“I’ve done everything I could out there, left it all out on the court,” Nguyen told The 42 in Paris.
She touched the wall. One hundredth of a second later, the fourth-placed competitors did.
It is the first medal in Olympic swimming for Ireland in 28 years.
After withdrawing from competition in Tokyo three years ago, the US gymnast said she was battling mental blocks while performing.
The 33-year-old is having a do-over of her career following years living in silence.
