"An olympic shootout is a crushing amount of pressure" - Alex Bowen

This is Part Two of our conversation with Alex Bowen from Team USA 🏅, fresh off winning the bronze medal in water polo at the Paris 2024 Olympics 🇺🇸🇫🇷. What does it feel like to be in an Olympic shootout 🎯, carrying the hopes of your team, your country, and everything you've trained for? Alex takes us inside that pressure, where trust between teammates is everything—and where belief can make or break you. That’s the essence of team sports, and water polo in particular 🤽‍♂️. We reflect on unforgettable moments, like the overhead image of the defense shutting down Mandic 📸, and the heartbreak of not playing for gold 💔. Alex shares how a familiar situation against Hungary in Fukuoka reappeared in Paris—but this time, he made a different choice. A new mindset, a full Olympic experience from start to finish, ending with the medal ceremony 🎉. Now, with the bronze medal in hand, Alex looks back at the long road—the team rebuilding, the resilience, and everything it took to stand on that podium 🥉. This episode is about more than sport—it's about pressure, trust, and the comeback.