Cincinnati native Carson Foster wins bronze medal in men’s 400m individual medley

WORKWEEK. LINDSEY. ALL RIGHT. ADAM, THANK YOU. WELL, MASON. MANTA RAY. NOW, AN OLYMPIC MEDALIST. CARSON FOSTER. MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE REPRESENTING TEAM USA AND CINCINNATI. THE OLYMPIAN WAS JUST A BREATH AWAY FROM TAKING HOME SILVER. BUT HE’S NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS PLACE ON THE PODIUM. WLWT SPORTS ANCHOR CHARLIE CLIFFORD JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON ALL THE EXCITING BACK AND FORTH IN THE POOL. CHARLIE CURTIS, LINDSEY MISSION COMPLETE FOR CARSON FOSTER FOSTER TOLD US AT TRIALS IN INDIANAPOLIS LAST MONTH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RACE FRANCE’S NEW STAR LEON MARCHAND. THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT THIS CINCINNATI KID WANTED. WELL, HE WENT TOE TO TOE TONIGHT. 400 METER INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. THE PARIS CROWD ROARING FOR THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER. MARCHAND, WHO CLAIMS GOLD, AN OLYMPIC RECORD 40295. FOSTER WAS BRILLIANT 4/10 OFF SILVER AS LINDSEY MENTIONED A BRONZE MEDALIST UP NEXT FOR THE 22 YEAR OLD, THE 200 IM ON THURSDAY TONIGHT. FOSTER, SPEAKING WITH OUR TEAM, STEPHANIE BRUNNER AND THE SQUAD IN PARIS. IT’S FOR ALL OF ALL OF CINCINNATI. I MEAN, THERE’S SO MUCH OF LIKE WHO I AM TODAY IS BECAUSE I GREW UP THERE AND THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE WITH ME, YOU KNOW, KEN HEISS, MASON MANOR IS MY CLUB COACH IS HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, I SAW HIM RIGHT AS I WAS GETTING ON THE PODIUM. SO, YOU KNOW, I LOVE CINCINNATI. IT’S HOME, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE SUPPORTING ME. YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER JUST SAID, IF THERE’S ANY TIME TO DIG DEEP, I CALLED HIM IN BETWEEN SESSIONS. IF THERE’S ANY TIME TO DIG DEEP, IT’S THE OLYMPICS. AND SO I DID THAT AND I’M HAPPY WITH IT. FOSTER BROTHERS ROLE MODELS FOR ALL OF CINCINNATI. IF YOU KNOW CARSON, HE’S ALWAYS SMILING, DECISIVE FOUR ONE VICTORY. MEANWHILE, FOR ROSE LAVELLE AND US SOCCER OVER GERMANY, A PAIR OF GOALS FOR SOPHIA SMITH STILL HAD DESPITE A BRIEF INJURY SCARE. FOUR TIME GOLD MEDALIST SIMONE BILES AND TEAM USA GYMNASTICS ON TO THE FINALS IN PARIS THAT STORY IN A MOMENT. CHARLIE CLIFFORD FOR WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT, CHARLIE. YOU KNOW FROM PARIS TO CINCINNATI, CARSON FOSTER’S FORMER HIGH SCHOOL FOUND A VERY SPECIAL WAY TO CHEER ON THEIR OLYMPIANS. QUITE A TURNOUT TO WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW WAS AT SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON FOR A WATCH PARTY. SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH THE LOCAL REACTION TO HIS BIG WIN. I BET THEY ARE EXCITED. DAISY. OH, LINDSEY, YOU CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO BE IN THAT ROOM TONIGHT. EVERYONE HERE IS JUST BEYOND PROUD OF CARSON. AND WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN THE BRONZE, THE CROWD HERE JUST WENT ABSOLUTELY WILD. YOU CAN JUST HEAR THE EXCITEMENT THERE. CARSON FOSTER SWAM WITH A CLUB TEAM. THE MASON MAN RAYS, AND ALSO HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HERE AT SYCAMORE. EVERYONE WAS GATHERED AT THE SCHOOL’S BRAND NEW SWIMMING FACILITY TO WATCH HIM PARENTS, COACHES AND OF COURSE, THE SWIM TEAM. I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE SWIMMERS. THEY TELL ME IT’S INSPIRING FOR THEM TO WATCH CARSON AND SEE WHAT HE’S BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. CARSON’S FORMER SWIM COACH AT SYCAMORE WAS IN INDIANA FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS, AND ALSO GOT TO BE THERE AND SEE AS CARSON QUALIFIED, HE SAYS. NOW GETTING TO WATCH HIM COMPETE IN HIS VERY FIRST OLYMPICS IS JUST UNFORGETTABLE. HE’S GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH TALENT TO TO DO IT AGAIN IN LA IN 28. IF HE WANTS TO. BUT THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN. IT’S BEEN EXTREMELY FUN TO WATCH. I THINK I FIRST MET CARSON WHEN HE WAS 7 OR 8. HE’S JUST ALWAYS HANDLED THINGS AND HE’S ALWAYS STRIVED, ALWAYS DISCIPLINED IN WHAT HE’S DOING, ALWAYS WANTING TO GET BETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE SWIMMERS ON THE TEAM HERE AT SYCAMORE ARE ACTUALLY GEARING UP FOR THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS. AND THEY WERE TELLING ME TONIGHT THAT THIS WAS EXACTLY THE MOTIVATION THAT THEY NEEDED GOING INTO THAT. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HERE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAMING WITH PRIDE FOR CARSON FOSTER TONIGHT. LIVE FROM SYCAMORE HIGH, DAISY KERSHAW WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, DAISY. SO GOOD TO SEE THAT. HOW EXCITING