Our goal coming into this was to get that team gold that we were so close to in 2002. It wasn't a personal goal, it was a team goal. I think that's why I was more relaxed.

The main objective for us was to win gold for the team and this was accomplished on Thursday. Everything else is an extra.

I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.

Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward.

I'm always nervous before any competition and I guess I'm 18 months away but I was nervous because I have a lot of expectation to do well and I wanted to show that I'm still capable of winning world and Olympic medals.

We supported each other the whole way and, as the competition went on, we knew we were going to win.