OF THINK OF YOUR FUTURE. BUT PUT ACTION TOWARDS IT. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I TRY AND GET ACROSS TO THESE, THESE KIDS AND TO SHOW THEM THAT, THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAD A DREAM OF GOING TO THE OLYMPICS, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE NOT SPARKED EARLY ON. I HAD THAT DREAM AND I JUST CONTINUED TO WORK TOWARDS IT AND IT CAME TO FRUITION. ARE YOU WORKING TOWARD LA IN FOUR YEARS? I AM YOU ARE I LOVE THAT IT WILL BE A TOUGH GO. WE’VE GOT SOME GREAT COMPETITORS IN THE US, BUT I’M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST. SO AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO ONE, NOT ONLY YOU KNOW, AT HOME, BUT IN YOUR HOME STATE, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE EXPERIENCE, DO YOU THINK, FOR ATHLETES? I CANNOT HONESTLY SAY BECAUSE EVERY ATHLETE IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND COMPREHEND IT DIFFERENTLY. FOR ME, IT’S PART OF THE JOB AND I’M GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WORK ON MY MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND AND FEED OFF OF THE EXCITEMENT FROM MY FROM MY HOME STATE AND ALSO FROM THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE ALL OF GROVELAND IS GOING TO SHOW UP IN LA. IF YOU’RE THERE. YES. DON’T YOU THINK? I THINK SO. IMAGINE THE PARADE THEY’LL THROW. YOU’VE DONE TWO OLYMPICS SO FAR. WHAT HAS BEEN FOR YOU? THE THING THAT THE EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED IN YOU, NOT ONLY AS AN ATHLETE, BUT ALSO AS A U.S. ARMY MEMBER WHO? THE FIRST OLYMPICS. IT WAS THAT, OH MY GOODNESS MOMENT. IT WAS JUST LIKE, IT ALL HITS YOU AT ONCE. AND IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND THE SECOND ONE I WAS DOWN FOR DOWN FOR BUSINESS. I WAS GOING TO GO WIN, PUT ALL MY WORK AND AND HAVE IT COME TRUE AND HOW IT’S CHANGED, IT HASN’T NECESSARILY CHANGED ME AS A PERSON. I HOPE THAT IT DOESN’T. BUT I LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE AND HOW IT BUILDS ME, AND I CAN LEARN FROM IT AND GROW FROM THAT. YEAH, AND FOR THOSE WHO YOU GET TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO AS THEY CONSIDER PERHAPS A CAREER IN THE ARMY, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OLYMPICS AND IT MIGHT NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE YOURS, BUT THERE ARE GREAT THINGS WE CAN ALL DO. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE ARMY HAS YOU CAN USE YOUR UNIQUE TALENTS AND WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR. IT MIGHT NOT BE A PROFESSIONAL SHOOTING. IT MIGHT NOT BE AS A AS AN ATHLETE. IT MIGHT BE AS A CHEF OR, OR AS A VETERINARIAN OR A DOCTOR OR A NURSE, WHATEVER. JUST DRIVES YOU AND THAT’S WHAT THE MILITARY DOES FOR ME. WHAT THE ARMY DOES, IS IT HAS FED MY PASSION AND ALLOWED ME TO GROW AND TAKE ME AROUND THE WORLD DOING IT. IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU